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Hunger Action Heroes Unite!

Hunger relief organization Feeding San Diego created both a comic book and curriculum that can be used in classrooms to teach students about issues surrounding hunger and the environment.

The Marvel Age of Comics

The Fantastic Four and Apollo 11

The Fantastic Four foil a plot by the alien Kree to keep Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin from landing on the Moon while millions across planet Earth are enraptured by the lunar mission.

Green Arrow and His Times

Green Arrow: Journey to Appalachia

Two years after Senator Robert F. Kennedy embarked on a “poverty tour” of Kentucky, Green Arrow and Green Lantern made a similar journey to a small mining town called Desolation.

Comic Books and the Real World

The Incredible Hulk: In the Shadow of AIDS

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.