Editing Silk Spectre (section)

{{short description|Mother and daughter fictional superheroines}}
{{In-universe|subject = comics|category = comics|date = May 2024}}
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| image          = Silk Spectre (Sally 'Jupiter' Juspeczyk).png
| caption        = Laurie Juspeczyk as Silk Spectre.<br>Art by [[Dave Gibbons]].
| character_name = Silk Spectre
| publisher      =  [[DC Comics]]
|debut           = ''[[Watchmen]]'' #1 (September 1986)
| creators       = [[Alan Moore]]<br>[[Dave Gibbons]]
| alter_ego      = Sally Jupiter (I)<br>Laurie Juspeczyk (II)
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| alliances      = Minutemen (I)<BR>The Crimebusters (II)
| aliases        = '''(Laurie)'''<br>Sandra Hollis<br>Laurie Jupiter<br>Laurie Blake<br>The Comedienne<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hbo.com/content/dam/hbodata/series/watchmen/peteypedia/01/rorschachs-journal-memo.pdf|title=MEMORANDUM : VEIDT & RORSCHACH |website=[[HBO]]|access-date=22 January 2022}}</ref>
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'''Silk Spectre''' is the name of two [[superhero|fictional superheroines]] in the [[graphic novel]] [[Limited series (comics)|limited series]] ''[[Watchmen]]'', published by [[DC Comics]]. Created by [[Alan Moore]] and [[Dave Gibbons]], the original Silk Spectre, '''Sally''' "'''Jupiter'''" '''Juspeczyk''', was a member of the crimefighting team the Minutemen, while the second, Sally's daughter '''Laurel''' "'''Laurie'''" '''Jane Juspeczyk''', became a member of the vigilante team Crimebusters, also known as the titular Watchmen.

In the early stages of the series' development, the characters were [[Charlton Comics]] superheroes; the female superhero was supposed to be [[Nightshade (DC Comics)|Nightshade]].<ref name="absolute">per Alan Moore's original character drafts, as reproduced in ''Absolute Watchmen'', Titan Books, 2005, p. 443</ref> However, Moore did not find Nightshade particularly interesting<ref name="CBA Interview">Cooke, Jon B. [https://www.twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/09moore.html "Alan Moore discusses the Charlton-Watchmen Connection"]. ''Comic Book Artist'' #9</ref> and was not even very familiar with the character.<ref name="absolute"/> After the idea of using Charlton characters was abandoned, he decided to model Silk Spectre on superheroines like [[Phantom Lady]] and [[Black Canary]] (also an alias shared by mother and daughter).<ref name="CBA Interview"/>

The Sally and Laurie Juspeczyk versions of Silk Spectre made their live-action debuts in the 2009 film ''[[Watchmen (2009 film)|Watchmen]]'', in which they were played by [[Carla Gugino]] and [[Malin Åkerman]], respectively. An older version of Laurie Juspeczyk, now known as '''Laurie Blake''', appeared in the 2019 limited television ''[[Watchmen (TV series)|Watchmen]]'', played by [[Jean Smart]].