Ian Herring (with Irma Kniivila) color the book and give it a more subdued and natural feel. There are also some fun double-page layouts that help stretch scenes. At times I was reminded of manga due to its simplicity, but it works for the most part since getting to the core of the character is the real goal of this book. Action tends to consist of a panel of a fist hitting a face with little in between to show how that fist transitions to a retaliating kick, but that’s due to a simpler layout style. The style will strike you as it’s simpler, almost manga-like, but perfect for melodrama. Colors by Ian Herring with Irma Kniivila on #15-16 do a lot to add volume and brightness. The art throughout has an all-ages feel, with a simpler style and a rounded feel to it. Thompson deftly juggles Silk’s adventure with her personal feelings and you’ll never lose sight of the character in the thick of things. The adventure ends up involving clones but turns out to involve Silk’s boyfriend which, again, makes it personal to the character.
That adds to the value of the travel and makes it feel pertinent to the story itself. The travel itself ends up being a character wrinkle as far as Silk pushing her family away even though she just found them. Thompson does a good job with this short two-part story by sending Silk to San Francisco to aid J. But don’t worry: you don’t need to read Clone Conspiracy to understand this chunk of the story here, luckily. The story does take a bit of a tangent as it takes a detour into the Clone Conspiracy storyline before wrapping up Silk’s story in general. also makes her a different kind of hero who is less vigilante and more by the book. Making Silk more of an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
The use of her boyfriend Hector Cervantez aka Spectro is quite good and his inability to touch unless he’s fighting is a clever way to create tension. Cindy’s ability to make webs is on full display throughout, as well, even though it’s a bit icky since webs come out of her fingers. Thompson clearly has a lot of ideas and mixes things up so this book never feels like any other. Overall this is a fun action-adventure with fantasy elements thrown in.
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