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<p><strong>Included in this issue:</strong></p><p>Funnies Making Money: Advertising Merchandising and American Cartoons • <em>Maria Duke St. Mary’s College of Maryland </em></p><p>Hiding Places: A Survey of Urban Contradiction and Social Struggle in Frederick Maryland  • <em>Grant Gallagher Hood College</em></p><p>‘‘This Little Soirée’’ Culture Capitalism and Woodstock • <em>Kathryn Lenart Villanova University </em></p><p>A Gothic Victory: Reeve’s <em>Old English Baron</em> over Walpole’s <em>The Castle of Otranto</em> •<em> June Locco Towson University </em></p><p>Finding My Place Through the Wisdom of Ancient Practices • <em>T. Lynn Marble Howard Community College </em></p><p>Out of This World: A Comparison of the Alien Motif and its Significance in American and Soviet Science Fiction during the Cold War  • <em> Hannah Murphy St. Mary’s College of Maryland</em></p><p>Gendering of Women Martyrs: A Product of the Middle and Modern Ages; Visual and Textual Exploration • <em>Kyle Peterson Ursinus College</em></p><p>When Trying to Surprise Your Opponent Backfires: Exposing the Weaknesses of the Indirect Approach • <em>Joshua Schwartz George Washington University</em></p>