![]() Sally probably hasn’t been the best mother, what with forcing Laurie into the superhero life and teaching her by example to use certain assets she has at her disposal (Laurie also has relationship problems-first with Dr. However, her relationship with her daughter goes from broker-than-broken to mutual appreciation. Sally Jupiter may not change much between Chapters I and XII, other than coming to terms with her past. ![]() Unfortunately, Sally isn’t able to overcome the odds on her own, and aligns herself with Hooded Justice and Laurence Schexnayder to get ahead, even as her heart is set on the abusive Edward Blake. Watchmen is more enlightened than most, though, and through Sally Jupiter we can see Moore calling attention to an unfair system. In comic books, that’s very rarely been the case. The word feminist gets thrown around an awful lot, but at its core, it depends on real equality between the sexes. Do you see a point Alan Moore could be making here? Check out the Daily World headline from 1939: “VILLAINS VIE FOR VOLUPTUOUS VIGILANTE” (Chapter I.1). Sally has dreams of stardom, but the sad reality is that men are only interested in her looks. Now, the Silhouette may have been the first female hero, but Sally Jupiter as Silk Spectre is the one who defines it, who adds the glitz and glam of a pinup star like Betty Page. What would Watchmen be like without Dan and Laurie’s Christmas visit? It would be like ripping the heart out of the story. His presence might kick start the book (thanks to Under the Hood) but after he dies, it’s up to Sally Jupiter to bring us home. If we treat the superheroes in Watchmen as one big, dysfunctional family, then Sally Jupiter is the mom to Hollis Mason’s dad. ![]() ![]() Silk Spectre might be a fine hero, but her fixation on image wound up defining her legacy in Watchmen.Sally Jupiter (Silk Spectre 1.0) Mamma Mia She micromanaged Laurie for years and pushed her daughter into becoming the second Silk Spectre, more obsessed with how it looked rather than how Laurie actually felt. Sally is someone who's all about image and showmanship, believing that's all anyone needs to be a hero. But Silk Spectre's staged heroism represents one of her biggest flaws. Most of Watchmen’s heroes don’t exactly fit the standard notion of superheroes, and to her own credit, she did grow into the role of a costumed adventurer. With that in mind, the question must be asked: What does this information do to Silk Spectre's legacy?Īdmittedly, Sally is the first to admit that she saw heroism as a springboard for better things. This additional material confirmed what Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1 presents and proves that Sally's entry into the life of crime-fighting was all a set-up. However, Moore did contribute to several RPG books that expanded Watchmen's canon, such as Watchmen: Taking Out the Trash and Watchmen Sourcebook. Now, there are fans who don’t take Watchmen’s sequels and other follow-up stories as canon, which is fair as none of them involved the original series’ writer Alan Moore. Though Schexnayder had to pay off the cops to keep quiet, the attention brought on by the stunts helped Sally's fame skyrocket in the press. Now, the Silhouette may have been the first female hero, but Sally Jupiter as Silk Spectre is the one who defines it, who adds the glitz and glam of a pinup star like Betty Page. Schexnayder would scout out high-end establishments like jewelry stores in dire need of publicity and stage fake robberies that Silk Spectre would 'bust'. Back when Sally was first trying to make it big, her manager and future husband, Laurence Schexnayder, came up with the perfect idea to get her noticed. After describing the effecient and brutal actions of the mysterious Hooded Justice, Mason lightens the mood by thinking back on Silk Spectre’s foray into the world of costumed adventuring. In Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1, Hollis Mason recounts the origins of the heroes that are destined to become the world’s first superhero team. ![]() However, while Sally Jupiter might have grown into a crime-fighter, her origins are misleading at best and an outright lie at worst. Related: Watchmen: Ozymandias’ Ultimate Plan is Even Crueler Than Fans Know Sally Dreiberg is the only daughter of former Nite Owl and Silk Spectre, Daniel Dreiberg and Laurie Jupiter. ![]()
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