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Her tales crossed a number of various genres: Crime, Westerns, War propaganda, Adventure, and superheroes – including some stories featuring the Golden Age Green Lantern Alan Scott. Highsmith actually pitched to write Wonder Woman after creator William Moulton Marston passed away Can you imagine? A fierce, politically progressive, frightening smart, gay woman approaching DC editors Julie[...]

William Moulton Marston The movie focuses on Marston's polyamorous relationship with Elizabeth Holloway Marston and Olive Byrne and the hysterical public reaction to the concepts behind Wonder Woman First announced late last year, some theatergoers were treated to a short teaser for the film airing during the previews before Wonder Woman. The news comes via THR reporter Borys[...]

 Our historical focus on the character has always been on her complex mixture of influences via co-creator William Moulton Marston, Olive Byrne, a student of Marston's who became one of his wives, and to some extent Margaret Sanger —  one of the most important feminist figures of the era, who also raised Byrne, and as such[...]

But definitively showing that the character came from William Moulton Marston, a womens' rights advocate Scott did (and I don't say this as criticism, just observation) omit that the role that his wife and mistress had to play in that. Nicola covered second wave feminism's use of Diana, too, stating: During the second wave of feminism in the[...]

William Moulton Marston. Professor Marston & The Wonder Women details the life of Dr William Moulton Marston (Evans), Harvard psychologist and inventor who created Wonder Woman in 1941, his wife, fellow psychologist and inventor Elizabeth (Hall), and their polyamorous relationship with Olive Byrne (Heathcote), a former student of Marston's and an academic in her own right. Their[...]

From her creation by William Moulton Marston to making the cover of Ms magazine to her appearance in Batman v Superman: Dawns of Justice played by Gal Gadot, Wonder Woman is still going strong. [youtube]https://youtu.be/A5cV8MCIoMk[/youtube] Wonder Woman is celebrating her 75th anniversary this year and seems to be as popular as ever, if not more so[...]

Peter includes his notes to writer William Moulton Marston and the creators notes back. "Dear Dr Marston, I slapped these two out in a hurry The eagle is tough to handle – when in perspective or in profile, he doesn't show up clearly — the shoes look like a stenographer's I think the idea might be[...]

William Moulton Marston the creator of Wonder Woman and drawn by Harry G Peters These two were also producing the comic book at the same time That series is now being collected in a 196-page hardcover book. So what did the comic strip look like? How did it differ from the comic book? Were some of[...]

How she exists in this weird half-state of being, on the one hand, part of the "DC Trinity," and on the other hand a character who has constantly had her book restarted and renumbered, who rarely sustains more than one title, and who at several times in her history has felt like she's only getting[...]

I love Golden Age DC Comics, including Golden Age Wonder Woman, but tattooing a foot-tall William Moulton Marston scripted H.G Peter Wonder Woman panel across your torso is another level of admiration entirely And I can't help but wonder what Grant Morrison would think about this. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: David Arquette And His Massive Wonder Woman Tattoo  David[...]

He also touched on Wonder Woman and her creator William Moulton Marston, and Grant's plans for her Here are a few extracts from the transcribed interview. Most-Read TV/Film Stories Today: Superman's New Crime Fighting Outfit Suggests Possible Budget Cuts In Man Of Steel We've all seen Clark Kent kitted out in the famously tight-fitting blue-and-red number from the[...]

The discussion over Grant Morrison's take on Wonder Woman is probably best left to the BC forum thread, but I do think that implying that the character dropped in popularity after William Moulton Marston stopped writing her is leaving out a bit of context  Marston's last script work on the title was with Sensation Comics[...]