Purple Ray Purple Ray The Purple Ray, created by William Moulton Marston and featured in Wonder Woman comics, is a fictional healing device that brought a person back from the dead. Prior to the comic book storyline "Crisis on Infinite Earths", Diana invented the Purple Ray in order to heal Steve Trevor from injuries he sustained when his plane was shot down and he was left adrift in the sea for days. The Purple Ray was an all-around healing device. Variations on the concept survived into Earth-1, post-Crisis, post-Zero Hour and post Infinite Crisis continuities. Once it was used to revive the
Lie great number of lies, depending on how the political wind blows." The question of whether lies can reliably be detected through nonverbal means is a subject of some controversy. Polygraph "lie detector" machines measure the physiological stress a subject endures in a number of measures while he/she gives statements or answers questions. Spikes in stress are purported to indicate lying. The accuracy of this method is widely disputed, and in several well-known cases it was proven to have been deceived. Nonetheless, it remains in use in many areas, primarily as a method for eliciting confessions or employment screening. Polygraph results