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Panel 1: It will become obvious by the end of the
chapter, but the remarks from Laurie’s mother in this memory – “…shouted at
him, he looked surprised, couldn’t imagine why I’d bear a grudge…” – refer to
Eddie Blake (the “him” in her dialogue).
Panel 3: And, as we can surmise from
Sally’s remark of how her husband – Larry Schexnayder, whom we discover in the
back-matter was Sally’s agent before they married – might dramatize Sally’s
encounter with Blake – “…my wife described how his rough hands slowly
squeezed…” – she and Eddie have had at least one intimate encounter.
Panel 4: The objects in this room – dedicated to
Sally’s adventuring as the original Silk Spectre and which include her costume,
pictures of Sally in her heroic identity, and the Minutemen picture in the far
background – when juxtaposed against Sally’s dialogue, “…he was there…plus, he
was gentle. You know what gentleness
means in a guy like that…” are more subtle indications that the man in question
is Edward Blake.
Panel 6: Sally’s comment that Laurie is
“[her] child” and not “[their] child,” as Schexnayder remarked
in the previous panel is important, as Laurie is not the daughter of
Schexnayder.
Also
note that Sally’s assertion that “[Laurie’s] future [is] taken care of…” is
juxtaposed with a young Laurie fondling the Silk Spectre costume, symbolizing
that Laurie’s future involves carrying on the legacy of her mother’s costumed
identity.
Panel 9: Laurie’s description of the snowglobe seeming
to have “some different sort of time.
Slow time…” is a remark on the structure of this chapter, and, more
importantly, a reflection on the recurring image of the tumbling Nostalgia
bottle.
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