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Remixing History by intertwining the real world with comic books and other forms of pop culture.
Comic Book Conventions and New York Public Schools
During the 2025 New York Comic Con, three educators from the New York City Public School system discussed their success at duplicating the comic con experience for their students READ MORE: bit.ly/4nRjUeD
November 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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 READ MORE: bit.ly/3Jtm8mk #Pittsburgh
November 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This coming Sunday! #Buffy #Pittsburgh
October 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Spider-Woman: Breakout at Alcatraz
In 2024, Spider-Woman and a new teenage team of superheroes attempt to rescue Angar the Screamer from #Alcatraz Island, which once served as an escape-proof prison for notorious criminals READ MORE: bit.ly/4hDfx5h
October 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Comics in the Native American Classroom
A university associate professor spent ten years collecting Native American-created comic books, then crafted a college course on Native American history that uses them as source material READ MORE: bit.ly/4nSvs24
October 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Martin Scorsese moderating the “Lucas Museum Sneak Peak” panel at New York Comic Con!
October 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
October 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Say hello to New York Comic Con!
October 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Stumbled upon this while walking the streets of NYC tonight…
October 9, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Batman: The Rodney King Tape
One year after four Los Angeles police officers were found “not guilty” in the videotaped beating of Rodney King, the murder of an African American by Gotham City police is also videotaped READ MORE: bit.ly/48h7gS6 #Batman
October 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Green Arrow: Toxic Revenge
The Emerald Archer investigates a series of strange murders tied to a chemical company and housing community that shares similarities with toxic contamination during the 1970s/80s in Love Canal and Afton, North Carolina READ MORE: bit.ly/3VsaD0M #GreenArrow
September 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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 READ MORE: bit.ly/4ntVeJh #Marvel
September 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Hunger Action Heroes
Hunger relief organization Feeding San Diego created both a comic book and curriculum that can be used in classrooms to teach students about issues surrounding hunger and the environment READ MORE: bit.ly/4m7l8Bz
September 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
This old Westinghouse ceiling fan on display at the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh always reminds me of a Star Wars TIE fighter.
September 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Good Trouble Comics

Named after a catch phrase popularized by civil rights icon John Lewis, Good Trouble Comics intends on publishing comic books that inspire political action and give voice to the voiceless READ MORE: bit.ly/3JG0RFx
September 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
NYCC badges arrived!
August 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Superman Battles Polio
In 1940, reporters Clark Kent and Lois Lane investigate a fake medical clinic that claims to assist people suffering from infantile paralysis, better known as polio, that is nothing more than a scam READ MORE: bit.ly/41ZLUo3 #Superman #DCcomics #ComicBooks
August 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Necessary Trouble Archives
Inspired by the words of civil rights icon John Lewis, school counselor Mick Rabin created teacher guides for various historical graphic novels that include “call to action” video interviews READ MORE: bit.ly/4mo7UBo
August 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Teaching History with Popular Media

Professor Chad William Timm of Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, discusses ways that music, graphic narratives, and movies can be effectively incorporated into the history classroom in this recently published book: READ MORE: bit.ly/4mtFqWg
August 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It’s San Diego Comic-Con time! I’m here, are you?
July 23, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Superman’s Mission for President Kennedy
In a storyline created before the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Superman is called to the Oval Office to lend a hand in promoting physical fitness to the youth of the United States READ MORE: bit.ly/44T2kiO
July 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Inspired by #StarTrek in general and trailblazing actress Nichelle Nichols in particular, the nonprofit STEAM Superheroes utilizes popular culture to introduce youths to the fields of science and mathematics READ MORE: bit.ly/4kxShp1 #STEAM #science
July 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
During the American Bicentennial in 1976, Superman is sent back in time by the alien Karb-Brak to the year 1776, where he witnesses the historic signing of the Declaration of Independence READ MORE: bit.ly/4lyJELZ
July 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
During a visit to Los Angeles, #Daredevil pays a visit to the La Brea Tar Pits and almost joins the woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats that were trapped in the tar pits thousands of years ago READ MORE: bit.ly/4nwDKgm #Marvel
June 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The X-Men and the Cuban Missile Crisis
Magneto of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants threatens to detonate an atomic bomb in Santo Marco while Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev attempts to build a nuclear missile base in Cuba READ MORE: bit.ly/4dad3JD #MarvelComics
April 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM