Comic connections : building character and theme This book is designed to help teachers from middle school through college find exciting new strategies to help students develop their literacy skills Introduction: building character and theme Sandra Eckard Tales and dreams: Neil Gaimans the Sandman and critical and creative thinking in the English classroom Carmela Delia Lanza Marvelous families epic dysfunction: combining Norse mythology the Thor comics and Marvel films in a general education literature course Holly M. Wells Flip the hero script: Kamala Khan and Katniss Everdeen search for agency purpose and identity Mary T. Christel Marvels civil war: interrogating vigilantism and the superhero myth in the post 9 11 era Jane Coulter Keith Mccleary From Marvels Daredevil to Netflixs Defenders: justice is blind P.l. Thomas Comics and philosophy: Batman and the nature of evil Jon Ostenson Discovering and discussing tall tale elements through Lemkes tall great American folktales: the comic anthology Jennifer Toney Finding the panther: Marvel comics Black Panther socio historical roots and their influences on character development Scott Honeycutt Karin Keith Renee Rice Moran Lashay Jennings Huili Hong 21st century creature: analyzing Frankenstein in the medium of comics Jeffrey hayes Word from Krypton: analyzing the character of Superman Richard Harrison.