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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.

Now What?!

Constance and Nano

Teaching Bob Dylan

Set Phasers to Teach

STEAM Superheroes

Cosplay for Science Initiative

Hamilton Education Program

Civics for All Comics Group

The Marvel Age of Comics

The Hulk, Bruce Banner, and Robert Oppenheimer

Both Bruce Banner of the fictional Marvel Comics Universe and real-world physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer were suspected and investigated of being Soviet spies during the 1950s and 1960s.

Green Arrow and His Times

Green Arrow: Love Canal and Toxic Waste

In 1986, Green Arrow teamed with Batman to expose the dangers of toxic waste from a chemical plant, similar to how residents of Love Canal fought against exposure in their own community.

Comic Books and the Real World

Starfire: Apartheid No More

The DC Comics superhero Starfire traveled to South Africa in 1986 and witnessed the atrocious treatment of blacks firsthand just as the anti-apartheid movement in U.S. was hitting its stride.