Silk: Nightmare Boulevard

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Silk: Nightmare Boulevard
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
ScheduleMonthly
Format Limited series
Publication dateMay – September 2023
No. of issues5
Main character Cindy Moon / Silk
Creative team
Written byEmily Kim
ArtistIg Guara

Silk: Nightmare Boulevard (originally known simply as Silk) is a five-issue comic book series written by Emily Kim and drawn by Ig Guara as the third of Kim's limited-run Silk solo series, and the fifth solo series overall. Published by Marvel Comics, following on from End of the Spider-Verse , the story revolves around Cindy Moon as she ends up trapped in an ever-changing dream world that keeps resetting (as an ace detective, a train-robbing outlaw, and a swashbuckling pirate), chased by a monster, helped in the real world by Wong.

Contents

The series received a universally positive critical reception. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Silk would next return rewritten as a Spider-Gwen supporting character in the critically panned All-New Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider in 2025. [8]

Publication history

A fifth Silk series was announced in April 2023 to begin publication the following May, spinning out of the crossover event End of the Spider-Verse , with writer Emily Kim returning from Age of the Witch , [9] and Ig Guara boarding the series as illustrator. [10] The new series featured Cindy Moon ending up trapped in an ever-changing dream world that keeps resetting (as an ace detective, a train-robbing outlaw, and a swashbuckling pirate) while chased by a monster, and helped in the real world by Wong. [10] The series was published for five issues from May to September 2023, divided into the chapters "The Midnight Monster", "The Crimson Treasure", "Set Sail Swashbuckling Web-Spinner!", "Cindy Moon Is Silk", and "Silk's Worst Nightmare Comes to Life!", and collected with the subtitle Nightmare Boulevard. [11] [12]

Reception

Silk: Nightmare Boulevard received good reviews. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Collected edition

TitleMaterial collectedPublished dateISBN
Silk: Nightmare BoulevardSilk (vol. 5) #1–5December 6, 2023 [13] 978-1-302-94952-5

References

  1. 1 2 Bickerstaff, Russ (May 11, 2023). "Silk #1 // Review". You Don't Read Comics. Retrieved May 1, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. 1 2 Brooke, David (May 10, 2023). "'Silk' #1 is an exciting start with a compelling time-hopping premise". AIPT Comics. Retrieved May 10, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. 1 2 Bickerstaff, Russ (July 8, 2023). "Silk #2 // Review". You Don't Read Comics. Retrieved July 8, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. 1 2 Rondeau, Christopher (August 1, 2023). "Silk #3 Review". Major Spoilers. Retrieved August 1, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. 1 2 Perry, Spencer (August 9, 2023). "Comic Book Reviews for This Week: 8/9/2023". ComicBook.com . Retrieved August 9, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. 1 2 Rondeau, Christopher (September 13, 2023). "Silk #5 Review". Major Spoilers. Retrieved September 13, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. 1 2 Pennington, Latonya (May 23, 2024). "On 10 years of Marvel's Silk, the death of her Amazon series and where Cindy could go next". Comics XF. Retrieved May 23, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ↑ Davis, Tyler (August 20, 2025). "All-New Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider #1 – New Webs, Same Threads". Comic Watch. Retrieved August 20, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ↑ Arrant, Chris (October 20, 2021). "The Marvel spider-hero Silk is back in new 2022 series". GamesRadar+ . Newsarama. Archived from the original on October 27, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  10. 1 2 Schedeen, Jesse (April 6, 2023). "Marvel's New Silk Series Drops Cindy Moon Back Into the Spider-Verse". IGN . Archived from the original on April 26, 2023. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  11. ↑ Robot Overlord (July 20, 2023). "Marvel Comics for October 2023". Major Spoilers. Retrieved July 20, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ↑ Rea, Keigen (December 6, 2023). "'Silk Vol. 3: Nightmare Boulevard' review". AIPT Comics. Retrieved December 6, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ↑ Johnston, Rich (August 25, 2025). "Diamond's Biggest Retailer Sale Ever With 12,000 Different Print Items". Bleeding Cool . Retrieved August 25, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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