Wonder Woman: Bondage and Feminism in the Marston / Peter Comics, 1941-1948 - Comics Culture

William Marston was an unusual man - a psychologist, a soft-porn pulp novelist, more than a bit of a carny, and the (self-declared) inventor of the lie detector. He was also the creator of Wonder Woman. Noah Berlatsky takes us on a wild ride through the Wonder Woman comics of the 1940s, illustrating how Marston's many quirks and contradictions produced a comic that was radically ahead of its time in terms of its bold presentation of female power and sexuality.