MCU Phase 4: Predicting Every Major Character That Will Join
15. Silk
Marvel Comics
First Appearance: The Amazing Spider-Man #1
Cindy Moon actually made her live-action debut in Spider-Man: Homecoming, played by Tiffany Espensen. Rumours had abounded in the run up to Infinity War that, because she was reprising her role as the character, that an appearance as Silk - her superhero alter-ego - would shortly follow.
That obviously wasn't the case, but that doesn't mean that Marvel should be any less enthusiastic about making Cindy another of the franchise's Spider-themed heroes. In the comics, Moon is bitten by the same spider that gave Peter Parker his famous powers, but whereas Peter managed to contain his powers fairly easily, Cindy wasn't quite so lucky, with the character only gaining their superhero identity years after Peter donned the famous red and blue of his original costume.
She's become a fan-favourite character in the years following her introduction by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos though, and with her own solo series having garnered plaudits across the board, it's not unreasonable to expect Marvel to make Cindy a hero - particularly so, in their attempts to differentiate their interpretation of the Spidey-mythos from Sony's older films, as well as their confusingly connected Spidey spin-offs.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
