Silk (Marvel Comics)

**Cindy Moon**, also known as **Silk**, was a high school student who was attending a public exhibition demonstrating the safe handling of nuclear waste materials when a spider that had been irradiated by a particle accelerator bit Peter Parker on the hand and Cindy on the ankle before dying, causing both of the teenagers to mutate.

## Powers

**Spider Physiology:** Silk possesses the proportionate powers of a spider, granted to her from an irradiated common house spider (*Achaearanea tepidariorum*), which bit her after it was mutated from prior exposure to certain frequencies of radiation and received a final, lethal dose during Silk's attendance of the exhibition. The radioactive and mutagenic enzymes in the spider's blood that were transferred at the time of the bite triggered numerous body-wide changes within Silk, granting her superhuman strength and speed, toughened flesh, and numerous arachnid-like abilities.

Unlike Spider-Man, Silk has less superhuman strength, but she possesses more agility than him and an advanced Spider-Sense that is far more sensitive than other totems.

The entirety of her powers include:

* ***Wall-Crawling:*** Silk's exposure to the mutated spider venom induced a mutagenic, cerebellum-wide alteration of her engrams that resulted in the ability to mentally control the flux of inter-atomic attraction (electrostatic forces) between molecular boundary layers. This overcomes the outer electron shells normal behavior of mutual repulsion with other outer electron shells and permits the tremendous potential for electron attraction to prevail. The mentally controlled sub-atomic particle responsible for this has yet to be identified. This ability to affect the attraction between surfaces is so far limited to Silk's body (especially concentrated in her hands and feet) and another object, with an upper limit of several tons per finger.
* ***Superhuman Strength:*** Silk possesses superhuman strength enabling her to press a few tons, though she possesses significantly less strength than Spider-Man. This is probably due to approximate strength based on her lighter mass.
* ***Superhuman Speed:*** Silk is capable of running and moving at speeds that are far beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete. Her speed even surpasses that of Spider-Man, as shown when she out-maneuvered him during their first encounter.
* ***Superhuman Stamina:*** Silk's advanced musculature produces less fatigue toxins during physical activity than an ordinary human. This allows her to physically exert himself for much longer periods of time before fatigue begins to impair her.
* ***Superhuman Durability:*** Silk's body is physically tougher and more resistant to some types of injury than the body of a normal human. Her body is more resistant to impact forces than anything else. She can withstand great impacts, such as falling from a height of several stories or being struck by an opponent with super strength, that would severely injure or kill a normal human with little to no discomfort.
* ***Superhuman Agility:*** Silk's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are all enhanced to levels that are far beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete. Her agility is more advanced than Spider-Man's.
* ***Superhuman Equilibrium:*** Silk possesses the ability to achieve a state of perfect equilibrium in any position imaginable. She seems able to adjust her position by instinct, which enables her to balance herself on virtually any object, no matter how small or narrow.
* ***Superhuman Reflexes:*** Silk's reflexes are similarly enhanced and are possibly about 40 times greater than those of an ordinary human due to her and Spider-Man being bitten by the same spider. In combination with her Spider-Sense, the speed of her reflexes allows her to dodge almost any attack, even gunfire, if far enough.
* ***Silk-Sense:*** Silk possesses an extrasensory danger or "silk" sense which warns her of potential immediate danger and links with her superhuman kinesthetics, enabling her to evade almost any injuries unless she cognitively overrides her automatic reflexes. Her Silk-Sense is more advanced than the Spider-Sense of Spider-Man and other spider totems; it allows her to react significantly faster in combat, have superior range, and can even sense the identity of attackers before a fight begins. However, while her sense is sharper, it is often out of sync with time and generally very fickle and unreliable.
* ***Organic Webbing Generation:*** She has the ability to organically produce her own silk webbing from glands within her forearms, possibly limited by her body's health and nutrition. These organic webs have many of the same properties as Spider-Man's artificial webbing but can be woven into clothing. She releases her organic webbing through her fingertips.
* ***Claws:*** Her ability to spin webs with her fingertips also allows her to form claw-like protrusions from them.
* ***Superhuman Tracking:*** Due to her and Spider-Man being bit by the same spider, Silk can find and sense him anywhere in the Multiverse.

## Abilities

**Gifted Intelligence**

* ***Eidetic Memory***

**Skating**

## Weaknesses

**Faulty Silk-Sense:** Her Silk-Sense seems to be faulty. Her sense has continuously fired off even when there seems to be no immediate danger, making it very sensitive to the point where she will ignore it even when she is in direct danger.