![]() ![]() She never takes a bit of folklore or family legend for granted: she tests them all against the documents and for their internal coherence and likelihood. She’s gone back to the primary sources whenever possible. But unlike many other comics scholars, she doesn’t simply regurgitate interview material. ![]() She’s been lucky to have the cooperation of at least some of Marston’s family. Key to the success of the book is Lepore’s stellar detective work, her almost Sherlock-Holmesian ability to ferret out obscure historical facts and join them together in a plausible narrative. The first and most important thing to say is that The Secret History of Wonder Woman is a splendid work of history, one of the three or four best books ever written on comics and a crucial contribution to the history of feminism. ![]() For that reason, I’m offering these notes on the book.ġ. Yet that review was aimed at a general audience, so skimmed over the comic book specific stuff that the more connoisseurial readers of TCJ might be interested in. The magazine was generous with their space, allowing me to give a detailed survey of a juicy book full of eye-popping information about William Mouton Marston, the creator of Wonder Woman. I reviewed Jill Lepore’s The Secret History of Wonder Woman for Hazlitt. Features Wonder Woman’s Secrets in Context ![]()
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