He was dealing with a male audience." It is infrequently acknowledged that about 90% of the readership of Wonder Woman has always been male, despite the adoption of Wonder Woman as a strong role model for girls by feminists such as Gloria Steinem. The atomic bomb blasts that ended World War II were clearly still on the minds of the American public in 1947.Īlthough Wonder Woman was ostensibly a comic book for girls, editor Sheldon Mayer commented that Marston "was writing a feminist book but not for women. Wonder Woman 21, the cover of which is shown above, provides a good example of the bizarre, fanciful stories written by Marston and illustrated by long-time associate Harry G. Marston's Wonder Woman, right down to the heavy silver Indian bracelets worn on each of her wrists. William Marston fathered two children each by each woman, and the extended family lived together harmoniously! Apparently Olive bore a physical resemblance to Marston and his wife Elizabeth Holloway Marston. In fact, Olive "Dotsie" Richard moved in with Remarkably, his research assistant on that study, Olive Byrne, was also the woman who, as Olive Richard, conducted the seminal interview published in Family Circle. A scene remarkably similar to the "baby party" involving Wonder Woman's frequent supporting cast, the girls of Beeta Lamda sorority Holliday College, showed up in Sensation Comics 4 (April 1942). In fact, virtually all "Moulton" Wonder Woman stories included a full-length Wonder Woman in an oversized bondage panel. Marston frequently returns to the themes mentioned above in his Wonder Woman stories. Remarkably, she continued to make appearances in all three comic books, and also appeared with Green Lantern and Flash as a regular in Comic Cavalcade starting in Winter 1942-43. In Summer 1942, Wonder Woman 1 appeared on newsstands.
She immediately took the lead story and cover spot in Sensation Comics 1 (January 1942). The Suprema name was quickly dropped, and Marston selected artist Harry Peter to draw the feature, over Mayer's objections. Wonder Woman made her first appearance in All Star Comics 8 (December 1941–January 1942), an origin story with an unusual combination of illustrations and text. Marston submitted his first script about "Suprema, the Wonder Woman" to editor Sheldon Mayer in February 1941 under the pseudonym Charles Moulton. Gaines of All American Comics, sister company of DC Comics, led to an appointment to the Editorial Advisory Board of both lines of comic books. His highly complimentary comments about publisher M. In an interview published in the October 25, 1940, issue of Family Circle he discussed the young, burgeoning comic book industry. His ideas landed him the post of consulting psychologist for the women's magazine Family Circle.
Bunn, who has thoroughly studied Marston's works, comments about this book that, "Not only was he unable to prevent the political and sexual connotations of dominance and submission from emerging, but he even encouraged them." One study in Marston's book involves the "baby party," a strange sorority ritual held at Jackson College, sister school of Tufts University. Freshman initiates "were required to dress like babies," bound, prodded with sticks, and wrestled when they resisted. Among Marston's theories was that America would become a matriarchy, and in many of his writings he espoused the view that women could and would use sexual enslavement to achieve dominance over men. In his first of several popular psychology books, Emotions of Normal People (1928), he discussed emotional states in terms of "elementary behaviour units" in the activities of dominance, compliance, submission and inducement. Marston led a colorful and unconventional life. Marston is also known as the inventor, or at least the most enthusiasticĪdvocate, of the polygraph lie detector. William Moulton Marston, who wrote the stories under the pseudonym Charles Moulton. Wonder Woman was created by Harvard-trained psychologist Dr. She, with Superman and Batman, is one of DC Comics' "Big Three." Thanks to the popular 1970s television show starring Lynda Carter, Wonder Woman is the best-known comic-book superheroine. Wonder Woman (first series) 21, January-February 1947, cover
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