The People's History of the Marvel Universe by Steven Attewell

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"I wanted to defend the reputation of Silver Age X-Men." - Steven Attewell, Phd. Our favoriate historian is back to talk about his essay series, The People's History of The Marvel Universe -- where he looks at how real world politics and history are refelcted in classic comics. Read it: https://graphicpolicy.com/category/history/peoples-history-of-the-marvel-universe/?order=asc Our conversation convers; Magneto's political development from Silver Age through Claremont Why Canada is extra evil in the 616 And of course, Captain America fighting tax evasion. We also get a preview of Steven's upcoming essay that will tackle the problematic retconning of The Falcon, Sam Wilson, from social worker to gangster. Steven Attewell writes about the intersection of history, politics and pop culture in The People's HIstory of the Marvel Universe for Graphic Policy.com In his day job he teaches public policy at City Unversity of New York's School for Labor and Urban Studies. His blog - https://racefortheironthrone.wordpress.com/

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