This image of a superhero, who wanted to bring about peace through submission to power worked very well because it was concieved during the Second World War (1939 to 1945) and the post war periods.Īs the feminist moment came into play in the 1960s and 70s, the tones of bondage in the Wonder Woman books became lighter and gradually disappeared. Her lasso of truth too was used to tie up criminals in numerous scenarios. In the earlier comic books, Marston wrote how the Amazons (Wonder Woman's tribe) by pledging to submit to a loving authority protect themselves from evil & corruption–mainly from within–by not succumbing to their personal ego's destructive wills. Marston was inspired his mistress's bracelets (he was into BDSM) which he used to create allegories to his dominance-submission philosophy of freedom. Marston believed that making people submit to power, peaceful and kind authority would put people to their most comfortable, their strongest and most productive best.Ī look at Wonder Woman's weapons of choice reveals the same details: her lasso of truth and golden bracelets (they were once called bracelets of submission) were tools in the whole submission theme. Since Marston was deeply involved with women's rights, including issues of birth control, voting and career equity, it is no surprise that William Moulton Marston's most famous work is the creation of the comic book heroine, Wonder Woman.īut a look at the earliest issues reveals a shocking fact: the original herione had heavy, very heavy (with emphasis on the heavy) undertones of bondage in the comic book series.Īs Comic Book Resources sums it up, "Tying people up, getting tied up, the consequences of tying people up or getting tied up, it was a major theme."
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