Silken Floss

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Silken Floss

Silken Floss MD, Comic Book Section, 9 March 1947, reprinted in The Spirit Archives Volume 14, DC Comics, 2004.
Publication information
Publisher The Kitchen Sink
First appearance Mar 9, 1947 - "Dr. Floss"
Created by Will Eisner

Silken Floss is a fictional character from the comic book The Spirit, by writer-artist Will Eisner. She first appeared in The Spirit in March 1947. Eisner's version of Silken Floss was as a nuclear physicist and a brilliant surgeon.


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Main article: The Spirit (film)

On July 19, 2006, The Hollywood Reporter reported that comic book writer/artist Frank Miller would write and direct the feature film The Spirit[1], previously announced as a project in 2004.[2] The film will have Scarlett Johansson cast in as Silken Floss, “a sexy and intelligent secretary with a vindictive instinct that makes her the perfect accomplice to The Octopus.

Scarlett Johansson as Silken Floss in The Spirit (2008).
Scarlett Johansson as Silken Floss in The Spirit (2008).