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Wonder Women of History

Anthony Letizia -
Wonder Women of History and its replacement Marriage à la Mode appeared in early Wonder Woman comic books, reflecting the shifting cultural norms in the U.S. during and after World War II.

Set Phasers to Teach

Pop Culture Hero Coalition

STEAM Superheroes

Comic Book Conventions and New York Public Schools

Teaching History with Popular Media

Comics @ San Diego State University

Spectra: The Original Laser Superhero

Cosplay for Science Initiative

The Marvel Age of Comics

The Mighty Thor and Hiroshima USA

Anthony Letizia -
The Cold War and threat of nuclear Armageddon made their way into Marvel Comics during the 1960s, as well as Collier’s magazine and its reporting of a fictitious nuclear attack on New York.

The Avengers: The Rise and Fall of McCarthyism

The X-Men and Greenwich Village

The Might Thor Joins the Peace Corps

Spider-Man and Project Mercury

Wyatt Wingfoot: The Fish-In Protests

The Fantastic Four and Apollo 11

The Fantastic Four Meet the Beatles

Spider-Man: The My Lai Massacre

Green Arrow and His Times

The Justice League of America Battles Pollution

Anthony Letizia -
In a DC comic published to coincided with the first Earth Day in April 1970, the Justice League of America encounter a burning river similar to the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland at the time.

Green Arrow: Love Canal and Toxic Waste

Green Arrow: Racial Profiling

Green Arrow: The Population Bomb

Green Arrow: Journey to Appalachia

Green Arrow: The 2016 Presidential Election

Green Arrow: The Native American Movement

Green Arrow: Salvadoran Sanctuary

The Transformation of a Kennedy and a Queen

Comic Books and the Real World

Heroes Against Hunger

Anthony Letizia -
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.

Superman vs. the Slums

Nomad: The 1992 Los Angeles Riots

Captain America and Spider-Man Walk the Freedom Trail

Superman and the Securities Exchange Act

Starfire: Apartheid No More

Champions: Mitigating Climate Change

Superman and the Declaration of Independence

A Superhero Tourist Guide to Minneapolis

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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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