Panel at Denver Comic Con 2018 on how to incorporate comics into college classrooms, the example was Cultural Anthropology and Anthropology of Religion

1. Panelists:Cherry Emerson, Ph.D., Chrissy Bender, Joshua Curfman,
Rob Kemp, Kimberley Miller-Sjostrom, Charlie Rozanski
DENVER COMIC CON June 16, 2018 11:30 AM Room 303
2006 Arabic & English

2.  Teshkeel’s (Media Group and its founder, Naif Al-Mutawa) cornerstone
project focuses on a collection of 99 male and female superheroes,
dubbed The 99, who use their superhuman strengths to help people
and fight evil.
 The 99’s powers all come from the noor stones carrying knowledge
that were put in a river at the time of the sacking of Bagdad in 1258
A.D. by the forces of Kulagu Khan. (grandson of Genghis Kahn)
 Islam holds that Allah possesses 99 traditional attributes, such as
foresight, wisdom and mercy.
 Each superhero possesses one of these divine attributes.
 Working in teams of three and each hailing from a different country,
the superheroes teach children the importance of teamwork and the
value of diversity.

3.  The 99 Names of the one and only lord
ALLAH (Arabic: ‫الحسنى‬ ‫هللا‬ ‫أسماء‬ ,translit: ʾasmāʾu
llāhi lḥusnā) also known as The 99 attributes
of Allah, according to Islamic tradition, are
the names of Allah revealed by the Creator
(‫هللا‬) (Allah) in the Qur'an.
 Examples:
◦ Al Aziz ‫العزيز‬ The Almighty, the Self Sufficient
◦ Al Sami‘ ‫السميع‬ The All-Hearing
◦ Ash Shaheed ‫الشهيد‬ The Witness

4.  Extraordinary powers or abilities, exceptional
skills/and or advanced equipment and technology.
 A motivation, sense of responsibility, a formal
calling, personal vendetta or strong belief in
justice
 A strong moral code, willing to risk their own
safety in the service of good without expecting a
reward.
 A secret identity and a distinctive costume
 Reoccurring characters and constant enemies
 Headquarters, wealth or occupation that hides
them and a backstory, often tragic, freak accident
 Do not always work in teams, but may on
occasion.
 Male super heros get to wear more clothes 

5. 1974

6. 2014

7. “They’re our Greek myths,” says Laurence Maslon,
the author of Superheroes!: Capes, Cowls, and the
Creation of Comic Book Culture. “But the
difference, is, they’re no longer what the Greek
myths were to the Greeks – they’re what they were
to western civilisation centuries later. We know
them so well now. They have outlived the intent of
the original. And there are people who grew up
with them, seven-year-olds who are 57 now. They
don’t want to throw them away, but they want to
interpret them through the lens of their own time.”

10.  English, adult learners or those needing help,
like me, dyslexic.
 Geography, finding hero’s and stories and
explaining where they are located.
 Accounting, figure out how much Iron Man
needs to survive one movie. Line Item.
 Anthropology, cross-cultural understanding as
well as our absorption of lessons and morals
 Psychology, motivation of villains and heros
 ___________What department would you add?

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superheroesandvillains.wikia.com/wiki/Common_Traits(Hero).
Emerson, Cherry. The99 Origin Issue PDF (personal collection)
Mecca Joseph. “CHAZEN WEB JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Www.gsb.columbia.edu/Chazen/Webjournal Event Report The 99: Superheroes for the Muslim World .”
Columbia Business School - Chazen Institute, Columbia University, 5 Mar. 2007,
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Morrison, M. (2018, April 07). Captain America: 15 Things Only True Marvel Fans Know About Nomad.
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“Names of God in Islam.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 11 June 2018,
simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names of_God_in_Islam.
Rozanski, Charlie. Owner Mile High Comics, Denver Colorado. Personal collection. Covers of Comic books
for Presentation.
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