![]() Unknown to the public, Schexnayder staged the criminal case using an actor to attract the attention of the press. In December 1938, Sally, now going by Silk Spectre, made her crimefighting debut. Larry Schexnayder helped Sally launch her costumed adventuring career, recognizing that a female superhero could attract great media attention if properly handled, which would help foster her celebrity status. She even changed her surname to "Jupiter" to hide her Polish heritage. In 1938, after reading about Hooded Justice, Sally decided to become the first female costumed adventurer, in the hopes that the publicity will launch her modeling career, and possibly pave the way to Hollywood films. He gave her money and a home, which she found attractive. Too naïve to perceive him as creepy for hanging out at clubs with younger women, she hired Schexnayder as her agent. While dancing at Stage Left, Sally met Larry Schexnayder, a former Hollywood press agent. Despite several prostitution opportunities, she avoided having to sell her body. Sally found the experience liberating, but worried about ending up dead in an alleyĭespite her young age, Sally managed to survive life alone in the city for three years by taking jobs as a waitress and a burlesque dancer. When she was sixteen years old, Sally ran away from home and heads to New York City, never returning to her parents, though she does maintain contact with her sister Bella. This incident devastated her and the family, and as a result, their relationship was permanently damaged. When Sally was eleven years old, her older sister, Linda, died in a car accident. Sally Juspeczyk was born on August 3rd, 1920 in Skokie, Illinois. ![]() Collects BEFORE WATCHMEN: MINUTEMEN #1-6 and BEFORE WATCHMEN: SILK SPECTRE #1-4.Biography Early life Family Tragedy With gorgeous art by co-writer and illustrator Amanda Conner (POWER GIRL, The Pro), SILK SPECTRE takes a very different perspective at the world of BEFORE WATCHMEN. ![]() ![]() ![]() Can these heroes from completely different backgrounds and with completely different attitudes on crime come together? Or will they fall apart before they begin? SILK SPECTRE takes an introspective look at the WATCHMEN feature-player's struggles with her overbearing superhero mother and her scattered path toward taking the mantle of the Silk Spectre. As the predecessor to the Watchmen, the Minutemen were assembled to fight against a world that had more and more rapidly begun to spin out of control. The critically acclaimed and Eisner Award-winning creator of DC: THE NEW FRONTIER Darwyn Cooke lends his talents MINUTEMEN. Now, DC Comics has assembled the greatest creators in the industry to further paint the world of WATCHMEN, starting with this first volume starring MINUTEMEN and SILK SPECTRE. The controversial, long-awaited prequels to the best-selling graphic novel of all time are finally here: BEFORE WATCHMEN! For over twenty years, the backstories of the now-iconic characters from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons's landmark graphic novel had been the subject of much debate and theorizing. ![]()
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