10 Comic Books That Made A HUGE Impact In The Real World
9. DC Heroes Against Landmines - Various Titles
Superman: Deadly Legacy, Superman and Wonder Woman: The Hidden Killer, and Batman: Death of Innocents were special edition “humanitarian comic books” published in conjunction with DC Comics, the US Government, and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in 1996. All three comics were created to educate children about landmines.
In Superman: Deadly Legacy, Clark saved two Bosnian boys from a minefield and a bobby-trapped home but is unable to save a dog. The book was printed in English, Serbian, and Croatian. Superman and Wonder Woman: The Hidden Killer featured the title heroes teaching two brothers and a sister the importance of avoiding landmines after saving one brother and the sister from minefields. They used signs and posters and introduced the children to a boy who had been caught by landmines. The comic was published in English and Spanish and released in Costa Rica, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
Batman: Death of Innocents was a more serious narrative where a Wayne Enterprises employee and his daughter's friend were killed by a roadside landmine in the fictitious nation of Kravia, and his daughter was taken by rebels. Batman freed the girl but when she saw what she believed was a yo-yo, she ran to pick it up and it exploded. In addition to the story by Dennis O’Neil, Joe Staton, and Bill Sienkiewicz, there were essays by military officials and Senator Patrick Leahy.