Silk Issue 1

 

Writer - Maurene Goo

Artist - Takeshi Miyazawa

Colorist - Ian Herring

Letterer - VC's Ariana Maher

Cindy Moon, super-powered crime fighter bitten by the same spider that made Peter Parker Spider-Man, has been around for a while now. She played a part in the Original Sin story line, had a major role in the Spider-verse event, and starred in two of her own series.

The first issue of this newest series is a great introduction to a new adventure. Cindy Moon is on her first day at a new job as a journalist for J. Jonah Jameson's web publication Threats and Menaces. I might be a little biased as a student of journalism myself, but I really enjoyed this.

I also have to appreciate how in just a single introductory issue, the writer has established all of the major relationships readers are going to be dealing with, and the story does so very naturally. We get her dynamic with Jameson and her coworkers, we get her relationship with her younger brother, and we even see our supernatural (?) villain at the end.

Cindy is a really fun protagonist to follow. Intelligent, snarky, tough as nails and a capable detective. On top of everything else, this book is funny! All in all, this new Silk series reminds me of everything I love about comic books, and I'm really happy I picked it up!