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Spectra: The Original Laser Superhero

To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the first laser in 2010, the American Physical Society created a new comic book superhero to help educate kids about physics and lasers.

The Marvel Age of Comics

The Might Thor Joins the Peace Corps

Thor alter-ego Donald Blake travels to the war-torn nation of San Diablo as a volunteer doctor to help the sick, similar to the tens-of-thousands of young Americans who joined the Peace Corps.

Green Arrow and His Times

Green Arrow: Toxic Revenge

The Emerald Archer investigates a series of strange murders tied to a chemical company and housing community that shares similarities with toxic contamination in Afton, North Carolina.

Comic Books and the Real World

Batman: The Theft of the Mona Lisa

The famed painting was not only stolen from the Louvre in 1911 but in a DC Comics storyline featuring Batman in the present and Leonardo da Vinci’s inspiration being kidnapped in the past.