The Cold War became fully entrenched in the 1950s with the formation of these two military alliances.
NATO and the Warsaw Pact
The Justice League
Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Green Lantern, Flash, Martian Manhunter
"The Contest"
Seinfeld
It's the name of Calvin's teacher.
Mrs. Wormwood
Vincent Van Gogh
28 years apart, they are the year the Berlin Wall was erected and the year it was torn down.
1961 and 1989
Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Ant-Man (Hank Pym), Wasp
"Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency"
Mad Men
Calvin forms a club called G.R.O.S.S., which stands for this.
Get Rid Of Slimy girlS
Pablo Picasso
Among the many careers destroyed by the 1950s Red Scare was that of this father of the atomic bomb.
Robert Oppenheimer
Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Beast, Iceman, Angel
"Guy Walks Into a Psychiatrist's Office..."
The Sopranos
It's where Calvin's dad tells him he's from.
Sears
Claude Monet
*DAILY DOUBLE*
This American government official, who played a prominent role in the formation of the United Nations, was accused of being a Soviet spy in 1950.
Alpha Flight
Guardian, Aurora, Northstar, Sasquatch, Shaman, Snowbird
"Ozymandias"
Breaking Bad
Calvin creates many fictional alter egos, including Spaceman Spiff, his sci-fi explorer, and Stupendous Man, a purple-hooded superhero. This is the name of his gritty, hard-boiled detective character.
Tracer Bullet
Wassily Kandinsky
The phrase "Cold War" was coined in 1945 by this writer, who defined it as, "an epoch as horribly stable as the slave empires of antiquity."
George Orwell
The Legion of Super-Heroes
Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad
*DAILY DOUBLE*
"One for the Road"