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What in this book is new and revelatory? Comic readers have known for years that Marsden invented the lie detector, of his unconventional love life, that Wonder Woman's bracelets and lasso (and her being tied up in most of the early comics) are basically BDSM representations, and the character's ties to early feminism. I heard Lepore's interview on Fresh Air and nothing she said about the book was new to me.

Wdmoor Not being a comic book historian nerd, everything in this book was new and revelatory. I'd never heard of the wonderfully kinky William Moulton Marsto…moreNot being a comic book historian nerd, everything in this book was new and revelatory. I'd never heard of the wonderfully kinky William Moulton Marston, a dilettante of ménages a trois, free love, BDSM and polygamy. Merciful Minerva but he was a bad boy. This book was great fun. (less)

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Did this book depress anyone else? Was it just me?

Natalie Yes! The fact that a white man with a Harvard law and PhD degree couldn't hold a job was really disheartening to me. Also I wished I had learned more …moreYes! The fact that a white man with a Harvard law and PhD degree couldn't hold a job was really disheartening to me. Also I wished I had learned more about the women then him. He was kind of praised for being a feminist but he mostly just grossed me out. (less)

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