Tag: Marvel

  • Using Comic Books to Explore Social and Historical Issues: Fall Semester in Review

    This fall semester, I took a deliberate approach to using comic books as teaching tools to explore critical social and historical issues that resonate with my high school students. Rather than treating comics as simple entertainment, I leveraged their visual storytelling power and cultural relevance to create engaging entry points for discussions about representation, identity,…

  • CIC: 60 Years of Fantastic Four

    The Fantastic Four, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1961, revolutionized superhero storytelling and left a lasting impact on popular culture, inspiring creativity and exploration.

  • CIC: Infinite Crisis

    DC Comics’ “Infinite Crisis” and post-Crisis era reshaped the DC Universe, introducing mature storytelling and exploring themes of legacy and character evolution.

  • CIC: Death of a Sidekick, Islamophobia, and Fan Voting

    “A Death in the Family” comic book features interactive storytelling while provoking discourse on Islamophobia and cultural sensitivity in character representation.

  • TWIH: Batman 1989 and Batman Begins 2005

    The films “Batman” (1989) and “Batman Begins” (2005) highlighted Batman’s transformation, psychological depth, and socio-political undercurrents, and are now being used in classrooms for complex character analysis and comparative studies.

  • CIC: Broken Bat is Published

    The “Broken Bat” storyline from Batman comics, depicting the hero’s physical and psychological battles, influenced Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises” and serves as a teaching tool for resilience, character evolution, and storytelling.