Champions: The World Still Needs Heroes

Champions of a New Generation

A new generation of Marvel comic book superheroes, led by Kamala Khan and Miles Morales, formed their own superhero team in 2016 with a focus on more real-world based villainy.

Champions: Mitigating Climate Change

The teenage Marvel superhero team the Champions have been strong proponents of climate change mitigation, and even featured an environmental activist similar to Greta Thunberg.

Champions: Sheriff Studdard and Daly County

The Marvel superhero team travel to the American Southwest to confront an elected county sheriff waging war against immigrants, similar to the real-world Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County.

Champions: This is Not a Drill

In a 2018, a high school shooting occurred in the Marvel Comics Universe just seven months after the real-world shooting in Parkland, Florida, that launched the #NeverAgain movement.

Ms. Marvel and Voting in America

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.

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

The 2007 comic book series follows the exploits of a teenage superhero recruiting other female geniuses and serves as an inspiration for real-world young women to pursue careers in STEM.

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