Luna Snow is in town, and Silk plans to take time out of her investigations to catch a show. However, this new villain doesn’t take breaks. Find out more in Silk #2 by Marvel Comics!
SILK #2
Writer: Emily Kim
Artist: Takeshi Miyazawa
Colorist: Ian Herring
Letterer: VC’s Ariana Maher
Editor: Lindsey Cohick
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: February 23rd, 2022
Previously in Silk: Silk is having trouble managing her personal life. Her therapist tells her to have more hobbies but is barely staying afloat with her job and being a superhero. On top of that, a Korean tomb has a missing shaman that targets media influencers. And equally menacing is her deadline for J. Jonah Jameson!
SOCIAL MEDIA CRAZY
Silk #1 begins with Cindy Moon struggling to find a hobby. We see her running late to a pottery class and ultimately realizing that she sucks at finding hobbies. Cindy decides to head back to the museum to try and figure out anything about the Korean shaman who is missing from her tomb. And she tries to make a connection to the handful of social media stars that have magically aged. Ultimately, Cindy is distracted by a coding class, and she was given two tickets to Luna Snow’s show! Cindy opted to take the coding teacher out on a date and catch her superhero friend perform.
Luna is attacked by the Korean statues at the show, and Silk jumps into action. Luna Snow and Silk manage to make quick work of the sculptures and play it off like this part of the performance. However, Silk’s date decided to bail after the attack, and the shaman seems to have chosen Silk as her new target.
A BREATH OF FRESH AIR
I love that a new mythos is entering the Marvel Universe. Silk #2 gives us a chance to explore two Korean superheroes and how they manage to fight this new enemy. The plot has been relatively straightforward so far, but we get some engaging character development from Cindy Moon. She suffers from trying to find her place in a world. This is connected to her confusion about modern technology (due to being locked in a bunker), and I associate it with the Asian-American experience. Now I fully understand that this is me projecting as a Chinese-American. But I can’t help but notice that there are similarities to how Cindy acts versus how some of my Asian peers act. Which is a breath of fresh air to see this experience depicted on the page. I hope this comic gets a good long run that explores more Korean mythos because I think there is a place in the market for stories like these.
BOTTOM LINE: SOLID WORK
I’ll admit that Silk #2 doesn’t have a complicated plot, and the art is standard fair for Marvel. But I am enjoying this story immensely. Silk is my favorite spider character, and I am glad to see her in the limelight. These stories should be told, and Silk is a great protagonist to help tell them. 3.5 out of 5 stars for Silk #2.
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Silk #2
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Christopher Rondeau is a storyteller based in Tulsa, OK. Finding himself with little work, he ended up creating a job as a Game Master full time on the internet. Chris spends most of his days reading everything he can, writing bad fiction, and watching old Digimon cartoons with his daughter. Sometimes you can find him Dungeon Mastering a podcast or streaming on twitch. Recently, he has completed his Master's degree with a focus on collaborative storytelling. Find out more at https://rondeaucreator.com