Joye Hummel


Joye Hummel ghost-wrote a number of "Wonder Woman" stories between 1944 and 1947. She was 19 years old when she began.
When William Moulton Marston – the original Wonder Woman writer – became terminally ill, Hummel took over. Her first stories appeared in the Spring of 1945 in issue 12 of Wonder Woman. Within three years of her in this writing role, the character became a huge success.
Hummel was the first woman to write stories for Wonder Woman. At the time, she did not receive any recognition.
She married David W. Murchison, then Jack Kelly.

Awards

In 2018, Hummel won the 2018 Bill Finger Award from San Diego Comic-Con International.