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Red Dead’s History

Anthony Letizia -
History professor Tore Olsson launched a college course in 2021 that used popular video game Red Dead Redemption to explore U.S. history, then wrote a book based on the class afterwards.

Teaching History with Popular Media

Drawn to Home

Cosplay for Science Initiative

Solution Squad

Star Trek’s Philosophy of Peace and Justice

TeachRock

Graphic Medicine International Collective

Aurora History as Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy

The Marvel Age of Comics

The Fantastic Four and Apollo 11

Anthony Letizia -
The Fantastic Four foil a plot by the alien Kree to keep Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin from landing on the Moon while millions across planet Earth are enraptured by the lunar mission.

Wyatt Wingfoot: The Fish-In Protests

The Hulk, Bruce Banner, and Robert Oppenheimer

The Avengers: The Rise and Fall of McCarthyism

Mary Jane Watson: Go-Go Dancer

Captain America and Altamont Speedway

The Incredible Hulk and the University of Wisconsin

Red Wolf and the Occupation of Alcatraz

The Fantastic Four Meet the Beatles

Green Arrow and His Times

Green Arrow: The Population Bomb

Anthony Letizia -
In their 1968 book The Population Bomb, Paul and Anne Ehrlich warned against overpopulation and dangers to the environment, issues also explored by Green Arrow and Green Lantern.

Green Arrow: The 2016 Presidential Election

The Justice League of America Battles Pollution

The Transformation of a Kennedy and a Queen

Green Arrow: The Native American Movement

Green Arrow: Toxic Revenge

Green Arrow: The Dakota Access Pipeline

Green Arrow: Journey to Appalachia

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.

A Superhero Tourist Guide to Minneapolis

Superman and the Declaration of Independence

Champions: Mitigating Climate Change

Sam Wilson: The U.S.-Mexican Border

Champions: This is Not a Drill

The Incredible Hulk: In the Shadow of AIDS

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

Superman and the New Deal

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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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