Marjorie Wilkes

Marjorie Wilkes (born December 29, 1889), also known as Marjorie Wilkes Huntley, was an American librarian, comic book inker and letterer. She worked alongside William Moulton Marston and H. G. Peter on the original Wonder Woman stories.

Life and career Wilkes was born on 29 December 1889, in Atlanta, Georgia as the daughter of Samuel and Georgia Wilkes.

Around 1941, Wilkes entered the comic book industry. She became one of the creators of the original Wonder Woman stories, which debuted in the All Star Comics #8 in December 1941. While William Moulton Marston wrote the story, H. G. Peter did the artwork, and Wilkes was responsible for inking, lettering, and transcribing the scripts. She was later described as the person who knew the most about the production process of the Wonder Woman comics.

Personal life For much of her adult life, Wilkes was in a polyamorous relationship with Marston, his wife, lawyer and psychologist Elizabeth Holloway, and homemaker and psychology student Olive Byrne. According to Holloway, all the information about the nature of the relationship amongst them was contained in a series of documents that Wilkes kept locked in a cabinet until she herself decided to destroy them, stating, "The world is not ready for this. I have to destroy it". Researcher Jill Lepore, however, raised doubts whether this destruction was eventually carried out.

Wilkes had no children and died alone in a care home.