The Hero's Behind The Mask

Doctor Manhattan

Abilities:

•  Control over matter
•    Telekinesis
•   Teleportation
•   Sees past, present, and future simultaneously. Although he cannot change the future because he says that everything to come is already predetermined.
• Superhuman Strength

Dr. Jonathan Osterman, a.k.a. Dr. Manhattan, was a physicist at Gila Flats Research Center in Arizona.  In 1959, Osterman accidentally got locked inside an Intrinsic Field Subtractor during a nuclear-physics experiment, where his atoms were smashed. he had left Janey’s watch in an Intrinsic Field Subtractor by accident. Over a period of a few months, he managed to reconstruct himself into Dr. Manhattan, a blue skinned superhuman.

Dr. Manhattan is the only member of the Watchmen  who has powers beyond the human capability. He has the ability to move through time. He knows what will happen in the future, but is unable to change it because he say the future is already predetermined. After his accident the U.S. government hired Manhattan as a government agent alongside The Comedian.  Manhattan was used by the government to end wars and military threats.

16 years after his accident, Manhattan became involved with Silk Spectre II (Laurie Juspeczyk). The Dr. devoted most of his time researching advanced technology development and physics research.

Silk Spectre

Abilities:

•   Athletic
•  Skilled in hand-to-hand fighting

Laurie Juspeczyk  also known as Silk Spectre II, is the daughter of the original Silk Spectre, Sally Jupiter and Blake Edward a.k.a. The Comedian. Sally pushed Laurie to follow in her footsteps in fighting crime. Her superhero career led her to a love affair with fellow superhero Dr. Manhattan.

When Keene Act of 1977 took place, Silk Spectre II was happy to retire her superhero ways. Being confined by the government to keep Dr. Manhattan happy, Juspeczyk relationship with Jon became a strain.

She came out of retirement in 1985 alongside Nite Owl to free Rorschach and help defeat a threat to kill millions of people.

Nite Owl

Abilities:

·         Master mechanic

·         Computer expert

Dan Dreiberg is the second Nite Owl who was inspired by Hollis Mason the first Nite Owl. When Dan’s mother died, he was left a great fortune which he invested into designing gadgets such as Archie, his owl ship, his owl suit and weapons to fight crime.  

While working briefly with the Crimebusters, Dreiber also worked alongside Rorschach to take on organized crime. When the Keene Act took place, Dan retired as Nite Owl and led a rather normal life afterward.

After Rorschach was arrested, Nite Owl and Silk Spectre came out of retirement together to bust out Rorschach and to help him stop a scheme that threatens to kill millions.

By: Yasmine Escudero