As we all know, Sony has announced they will produce a female led Spiderman (woman) feature in 2017. The question is what character? Well, it appears Marvel may have already told us the answer to that question. Let’s dig in...
Back in June of 2014 the new rebooted Amazing Spider-man Vol.3 Number 1 hit the shelves and we were introduced to Cindy Moon. As the events of Original Sin play havoc across the Marvel universe we learned a few things about Miss Cindy. First, she is the first true "Spiderwoman". She was actually bitten by the same spider at Peter Parker and manifest similar powers as Peter. Although not as strong, she is faster and also has organic (A-la Raimi) web-shooters. I will spare you the complete background story, but have included a link to the Marvel Wiki that outlines her history and journey from Cindy Moon to the character "Silk". Why does this really matter? Well, Sony has rights to any characters tied to Peter Parker/Spiderman, meaning they would be able to produce "Silk" as a property.
Let’s look at her background story..which bear stricking similarity to Peters....
"When high school student Cindy Moon was attending a public exhibition demonstrating the safe handling of nuclear laboratory waste materials, sponsored by the General Techtronics Corporation, a spider irradiated by a particle accelerator used in the demonstration, bit Peter Parker in the hand and fell from his hand, it then bit Cindy in her ankle before dying"
A new relationship for Peter?!? This also is very well timed with the current film scenario....
"Almost immediately, the two began an extremely intimate relationship, surprising Anna at the apartment she shared with Peter. Strangely she felt threatened by the presence of Anna and told her forcibly to back off from Peter, though she later apologized. She later helped Spider-Man against Electro and the Black Cat when they attacked the television station that Peter was giving an interview at to promote his new humane Superhuman Prison."
And some already familiar Sonyverse Faces...
"Silk saved Spider-Man from being unmasked by the Black Cat in live TV, and escaped with him from the studio. Cindy later accompanied Peter to the demonstration of the technology to depower Electro being held in Waterfront, which was sabotaged by the Black Cat. In their costumed identities, Peter and Cindy fought the villains. Silk saved innocents from the machine gone haywire, and later protected Spider-Man and Electro from its explosion, which luckily depowered the villain."
This is made even more curious as Marvel’s Comics division appears to be reducing titles they have no cinematic rights to,
Fantastic Four, why is Marvel ramping up their relationship with Sony? Sound off with your comments below!
Marvel Wiki Entry:
http://marvel.wikia.com/Cindy_Moon_(Earth-616)