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Spidey Super Stories

Britton Payne has spoken at various pop culture conventions about how The Electric Company and Marvel teamed up in the 1970s to produce a comic book that helped kids learn to read.

New Approaches in Teaching History

In his book New Approaches in Teaching History, University of Cincinnati professor Frederic Krome explores the ways that science fiction narratives can complement the history classroom.

Wonder Woman: The Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps

Wonder Woman investigates acts of sabotage at a training camp for the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, which allowed women to serve in the military as non-combatants during World War II.

Popular Culture in the Classroom and Beyond

The first college course on comic books was taught at Indiana University in 1972. Since then, comics have been incorporated into classrooms across the country at an exponential rate. Nonprofit organizations have likewise popped up to help promote the use of pop culture as an education tool and launch their own learning initiatives. Many preexisting organizations, meanwhile, have created original comic books to teach young and old alike about not only history but physics, mathematics, and the homeless. Remixing History contains sections on each of these areas, making it a one-stop website for those interested in the use of popular culture in the classroom.

Solution Squad

In 2017, middle school teacher Jim McClain created a 132-page graphic novel featuring a team of superheroes who use math to solve crimes as a way to better engage students in the classroom.

Exploring History Through Comic Books, Superheroes, and Popular Culture

Remixing History also explores individual comic books through the lens of the real-world events that shaped their narratives. By intertwining these fictional stories with their factual counterparts, a hybrid narrative is created that not only offers a unique perspective but serves as a gateway to further understanding of both the past and the present, as well as demonstrating the educational value of fictional narratives in both high school and college classrooms. Remixing History sorts these articles into categories, offering a convenient way to locate specific historical time periods and their fictional counterparts.

A Spider-Man Tourist Guide to Pittsburgh

In 1987, Peter Parker accompanied girlfriend Mary Jane Watson to Pittsburgh, taking in the many sights the Steel City while battling a Spider-Slayer and recovering a stolen manuscript.