Comics and the Real World

Nikita Khrushchev: I Will Bury Iron-Man!

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev made occasional appearances within the pages of Marvel Comics during the 1960s, and even lobbed his famous “I will bury you” phrase against Iron Man.

Green Arrow and His Times

Green Arrow: Salvadoran Sanctuary

During the early 1980s, Oliver Queen becomes part of the real-world Sanctuary Movement when political refugees from El Salvador are threatened with deportation by the U.S. government.

Reflections of the Small Screen

Grimm and the Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault

Exploration of the various narratives on the television drama Grimm that directly relate to the fairy tales of Charles Perrault, who published them in 1697 under the moniker Mother Goose.