Marvel Knights

To understand the nature of Lee, you have to take a step back and understand who Lee was before the Marvel phenomenon: a dispirited, middle-aged company stooge working in a dying industry, with no reason to believe anything could change. He was born Stanley Martin Lieber in Manhattan’s Upper West Side on December 28, 1922, the first child of middle-class Jewish parents. Stanley’s father, Jack, had been a dressmaker but suffered from chronic unemployment during the Depression. “Seeing the…

Your Friendly Neighborhood Web Shooter Science: Structure and Function & Types of Interactions Technology: Knowledge Construction Engineering: Defining Problems & Developing Solutions 60 Minute Lesson Spider-Man Card Ball of yarn Balloons (1 per group) Toothbrush (1 per group) Spider Web (20 min) Wall Climbers (15 minutes) Gecko-Man (15 minutes ) Defying Gravity (10 minutes) Investigate how a better understanding of the natural world can inspire creativity. NGSS 1-LS1-1 Use materials to design…

While car buffs may be able to identify this sleek piece of metal as a custom yellow Lamborghini Countach LP500S, it is actually even more than that. This toy is a Transformer, meaning that with a few simple steps it can be transformed from a vehicle to a battle-ready robot. This particular transformer is named Sunstreaker. He was built in 1984, when the Transformers first hit the screen. He was part of the original Transformers cartoon series, along with his twin brother, Sideswipe. They became…

Background Comic books were in the groove in the 30’s and 40’s. After DC Comics published Superman in 1938, stories of mean, costumed superheroes battling criminals and enemies of the United States arose. However after World War II ended, interest for these stories decreased and superheroes were up the creek. In order to gain back the public’s interest of comic books, publishers began to fill them with romance, crime, and horror. In the early 1950’s, crime and horror comics arose, quickly…

Star Wars: The Complete Saga Widely accepted as one of the all-time great movie franchises, Star Wars movies are loved for their astonishing special effects and epic storyline. The popularity of these movies continues to grow as every new generation of film buffs discover these great movies. If you know a Star Wars fan who doesn't already own this set, this gift is a guaranteed win. This collection delivers all six of the original episodes in the exquisite high definition and crystal…

Have you ever wanted to know who was behind the Marvel comics? Well, one of the creators is Stan Lee. When he was in school, he had a part-time job. He became interim editor of Timely Comics. He became an assistant at the Division of the pulp Magazine, which later became Marvel Comics. Stan Lee’s first book debut was in 1941, He was the text filler for Captain America comics. He joined the army in 1941. Stan Lee the u.s in the signal corps, He was repairing telegraph poles. Stan…

MELEE CIRCLE (whole group) Welcome campers back to The Science of Superpowers! Today, we’re putting our skills to the test. Can you jump as far as The Incredible Hulk, balance like Catwoman, leap as tall as Superman, sprint alongside the Flash or throw as accurately as Bullseye? As you make your way through the lesson, add to the conversation by either reading directly from the Background Information or by ad-libbing in your own words. Wonder Woman dedicates many hours each week to training in…

We have been seeing heroes in media, television, comic books, and video games and on many other platforms for quite a while. In comic books we have been seeing Superman, Spiderman, Ironman and hundreds of other heroes. Today we watch movies that consist of multiple superheroes that fight the dangerous villains to save the people. These movies end with the hero defeating the villain, which is what we are used to watching. People usually see heroes as those who save lives and are good. People love…

Steve was contemplating everything he had beheld today, while surreptitiously watching his team. His team? Did he, he wondered, have the right to call these unique group, his team? Scoffing to himself, he pushed his empty basket away and lowered his head in exhaustion. A good leader draws from experience and he had none. With possibly the exception of Thor, none of them had any experience, yet they followed his orders, even Thor and more surprisingly, so did Tony Stark. Thor was/is a Norse…

It's a very busy year for the team of teenage superheroes, Power Rangers. Last week, the first glimpse of the T-Rex Zord from the upcoming Power Rangers movie has been revealed to the public. Today, they taking the Power Rangers hype to the next level, revealing the full Megazord from the upcoming movie. A teaser image was tweeted by the official Power Rangers' Twitter account, hinting an image of an enormous robot that is created when the Rangers' Zords combine into one big super robot. It…