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48-547: (Redirected from The Spectre ) [REDACTED] Look up specter , specters , spectre , or spectres in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Spectre , specter or the spectre may refer to: Religion and spirituality [ edit ] Vision (spirituality) Apparitional experience Ghost Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Film and television [ edit ] Spectre (1977 film) ,

96-467: A 1938 novel by Maxim Gorki The Specters, creatures in the manga Saint Seiya and its sequel Video games [ edit ] Spectre (1982 video game) , released in 1982 Spectre (1991 video game) , 1991, for the Macintosh computer Spectre, an elite intelligence and military unit in the series Mass Effect Specter, a villain in the series Ape Escape Spectre, a vehicle in

144-410: A 1938 novel by Maxim Gorki The Specters, creatures in the manga Saint Seiya and its sequel Video games [ edit ] Spectre (1982 video game) , released in 1982 Spectre (1991 video game) , 1991, for the Macintosh computer Spectre, an elite intelligence and military unit in the series Mass Effect Specter, a villain in the series Ape Escape Spectre, a vehicle in

192-535: A 1950s rocket engine intended for Royal Air Force aircraft Spectre M4 , an Italian submachine gun Specter Aircraft , an American aircraft manufacturer Specter Aircraft Specter II , an American homebuilt aircraft design McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II , was briefly assigned the name "F-110A Spectre" by USAF, but it was never used in practice Places [ edit ] Spectre (fictional town) , an abandoned movie set located in Alabama, created for

240-480: A 1950s rocket engine intended for Royal Air Force aircraft Spectre M4 , an Italian submachine gun Specter Aircraft , an American aircraft manufacturer Specter Aircraft Specter II , an American homebuilt aircraft design McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II , was briefly assigned the name "F-110A Spectre" by USAF, but it was never used in practice Places [ edit ] Spectre (fictional town) , an abandoned movie set located in Alabama, created for

288-711: A Cylon in the original Battlestar Galactica television series Harvey Specter , a character from the TV series Suits Kamen Rider Specter , a character from the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Ghost The Spectres, the main protagonists of the animated TV series Star Wars Rebels Music [ edit ] Spectre (musician) , alias of producer and rapper Skiz Fernando The Spectre (rapper) (born 1986), British Akhenaton (rapper) (born 1968), French hip hop artist who uses Spectre as one of his aliases Spectres (album) , 1977, by Blue Öyster Cult Spectre (Laibach album) , 2014 "Spectre" (Radiohead song) , by

336-663: A Cylon in the original Battlestar Galactica television series Harvey Specter , a character from the TV series Suits Kamen Rider Specter , a character from the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Ghost The Spectres, the main protagonists of the animated TV series Star Wars Rebels Music [ edit ] Spectre (musician) , alias of producer and rapper Skiz Fernando The Spectre (rapper) (born 1986), British Akhenaton (rapper) (born 1968), French hip hop artist who uses Spectre as one of his aliases Spectres (album) , 1977, by Blue Öyster Cult Spectre (Laibach album) , 2014 "Spectre" (Radiohead song) , by

384-464: A building on fire and rescued the inhabitants. Soon after, Laurie was brought to Mars by Dr. Manhattan, where she attempted to convince him to save humanity from impending nuclear war. During their conversation, Laurie finally came to the realization that her real father was The Comedian. Moved by the sheer unlikelihood of two people as different as Sally Jupiter and the Comedian producing a child, and

432-752: A cover for Hooded Justice's homosexuality by being his glamorous girlfriend. In an interview, she admitted that she didn't really like The Silhouette , a.k.a. Ursula Zandt, who had often pestered her about her Polish heritage, but later expressed regret that she was expelled from the group simply because she was a lesbian, especially since there were men on the team who were gay (though she did not identify them). In 1947, Sally retired from crime-fighting and married her agent, Laurence Schexnayder, while keeping in touch with Hollis Mason ( Nite Owl ) and Nelson Gardner ( Captain Metropolis ). In 1949, she gave birth to daughter Lauriel Jane Juspeczyk, commonly known as Laurie. It

480-443: A made-for-television film produced and written by Gene Roddenberry Specters (film) , a 1987 horror film starring Donald Pleasence Spectre (1996 film) , an American-Irish horror film Spectres (film) , a 2004 supernatural drama Specter (2005 film) , a Japanese tokusatsu film DC Showcase: The Spectre , a 2010 short animated film Spectre (2015 film) , a James Bond film Specter ( Battlestar Galactica ) ,

528-443: A made-for-television film produced and written by Gene Roddenberry Specters (film) , a 1987 horror film starring Donald Pleasence Spectre (1996 film) , an American-Irish horror film Spectres (film) , a 2004 supernatural drama Specter (2005 film) , a Japanese tokusatsu film DC Showcase: The Spectre , a 2010 short animated film Spectre (2015 film) , a James Bond film Specter ( Battlestar Galactica ) ,

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576-539: A mask to hide her identity, and a firearm to better fight. This parallels her father's, the Comedian , change from a gaudy yellow clown suit to light leather armor with a mask to cover his scar and a variety of guns. After watching them leave, Sally picks up an old photograph of the Minutemen, which includes the Comedian, and kisses his half of the picture as tears roll down her face. The 2012 miniseries Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre revealed that Laurie got her start as

624-420: A meeting of the Minutemen, Edward Blake, alias The Comedian tried to rape her. He was thwarted in his attempt by fellow Minuteman Hooded Justice , who gave him a vicious beating. The event would have a profound impact on Sally's life. Her agent, Laurence Schexnayder, persuaded her not to press charges against the Comedian for fear of damaging the group's image. More celebrity than vigilante, Silk Spectre provided

672-428: A retirement home—and Laurie tells her mother that she has realized the truth about her father. The issue is put to rest for Laurie, who accepts that the situation between her mother and the Comedian is too complicated, and she forgives her. "Sam and Sandra" leave soon afterward, indicating that they will continue to adventure, although Laurie expresses the wish for a better superhero identity: leather for better protection,

720-421: A super-hero being trained by her mother to continue the family legacy, before running away from home at the age of 16 and relocating to San Francisco with her boyfriend. In the 2018 miniseries Doomsday Clock , it is revealed that seven years after the events of Watchmen , "Sam and Sandra Hollis" have a daughter together. They also adopt Clark, the son of two costumed villains, Mime and Marionette. After jailing

768-587: A superhero when the Keene Act of 1977 forced all but government-sponsored superheroes to retire. After retiring, Laurie lived with Manhattan for almost 20 years. However, their relationship became strained, owing to Manhattan's growing disconnection with humanity. Laurie eventually left him and moved in with Dan Dreiberg, a.k.a. the second Nite Owl , and the two soon became romantically involved. Dreiberg and Laurie decided to don their old costumes and take Dreiberg's airship Archie out. During their flight, they found

816-602: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages specter (Redirected from Specter ) [REDACTED] Look up specter , specters , spectre , or spectres in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Spectre , specter or the spectre may refer to: Religion and spirituality [ edit ] Vision (spirituality) Apparitional experience Ghost Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Film and television [ edit ] Spectre (1977 film) ,

864-436: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Silk Spectre In the early stages of the series' development, the characters were Charlton Comics superheroes; the female superhero was supposed to be Nightshade . However, Moore did not find Nightshade particularly interesting and was not even very familiar with the character. After the idea of using Charlton characters

912-786: The Halo series Mercurial - The Spectre, a hero in the game mod Defense of the Ancients and its sequel Spectre, a necropolis unit in the Heroes of Might and Magic series Spectre, a character/vehicle in the first and second installments of the Twisted Metal series Specter, a character in SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs series Spectre team, a covert ops military unit in the PlayStation 3 game Resistance 2 Spectre, callsign of

960-459: The Halo series Mercurial - The Spectre, a hero in the game mod Defense of the Ancients and its sequel Spectre, a necropolis unit in the Heroes of Might and Magic series Spectre, a character/vehicle in the first and second installments of the Twisted Metal series Specter, a character in SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs series Spectre team, a covert ops military unit in the PlayStation 3 game Resistance 2 Spectre, callsign of

1008-468: The 2019 limited television Watchmen , played by Jean Smart . The first Silk Spectre was a frizzy-haired, redheaded former waitress and burlesque dancer Sally Jupiter (her real last name was Juspeczyk , which she changed to hide her Polish ancestry). She assumed the identity of Silk Spectre sometime around 1938 at age 18, in order to advance her modeling career. She became a sex symbol by whom criminals didn't mind being caught (or so went her press). She

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1056-707: The English band Radiohead "Spectre" (Alan Walker song) , 2015 "The Spectre" (song) , 2017, by Norwegian record producer and DJ Alan Walker "Spectre", a song by Christian Death "Spectres", a song from the Avantasia album The Mystery of Time "Spectres", a song from the Black Veil Brides album The Phantom Tomorrow "Spectres", a song from the God Is an Astronaut album Ghost Tapes #10 Spectre: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack , from

1104-474: The English band Radiohead "Spectre" (Alan Walker song) , 2015 "The Spectre" (song) , 2017, by Norwegian record producer and DJ Alan Walker "Spectre", a song by Christian Death "Spectres", a song from the Avantasia album The Mystery of Time "Spectres", a song from the Black Veil Brides album The Phantom Tomorrow "Spectres", a song from the God Is an Astronaut album Ghost Tapes #10 Spectre: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack , from

1152-551: The James Bond movie Literature [ edit ] SPECTRE , an evil organisation in the James Bond novels and films Spectre ( His Dark Materials ) , ghostly beings in Philip Pullman's fantasy novel trilogy Spectre (novel) , a 1998 Star Trek novel by William Shatner Spectre (DC Comics character) , any of several DC Comics characters Silk Spectre , a DC Comics character The Specter (novel) ,

1200-428: The James Bond movie Literature [ edit ] SPECTRE , an evil organisation in the James Bond novels and films Spectre ( His Dark Materials ) , ghostly beings in Philip Pullman's fantasy novel trilogy Spectre (novel) , a 1998 Star Trek novel by William Shatner Spectre (DC Comics character) , any of several DC Comics characters Silk Spectre , a DC Comics character The Specter (novel) ,

1248-726: The MMORPG game The Secret World Specter Knight, a boss in Shovel Knight Other [ edit ] Spectre (Blake) , one of the elements of humans in William Blake's mythology Spectre ( Dungeons & Dragons ) , an undead creature Military and aircraft [ edit ] USS Specter (AM-306) , a minesweeper which served in World War II Lockheed AC-130 H Spectre, an American gunship aircraft de Havilland Spectre ,

1296-457: The MMORPG game The Secret World Specter Knight, a boss in Shovel Knight Other [ edit ] Spectre (Blake) , one of the elements of humans in William Blake's mythology Spectre ( Dungeons & Dragons ) , an undead creature Military and aircraft [ edit ] USS Specter (AM-306) , a minesweeper which served in World War II Lockheed AC-130 H Spectre, an American gunship aircraft de Havilland Spectre ,

1344-760: The United Kingdom Spectre R42 , a British sports car by Spectre Supersports and Spectre Motors Spectre tile , an aperiodic monotile discovered in 2023 See also [ edit ] Brocken spectre , the magnified shadow of an observer cast upon clouds opposite of the Sun's direction Rolls-Royce Spectre , Rolls-Royce's first electric vehicle Spectre-hound, a phantom black hound in Manx folklore, for example Moddey Dhoo Spector (disambiguation) (includes Spektor) Spectra (disambiguation) Spectrum (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

1392-580: The United Kingdom Spectre R42 , a British sports car by Spectre Supersports and Spectre Motors Spectre tile , an aperiodic monotile discovered in 2023 See also [ edit ] Brocken spectre , the magnified shadow of an observer cast upon clouds opposite of the Sun's direction Rolls-Royce Spectre , Rolls-Royce's first electric vehicle Spectre-hound, a phantom black hound in Manx folklore, for example Moddey Dhoo Spector (disambiguation) (includes Spektor) Spectra (disambiguation) Spectrum (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

1440-478: The brunette Laurie knew Laurence Schexnayder was not her real father, and she always believed, incorrectly, that her real father was Hooded Justice. Laurie Juspeczyk is a liberal-thinking, modern woman. She is vocal in her feminist and humanitarian concerns, and is quite a conditioned fighter. At the start of the story, she is shown to have a strained relationship with her mother. Driven by the memories of her own experience, Sally tries to keep Laurie from knowing some of

1488-509: The child being Laurie, Dr. Manhattan realized the miracle and value of human life and agreed to save the planet. The pair returned to earth, only to find half of New York City destroyed by Ozymandias' creature. They then teleport to Ozymandias' lair in Antarctica , where Laurie attempts to shoot Ozymandias, only to be thwarted by Ozymandias' untried ability to catch bullets . After realizing that Ozymandias' plan had worked, and that, despite

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1536-427: The equivalent of sleeping with an H-bomb . Drawn to him from the moment she first saw him, Laurie worked with Doctor Manhattan in some of his various domestic assignments, including the suppression of riots during the police strike of 1977. Never exactly happy being a vigilante and not happy with the government taking advantage with her relationship with the superhuman Manhattan, Laurie was more than pleased to quit being

1584-678: The film Big Fish Specter Range , a mountain range in Nevada, US The Spectre (Antarctica) , a rock spire in the Queen Maud Mountains Technology [ edit ] HP Spectre , a Hewlett-Packard computer Spectre (security vulnerability) , a computer security vulnerability Spectre Circuit Simulator , for analog integrated circuits Spectre GCR , an add-on cartridge to run Macintosh software on an Atari ST computer Other uses [ edit ] Specter (surname) Spectre (political party) , in

1632-538: The film Big Fish Specter Range , a mountain range in Nevada, US The Spectre (Antarctica) , a rock spire in the Queen Maud Mountains Technology [ edit ] HP Spectre , a Hewlett-Packard computer Spectre (security vulnerability) , a computer security vulnerability Spectre Circuit Simulator , for analog integrated circuits Spectre GCR , an add-on cartridge to run Macintosh software on an Atari ST computer Other uses [ edit ] Specter (surname) Spectre (political party) , in

1680-586: The harsher realities of the crime fighting life. For example, she did not allow her to read the Hollis Mason ( Nite-Owl I) autobiography Under the Hood (which included mention of The Comedian's sexual assault on Sally, something Laurie knew nothing of). Sally acted like an agent for her daughter, picking out her costume, and chauffeuring her to "Crimebusters" meetings. After the first of these meetings, Laurie met The Comedian outside, who complimented her for being

1728-435: The loss of several million lives, nuclear war had been averted while also uniting the nations of the world, the heroes (with the exception of Rorschach ) decide that Ozymandias' plan should be kept secret to serve the greater good. Shortly after these events, Laurie and Dan Drieberg adopt new appearances and identities, now calling themselves Sam and Sandra Hollis, and sporting blond hair. They visit Sally Jupiter—now living in

1776-437: The pages of Doomsday Clock , it was revealed that Ozymandias spoke at her funeral. While in an asylum, Reggie Long was taught some of Sally's moves by fellow inmate Mothman where they both heard of her death. Sally pushed her daughter into the "family business of crimefighting." Laurel Jane "Laurie" Juspeczyk never held much interest in becoming her mother's successor, but went along with Sally's wishes anyway. Growing up,

1824-416: The pair following an aborted bank robbery, Dr. Manhattan noted that Marionette was pregnant. He sensed that the child had a bright future ahead of him. In order to preserve that future, he took the boy as an infant following his birth in a prison hospital. Dr. Manhattan named him Clark (after Superman ), raised him nearly to his teen years, and after bequeathing Clark his powers and infusing his life force into

1872-542: The planet, brought Clark to the Hollises to raise. Both Silk Spectres are expert gymnasts and are experts at hand-to-hand combat. Both Silk Spectre incarnations appear in Watchmen . Malin Åkerman portrays the second Silk Spectre, Laurie Juspeczyk, and Carla Gugino portrays the original Silk Spectre, Sally Jupiter. Haley Guiel portrays a young Laurie Jupiter in flashbacks. Both Silk Spectre incarnations appear in

1920-740: The player character in MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries Spectre, a cloaking sniper unit in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Master Spectre, a character from the game Adventures in the Magic Kingdom BRD-01 Spectre, an artificial intelligence controlled robotic unit in Titanfall Spectre, callsign of a multiplayer character in Call of Duty: Black Ops III Spectres, a type of monsters from

1968-415: The player character in MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries Spectre, a cloaking sniper unit in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Master Spectre, a character from the game Adventures in the Magic Kingdom BRD-01 Spectre, an artificial intelligence controlled robotic unit in Titanfall Spectre, callsign of a multiplayer character in Call of Duty: Black Ops III Spectres, a type of monsters from

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2112-407: The spitting image of her mother, but their conversation was broken off quickly by an angry Sally Jupiter. Laurie noted that the Comedian looked sad as he watched them drive away, and felt sorry for him. When Laurie later learned of the sexual assault, she hated The Comedian, though it seems that as time passed, and in a complicated way, Sally was able to come to terms with it, even to the point that she

2160-428: Was abandoned, he decided to model Silk Spectre on superheroines like Phantom Lady and Black Canary (also an alias shared by mother and daughter). The Sally and Laurie Juspeczyk versions of Silk Spectre made their live-action debuts in the 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

2208-473: Was an action heroine version of a pin-up girl and, even in her old age, she was proud of her sex symbol status, apparently enjoying male attention, as indicated by her reaction to lurid fan letters and her enjoyment of a Tijuana bible based on her (much to her daughter's disapproval). She was soon invited by Captain Metropolis to join The Minutemen, a group of costumed heroes. On October 2, 1940, after

2256-407: Was known to both parents that Laurie was not Laurence's child, but The Comedian's, from a sexual encounter years after the assault, and this caused conflict in the family, leading the couple to divorce in 1956. While not explicitly stated, it is implied that Sally's second sexual encounter with The Comedian was consensual, and that, despite his earlier attack on her, she did have feelings for him. In

2304-505: Was willing to defend The Comedian from Laurie's derogatory remarks after he was murdered (as Laurie was born after an affair with The Comedian). At the same Crimebuster's meeting, Laurie met Doctor Manhattan, and the two quickly became attracted to one another, to his long-time girlfriend Janey Slater's anger. Shortly afterwards, 16-year-old Laurie became involved with thirty-something Doctor Manhattan , something her mother did not approve of, likening Laurie's relationship with Manhattan to being

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