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Book Seven


In book seven we are treated to the budding romance between the Nite Owl and the Silk Spectre. Up to this point, Nite Owl is the only character that even comes close to being "normal" in this series and even he is a bumbling, unsure person in company of others. Here we see he has even more trouble than we imagined. He fails to perform sexually when he and Silk Spectre first get together. So much for "normal."


During the love scene, or lack of love as the case may be, on the television that is playing in the background it is announced that the Russians are threatening Pakistan. It is also announced that the writer of the pirate comic book is missing. Then a company called the "Institute For Extraspatial Studies" reports that it may be close to opening portals to other dimensions. These three points intertwine in the plot later.


The book ends as Silk Spectre and Nite Owl go out and save some apartment dwellers from a burning building, quite violating the law that outlaws super-heroes. The pair end up successfully making love in the afterglow of their excitement and lawbreaking as they float in the Owl's airship after the rescue.


"Did the costumes make it good?," Spectre asks afterwards.

"Yeah, I guess the costumes had something to do with it. It just feels strange, you know? To come out and admit that to somebody. To come out of the closet," says Nite Owl.


I don't imagine this has to be further illuminated to catch the drift there. We can launch into half a dozen "Freudian" directions with that little exchange.

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