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Pop Culture and Education

Set Phasers to Teach

The collection of essays discuss the various ways that the science fiction franchise Star Trek can be used in college classrooms, including within fields that might not be immediately evident.

The Marvel Age of Comics

Spider-Man and Project Mercury

The amazing Spider-Man helps a crippled space capsule return safely to Earth while the real-world Mercury Seven astronauts wait for the opportunity to travel into the vast unknown.

Green Arrow and His Times

Green Arrow: The Death of John Lennon

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.

Comic Books and the Real World

She-Hulk and the Thing: Disaster at Diablo Reactor

The Thing and She-Hulk prevent a nuclear disaster from erupting at Diablo Canyon in 1982, the site of a real-world nuclear power plant that thousands protested against for close to a decade.