Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Volume 3

About Various

A noted psychologist and the man who perfected the testing system for the lie detector William Moulton Marston was hired in 1941 as an advisor to All-American Comics publisher M.C. Gaines after he wrote an article praising the educational potential of comic books in the magazine The Family Circle. In December 1941 Wonder Woman s first adventure appeared in All Star Comics #8 written by Marston under the pen name Charles Moulton. For four years Marston wrote nearly all his creation s adventures including both comic books and a syndicated newspaper strip. In 1945 suffering from the effects of a polio infection he began to turn over the feature s scripting duties to others particularly his assistant Joye Murchison. Marston died in 1947 just a week shy of his 54th birthday.