When it came to racism, the pen was Stan Lee’s superpower
What did Stan Lee and other X-Men artists and writers do well when it came to depicting racism, and fighting for civil rights and social justice? What more could have been done? What do those difficult times from the 1960s onward, depicted in X-Men comics and taking place in real life, all the way up until today, say about the ways we accept or don't accept one another?
How the Nazis Were Inspired by Jim Crow
How do the issues in the above article also factor into the way that X-Men villains—mutants or non-mutants—act and react? Cite a specific character or characters, X-Men comic or graphic novel.
My Son’s Friends Use Slurs in Online Games. What Can I Do?
In one or more of the X-Men comics we've read, how have slurs come into play, and in your opinion, are those characters' choice of and use of hurtful words ever justified, why or why not? If you were to write or draw an X-Men comic, would you have one or more character use a slur or slurs, why or why not?
Can Masculinity Be Redeemed?
How do the issues in the above article factor into the way that men behave in X-Men comics, or not factor in? Can be a hero, villain, or monster. When it comes to male superheroes in the X-Men comics you've read so far, what do we need more or less of, and why?
Logan Is a Fitting Farewell to Hugh Jackman's Wolverine
What thing or things depicted in Barry Windsor-Smith's Weapon X also appear in the Logan movie, or other X-Men movies? With Logan, or any other X-Men hero who dies, gets erased, or disappears, why is it so hard to say Goodbye, and how can we cope?
‘X-Men: Apocalypse’: Jennifer Lawrence Deserves Better Than This Overcrowded Mess
How could the reviewer's negative critique of the above X-Men movie also apply to one or more of the recent X-Men comics you've read? How are comic books in general, or superhero movies in general, too jam packed, too messy, and how can a mess be avoided?
I Don’t Want to Be the Strong Female Lead
How does this artist's own personal struggle in Hollywood—specifically, as a woman—mirror problems that you see in X-Men comic books with those female heroes and/or villains? How are these problems more far-reaching, beyond Hollywood, or even "closer to home" for you?
30 Points Total Participation
10 Discussion Among Group, Weekend Work
20 Sharing Group Consensus with Class, Feb. 17