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Comics @ San Diego State University

Anthony Letizia -
After having amassed an impressive collection of comic books, graphic novels, and historical artifacts, SDSU is developing a groundbreaking program on comic books and social justice.

Necessary Trouble Archives

Now What?!

TeachRock

Comic Book Conventions and New York Public Schools

Hunger Action Heroes Unite!

Integrating Pop Culture Into the Academic Library

Teaching with the Beatles

Constance and Nano

The Marvel Age of Comics

Wyatt Wingfoot: The Fish-In Protests

Anthony Letizia -
Wyatt Wingfoot invites the Fantastic Four to his Oklahoma reservation for help against the Miracle Man while Native Americans fought for fishing rights in the real world state of Washington.

The Hulk, Bruce Banner, and Robert Oppenheimer

Marvel and the Military-Industrial Complex

Captain America and Altamont Speedway

Spider-Man and Project Mercury

The X-Men and Greenwich Village

Mary Jane Watson: Go-Go Dancer

Red Wolf and the Occupation of Alcatraz

The Fantastic Four Meet the Beatles

Green Arrow and His Times

Green Arrow: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Anthony Letizia -
On March 24, 1989, the supertanker Exxon Valdez was making its way through Prince William Sound after having been fully loaded with crude oil...

Green Arrow: The Dakota Access Pipeline

Green Arrow: Journey to Appalachia

Green Arrow: The Population Bomb

Green Arrow: Salvadoran Sanctuary

Green Arrow: The 2016 Presidential Election

Green Arrow: Toxic Revenge

Green Arrow: The Homeless of Seattle

Green Arrow: Racial Profiling

Comic Books and the Real World

Sam Wilson: The U.S.-Mexican Border

Anthony Letizia -
Sam Wilson, the newly anointed Captain American in the Marvel Comics Universe, defended migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexican border despite the political controversy of his actions.

Champions: Mitigating Climate Change

Star Trek: Threads of Destiny

Heroes Against Hunger

She-Hulk and the Thing: Disaster at Diablo Reactor

A Spider-Man Tourist Guide to Pittsburgh

Captain America: Punching American Nazis

Superman and the Declaration of Independence

Lois Lane: When It Rains, God is Crying