Comics and the Real World

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.

Nikita Khrushchev: I Will Bury Iron-Man!

Captain America: Home of the Brave

Black Panther: Making a Stand in South Africa

Batman: The Theft of the Mona Lisa

Champions: This is Not a Drill

A Superhero Tourist Guide to Minneapolis

Starfire: Apartheid No More

Sam Wilson: The U.S.-Mexican Border

Green Arrow and His Times

Green Arrow: The Population Bomb

Anthony Letizia -
In their 1968 book The Population Bomb, Paul and Anne Ehrlich warned against overpopulation and dangers to the environment, issues also explored by Green Arrow and Green Lantern.

Green Arrow: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Green Arrow: Love Canal and Toxic Waste

Green Arrow: The Native American Movement

The Justice League of America Battles Pollution

Green Arrow: Journey to Appalachia

Green Arrow: Salvadoran Sanctuary

Green Arrow: Racial Profiling

Green Arrow: The Dakota Access Pipeline

Popular Culture and the Classroom

Hamilton Education Program

Anthony Letizia -
The Broadway musical has not only found traditional success on stage but in education as well with a high school program designed by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

Cosplay for Science Initiative

The First College Course on Comic Books

Comics @ San Diego State University

TeachRock

Reading With Pictures

Civics for All Comics Group

Buffy in the Classroom

Popular Culture Association

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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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