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In stories about a family or other settings with a “father figure” or “mother figure", a “golden child” is a child (including an adult child) or a subordinate member of the organization who is praised as the “perfect one” and protected from criticism, while their siblings (or other members of the organization) are unnoticed for ...
Science-fiction, the early years : a full description of more than 3,000 science-fiction stories from earliest times to the appearance of the genre magazines in 1930 : with author, title, and motif indexes. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press. ISBN 9780873384162. Bleiler, E. F. (1998).
A tier list is a concept originating in video game culture where playable characters or other in-game elements are subjectively ranked by their respective viability as part of a list. Characters listed high on a tier list of a specific game are considered to be powerful characters compared to lower-scoring characters, and are therefore more ...
Roald Dahl short stories bibliography; List of Dave and Morley stories; List of Doctor Who radio stories; List of supplementary Doctor Who episodes; List of Doctor Who episodes (1963–1989) List of Doctor Who episodes (2005–present)
Moore later based the team's predecessors, the Minutemen, on the Mighty Crusaders. Since the publisher planned to integrate Charlton's superheroes into the main DC Universe and the script would have made many of them unusable for future stories, series writer Alan Moore eventually agreed to create original characters. Moore wished the main ...
This is a list of notable works influenced by elements of the shared fictional universe known as the Cthulhu Mythos, which originated in the works of American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. For collections of short stories that are not merely influenced by the Cthulhu Mythos, but are set within it and might be considered a part of it (or as ...
The figures caused controversy after their initial release as members of the Los Angeles Police Department argued that the "urban, inner-city Latino" [4] figures glorified gang life. Law enforcement entities pressured retailers to stop selling Homies; [ 8 ] as a result, many mainstream stores, such as Walmart and Safeway Inc. , stopped selling ...
Sideshow Collectibles was established in 1994. It originally created toy prototypes for major toy companies such as Mattel, Galoob and Wild Planet. In 1999, Sideshow began marketing its own line of collectible and specialty products under the Sideshow brand, beginning with the Universal Classic Monsters 8" Action Figure license, which sold through Toys R Us and other mass market retailers. [1]