Silk (character)

Silk is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos, she first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (April 2014). Silk is the alias of Cindy Moon, a Korean-American student who was bitten by the same radioactive spider that gave Peter Parker / Spider-Man his powers. After being a love interest of Peter Parker, she became a member of the Spider-Army / Web-Warriors and the Agents of Atlas, serving as a prominent supporting character in Spider-Verse (2014–2015), Spider-Geddon (2018), Spider-Man: Fake Red (2019–2020), End of the Spider-Verse (2022–2023), and All-New Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider (2025–present), and starring as the main character in The Life & Times of Cindy Moon, Sinister, Spider-Women, The Spider(fly) Effect, The Negative, The Clone Conspiracy, Out of the Spider-Verse, Threats & Menaces, Age of the Witch, and Nightmare Boulevard. She is portrayed by Tiffany Espensen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and the extended cut of Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). The character will also appear in the animated spin-off film Spider-Woman, set in the Spider-Verse franchise.