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Pop Culture and Education

Pop Culture Hero Coalition

Star Trek actress Chase Masterson co-founded the organization to help end bullying and improve the social and emotional skills in children by using popular culture as coping tools in schools.

The Marvel Age of Comics

Spider-Man and Project Mercury

The amazing Spider-Man helps a crippled space capsule return safely to Earth while the real-world Mercury Seven astronauts wait for the opportunity to travel into the vast unknown.

Green Arrow and His Times

Green Arrow: The Dakota Access Pipeline

The Green Arrow: Rebirth comic book series included a two-issue story arc based on real world protests at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation against the construction of an oil pipeline.

Comic Books and the Real World

The Marvel Age of Comics

The Marvel comic books of the 1960s often reflected real-world events, from the Cold War to the Civil Rights Movement, creating a fictional history that complimented the factual Sixties.