Comics and the Real World

Heroes Against Hunger

Anthony Letizia -
In 1986, DC Comics published a special benefit comic featuring Batman and Superman fighting famine in Africa that was part of a world-wide effort to raise funds for the real-world Ethiopia.

Sam Wilson: The U.S.-Mexican Border

Champions: This is Not a Drill

Ms. Marvel and Voting in America

Captain America: Punching American Nazis

A Superhero Tourist Guide to Minneapolis

The Mighty Thor and Hiroshima USA

Captain America and Spider-Man Walk the Freedom Trail

Iron Man: Behind Enemy Lines

Green Arrow and His Times

The Justice League of America Battles Pollution

Anthony Letizia -
In a DC comic published to coincided with the first Earth Day in April 1970, the Justice League of America encounter a burning river similar to the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland at the time.

Green Arrow: Racial Profiling

Green Arrow: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Green Arrow: The 2016 Presidential Election

Green Arrow: The Native American Movement

The Transformation of a Kennedy and a Queen

Green Arrow: The Population Bomb

Green Arrow: Salvadoran Sanctuary

Green Arrow: Love Canal and Toxic Waste

Popular Culture and the Classroom

Cosplay for Science Initiative

Anthony Letizia -
Since 2017, a group of professional scientists having been using cosplay to connect with fans of popular culture and show how real science relates to many of their favorite fictional universes.

Spectra: The Original Laser Superhero

Teaching with the Beatles

The First College Course on Comic Books

Aurora History as Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy

Buffy in the Classroom

Red Dead’s History

Constance and Nano

Exploring Science Through Science Fiction

ABOUT REMIXING HISTORY

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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