She craved the spotlight in the way Insta-celebrities do now and tried to turn her crimefighting into notoriety. Sally was an aspiring model who decided to dress up and fight crime. Silk Spectre I, is probably the most problematic for the modern reader. In fact, it’s really difficult to like most of these characters, and half the genius of the book is that you still want to find out what happens to them. It’s difficult to like him, and you’re not supposed to. The story doesn’t try to explain away his character, and even the retelling of his history doesn’t attempt to make you sympathize with him. At one point, he relays the anecdote of when he got his mask from a discarded dress, and how he didn’t want to touch it because it was technically women’s clothing. That harsh evaluation of others is a frequent aspect of his characterization, from his concern about whether or not Ozymandias is gay to calling the first Silk Spectre an aging whore. She was cruel to him when he interrupted her, and Rorschach comes to hate her for the early sexual awakening her activities caused, tying her up in his feelings. His mother was a sex worker who he often witnessed with clients from a very young age. He complains about rampant sexual promiscuity in the world and disparages his landlady as a prime example, a woman who has five children by five different fathers. Rorschach, born Walter Kovacs, is a ruthless vigilante who wanders the streets taking down criminals. It’s treated as a brutal and rather animalistic urge that often ends badly for those involved. Watchmen has always been harsh in regards to its depiction of sexuality. Whether or not you feel differently about said work after revisiting it is personal as well. Whether or not one can or should judge earlier works through a 2019 lens is a very personal decision. It’s an interesting comic to re-read right now in the wake of #MeToo, where many fans are returning to old favorites and examining their sexual politics. is heading towards WWIII with the Soviet Union and those who were once regarded as heroes have been forced to come to terms with why they dressed up in the first place. When the story begins, costumed vigilantes have been outlawed, the U.S. In this reality, costumed vigilantes are a regular feature of daily life, fighting crime on the street level. Manhattan) who had been transformed into a superhuman figure thanks to a lab experiment gone awry. Published between September 1986 and October 1987 by DC Comics, it looked at an alternate timeline where the United States won in Vietnam because of a man (Dr. It’s one of those examples of something mocking a genre that becomes one of the greatest examples of the genre itself. Watchmen is a beloved comic by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, though it’s arguably harder to read these days than it used to be.
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