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Comic Book Conventions and New York Public Schools

During the 2025 New York Comic Con, three educators from the New York City Public School system discussed their success at duplicating the comic con experience for their students.

Civics for All Comics Group

Star Wars in the Classroom

Teaching with the Beatles

Necessary Trouble Archives

Constance and Nano

Red Dead’s History

The Marvel Age of Comics

Wyatt Wingfoot: The Fish-In Protests

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.

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

Heroes Against Hunger

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.