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Inspired by the words of civil rights icon John Lewis, school counselor Mick Rabin created teacher guides for various historical graphic novels that include “call to action” video interviews.

Adventures in Learning with Indiana Jones

Teaching with Comics and Graphic Novels

Comic Book Conventions and New York Public Schools

STEAM Superheroes

Constance and Nano

Pop Culture Classroom

Red Dead’s History

Set Phasers to Teach

The Marvel Age of Comics

The Hulk, Bruce Banner, and Robert Oppenheimer

Anthony Letizia -
Both Bruce Banner of the fictional Marvel Comics Universe and real-world physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer were suspected and investigated of being Soviet spies during the 1950s and 1960s.

The X-Men and Greenwich Village

The Might Thor Joins the Peace Corps

The Mighty Thor and Hiroshima USA

Captain America and Altamont Speedway

Wyatt Wingfoot: The Fish-In Protests

The Fantastic Four Meet the Beatles

The Fantastic Four and Apollo 11

Red Wolf and the Occupation of Alcatraz

Green Arrow and His Times

Green Arrow: Racial Profiling

Anthony Letizia -
In 2016, writer Benjamin Percy tackled the subject of racial profiling in a multi-issue narrative of Green Arrow in which a floating machine with tentacles targets African Americans in Seattle.

The Justice League of America Battles Pollution

Green Arrow: The Death of John Lennon

Green Arrow: The Dakota Access Pipeline

Green Arrow: The Population Bomb

Green Arrow: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Green Arrow: Journey to Appalachia

Green Arrow: Toxic Revenge

Green Arrow: Salvadoran Sanctuary

Comic Books and the Real World

The Incredible Hulk: In the Shadow of AIDS

Anthony Letizia -
AIDS-inflicted Jim Wilson is rescued by the Hulk during a protest against a student with AIDS from returning to school, similar to protests against the real-world Ryan White during the 1980s.

Superman’s Mission for President Kennedy

Batman: The Theft of the Mona Lisa

Starfire: Apartheid No More

Captain America: Punching American Nazis

Heroes Against Hunger

Champions: This is Not a Drill

Lois Lane: When It Rains, God is Crying

Nomad: The 1992 Los Angeles Riots

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Popular culture often serves as a mirror into the past and present through narratives that reflect the real world. Remixing History intertwines these fictional stories with their factual counterparts, creating a hybrid history and better understanding of our times in the process.

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