Silk, Volume 3: The Clone Conspiracy collects Silk vol. 2, nos. 14-19 written by Robbie Thompson with art by Irene Strychalski and Tana Ford. The story continues after Cindy Moon has reunited with her family as she struggles to adapt to this new normal. Looking for a chance to put off dealing with it, she flies to San Francisco where J. Jonah Jameson is promoting New U, a company that can revive dead family members, including his wife and his niece, Mattie Franklin (the third Spider-Woman). Cindy doesn't trust this and does some snooping, where she encounters this Spider-Woman. The two are initially wary of each other, but work together to uncover New U's secrets as even Mattie is troubled by the ramifications of her return from death. Things going on in other Clone Conspiracy tie-in books destroy Jameson's hope to recover the family he lost and lead to him losing his position on the Fact Channel. Cindy, feeling her time is done there now that she has her family back, moves on to find something else, but not before she and Jameson share a moment of mutual understanding.
This book concludes Silk's standalone series for the time being and it keeps with the larger themes of loss and dealing with uncertainty that have characterized this book. While many of Marvel's heroes have their own troubles, Cindy Moon was a fascinating character because hers were more subtle. She felt she'd made peace with the problems of her past only for anger and loneliness to continue affecting her. Cindy Moon was funny, too, and that made her all the more compelling to read.
Many of these issues have had different artists illustrating them, which often led to a disjointed feel. While Irene Strychalski and Tana Ford have their own styles, they're similar enough that the slight differences don't jar the reader from one issue to the next. Even though Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos created Cindy Moon, Robbie Thompson wrote her various solo outings (and the team-up book with Spider-Man) and he used this great responsibility to great effect, crafting a narrative that was enjoyable and felt complete even when it crossed over with other storylines. ( )