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