Because of this there seems a depth their contemporaries lacked. A lot of the stuff Marston (a noted psychologist) believed about women's roles in society found its way into the Wonder Woman stories and it's very interesting to read those stories after reading Lepore's book.Īs creators go Marston and artist Harry G Peter (also involved in Woman's right movement) were older man compared to their peers working on Superman and Batman. I first got interested in the Golden Age Wonder Woman after reading Jill Lepore's excellent The Secret History of Wonder Woman which explores William Moulton Marston's history, personal life and ties to the Women's right movements in the 1920's & 1930's. Aside from the Comics Cavalcade and Big All-American Comic Book tales, all these stories were printed in the Wonder Woman Archives Volumes 4, 5 and 6. Included in Volume 2 is Wonder Woman stories published in: Sensation Comics 25-48, Wonder Woman 8-15, Comics Cavalcade 6-8, and one story from the unnumbered Big All-American Comic Book. Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus Volume 2 covers the January 1944 to December 1945 time period.
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