Marvel: The World Outside Your Window

Captain America: Home of the Brave

In 2019, March co-author Andrew Aydin sent Captain America to the Deep South of 1964, where the superhero witnessed the violent racism of the times and found himself powerless to stop it.

The Incredible Hulk: In the Shadow of AIDS

AIDS-inflicted Jim Wilson is rescued by the Hulk during a protest against a student with AIDS from returning to school, similar to protests against the real-world Ryan White during the 1980s.

Nomad: The 1992 Los Angeles Riots

Marvel superhero Jack Monroe traveled across the country as Nomad in the early 1990s and found himself in Los Angeles on the night that real-world riots erupted in the City of Angels.

Steve Rogers vs. the German American Bund

Before taking the Super Soldier serum that turned him into Captain America, a sickly Steve Rogers confronted German Nazis in New York City looking to recruit Americans to their cause.

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