@HeerJeet Just imagine if Wertham and his colleagues had actually read some original Marston-era Wonder Woman comics.
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@EricKleefeld The critic who might have seen Marston is Gershon Legman, who was writing in 1940s about sexual subtext of comics.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@EricKleefeld Yep. I'm looking forward to Jill Lepore's forthcoming book on all this.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet Marston certainly would've been a better influence on him than Hubbard was.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@EricKleefeld Chris Ware made the same point to me -- that RAH and Marston are parallel figures.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@EricKleefeld Yeah, although I suspect that Marston would've run into as much trouble as EC comics in early 1950s had he lived.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@EricKleefeld Lev Gleason publisher of "Crime Does Not Pay" was far-left popular front figure. Imagine if Congress had known that.
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@EricKleefeld Exactly. There were plenty of other people who were far riper targets but didn't get the spotlight.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes - Show replies
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