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4. William Moulton Marston (May 9, 1893 – May 2, 1947), also known by the pen name Charles Moulton ( / ˈmoʊltən / ), was an American psychologist who, with his wife Elizabeth Holloway, invented an early prototype of the polygraph. He was also known as a self-help author and comic book writer who created the character Wonder Woman.
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- May 2, 1947 (aged 53), Rye, New York, U.S.
- May 9, 1893, Saugus, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Elizabeth Holloway Marston (m. 1915; his death 1947)
Oct 27, 2014 · Wonder Woman's creator, William Moulton Marston, had a secret life: He had a wife and a mistress and fathered children with both of them. Jill Lepore explains in The Secret History of...
Oct 13, 2017 · The true-life tale behind the Amazon warrior’s controversial creator has remained shrouded in mystery for decades. William Moulton Marston, who published his first Wonder Woman strip in 1941 ...
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Wonder Woman is a superheroine created by the American psychologist and writer William Moulton Marston (pen name: Charles Moulton), [2] and artist Harry G. Peter in 1941 for DC Comics. Marston's wife, Elizabeth, and their life partner, Olive Byrne, [3] are credited as being his inspiration for the character's appearance.
- Princess Diana of Themyscira (Amazon identity), Diana Prince (civilian identity)
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Marston and Wonder Woman were pivotal to the creation of what became DC Comics. (DC was short for Detective Comics, the comic book in which Batman debuted.) In 1940, Gaines decided to counter his ...
Jul 8, 2016 · Gaines told Marston if he wanted to see that comic book become a reality, he would have to write it himself. So, he did—and thus Wonder Woman was born. The character debuted in All-Star Comics ...
Sep 7, 2017 · The brief pieces by “Dr. William Moulton Marston, noted author and lecturer on female psychology,” describe the publication’s pin-up girls, including “Miss Chummy Bunny,” a drawing of a young woman in a bunny outfit and little else who is, according to Marston’s text, “chummy with men, certainly — even cuddly when the mood is ripe.”
