In 1986, DC Comics announced Dennis O’Neil as the writer for the revitalization of the investigative reporter and vigilante hero, The Question. Originally created by Steve Ditko for Charlton Comics in 1967, The Question, aka Vic Sage, represented a move away from the wholesome, all-powerful superhero and toward a grittier, more human hero. O’Neil described The Question...
The United States’ Declaration of Independence underwent a series of revisions before it was finally signed and submitted on July 4, 1776. One of the most important passages that were omitted in the final draft was one that attacked the cornerstone of the colonist’s economy: the enslavement and treatment of African-Americans. Many esteemed politicians in early North America were divided on the...
In 1983 and 1984, controversy erupted over the methods used in Dr. Robert Gallo’s laboratory at the National Cancer Institute and Dr. Luc Montagnier’s laboratory of the Pasteur Institute in France. Dr. Montagnier’s lab released an article on AIDS research in May of 1983, but only after Dr. Gallo had peer-reviewed and added his own abstract. Prior to the AIDS epidemic, Dr. Gallo and his...