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Hunger Action Heroes Unite!

Anthony Letizia -
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.

Spectra: The Original Laser Superhero

STEAM Superheroes

Teaching with the Beatles

Star Trek’s Philosophy of Peace and Justice

Constance and Nano

Comics in the Native American Classroom

Aurora History as Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy

Set Phasers to Teach

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.

Wyatt Wingfoot: The Fish-In Protests

The Might Thor Joins the Peace Corps

The Fantastic Four Meet the Beatles

Captain America and Altamont Speedway

Spider-Man: The My Lai Massacre

The Avengers: The Rise and Fall of McCarthyism

The Hulk, Bruce Banner, and Robert Oppenheimer

Marvel and the Military-Industrial Complex

Green Arrow and His Times

Green Arrow: The Death of John Lennon

Anthony Letizia -
A 1984 Green Arrow comic book narrative contained a flashback sequence similar to the murder of the former Beatle, while the DC superhero attempts to stem the flow of guns in the present.

Green Arrow: The Population Bomb

Green Arrow: The Dakota Access Pipeline

Green Arrow: Salvadoran Sanctuary

Green Arrow: The Native American Movement

Green Arrow: The 2016 Presidential Election

The Justice League of America Battles Pollution

Green Arrow: Toxic Revenge

Green Arrow: Love Canal and Toxic Waste

Comic Books and the Real World

Ms. Marvel and Voting in America

Anthony Letizia -
Writer G. Willow Wilson explored the reasons why Americans don’t vote in a Ms. Marvel comic book published in November 2016 in which the superhero tries to increase turnout in Jersey City.

Star Trek: Threads of Destiny

A Superhero Tourist Guide to Minneapolis

A Spider-Man Tourist Guide to Pittsburgh

The Unstoppable Wasp and G.I.R.L.

A Captain America History of the United States

Lois Lane: When It Rains, God is Crying

Captain America: Punching American Nazis

The Incredible Hulk: In the Shadow of AIDS

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