Comics and the Real World

Heroes Against Hunger

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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.

Champions: Sheriff Studdard and Daly County

Captain Marvel vs. Atomic Armageddon

The Hulk, Bruce Banner, and Robert Oppenheimer

Champions: Mitigating Climate Change

Black Panther: Making a Stand in South Africa

Iron Man: Behind Enemy Lines

Champions: This is Not a Drill

Lois Lane: When It Rains, God is Crying

Green Arrow and His Times

Green Arrow: The Population Bomb

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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 2016 Presidential Election

Green Arrow: Journey to Appalachia

The Transformation of a Kennedy and a Queen

Green Arrow: The Death of John Lennon

Green Arrow: Racial Profiling

Green Arrow: The Homeless of Seattle

Green Arrow: The Dakota Access Pipeline

Green Arrow: The Native American Movement

Reflections of the Small Screen

Person of Interest and the Shadow Factory

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Comparison of the surveillance system in the television drama Person of Interest and the real-life capabilities of the NSA as outlined in the book The Shadow Factory by journalist James Bamford.

Watchmen: Nothing Ever Ends

The Office and the Financial Crisis of 2008

Agent Carter: I Know My Value

Leverage and The Big Con

Warehouse 13: Snag, Bag and Tag

Dark Skies: History As We Know It Is a Lie

White Collar and Catherine the Great’s Music Box

The X-Files: The Men in Black

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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