Silk spectre tijuana comic9/2/2023 ![]() It is no surprise that she accepts the present. The entire superhero persona was treated as a business venture, where any sort of exposure was good. In her scrapbook of clippings or letters about her career, one of the articles talks about how villains purposefully got caught by her, and there is a movie review classifying a film of her life as a B movie in the worst way. Any coverage of Sally Jupiter during her reign as Silk Spectre is highly sexualized, from the uniform, much to Laurie’s discomfort, and the news clippings. Sally Jupiter’s acceptance and flattery over the questionable present signifies her acceptance at being an object for men’s attention. These mini books contained sexual exploits of widely known pop culture figures from actors to comic icons, so it is no surprise that a salaciously dressed Silk Spectre would have her own version. ![]() They were popularized during the Great Depression and were written by anonymous artists. Tijuana Bibles are straight pornography and can be explicit in text and images. Whereas, the original Silk Spectre wanted the fame to capitalize on her modeling career, Laurie takes it on from her mother’s prompting. Again we see the conflicting attitudes mother and daughter have towards the superhero career. She finds it flattering when an avid fan sends her one, whereas Laurie finds it distasteful. ![]() Sally Jupiter receives a Silk Spectre Tijuana Bible when she is first introduced.
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