Silk #02
Writer: Robbie Thompson
Artist: Stacey Lee
Colorist: Ian Herring
Publisher: Marvel
The premiere issue of Silk was a surprising expansion upon a character that I’m sure a lot of readers considered to be one dimensional, even to the point of her feeling to be the latest addition to what seems to be Spidey’s inadvertent harem. So, how does the momentum carry forward with issue #2?
Cindy’s displacement continues to plague her as she explores modern New York, looking for any trace of her family – but with 10 years of history to track down, her efforts are mostly in vain. Any clue she seems to even happen upon leads to nothing, and everything points back to Ezekiel’s intervention to stop the events of Spider-Verse from coming to pass (yeah, that worked out well). Nonetheless, she continues to moonlight (and daylight, and anytime really, I guess) as Silk, which places her in the odd conundrum of trying to sort herself out on two fronts of her life. This is further encumbered by the question of just who is watching her every move, and what plans do they have for her? All this to say that Silk’s story and journey to discover herself and what she’s missed in the past 10 years is still intriguing, and better than I’d been anticipating.
Lee’s art continues to convey an almost childish (as well as cartoonish) aesthetic to Cindy’s tale, continuing to drive home the point that Cindy is still something of that same child who was sealed away in a bunker, and that even in being a superhero(ine) she still has a lot to learn about the world as it is today. The sense of helplessness and confusion we get to see her in grants a sense of vulnerability through Thompson’s narrative that actually makes you feel for Cindy’s struggles and personal isolation – even if it is a little self-imposed, which makes it even more tangible to me. Silk still remains a serial I look forward to, and might just be one of the best things to spin out of Spidey’s misadventures thus far.
Artist: Stacey Lee
Colorist: Ian Herring
Publisher: Marvel
The premiere issue of Silk was a surprising expansion upon a character that I’m sure a lot of readers considered to be one dimensional, even to the point of her feeling to be the latest addition to what seems to be Spidey’s inadvertent harem. So, how does the momentum carry forward with issue #2?
Cindy’s displacement continues to plague her as she explores modern New York, looking for any trace of her family – but with 10 years of history to track down, her efforts are mostly in vain. Any clue she seems to even happen upon leads to nothing, and everything points back to Ezekiel’s intervention to stop the events of Spider-Verse from coming to pass (yeah, that worked out well). Nonetheless, she continues to moonlight (and daylight, and anytime really, I guess) as Silk, which places her in the odd conundrum of trying to sort herself out on two fronts of her life. This is further encumbered by the question of just who is watching her every move, and what plans do they have for her? All this to say that Silk’s story and journey to discover herself and what she’s missed in the past 10 years is still intriguing, and better than I’d been anticipating.
Lee’s art continues to convey an almost childish (as well as cartoonish) aesthetic to Cindy’s tale, continuing to drive home the point that Cindy is still something of that same child who was sealed away in a bunker, and that even in being a superhero(ine) she still has a lot to learn about the world as it is today. The sense of helplessness and confusion we get to see her in grants a sense of vulnerability through Thompson’s narrative that actually makes you feel for Cindy’s struggles and personal isolation – even if it is a little self-imposed, which makes it even more tangible to me. Silk still remains a serial I look forward to, and might just be one of the best things to spin out of Spidey’s misadventures thus far.
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