It took its name from the protagonist of Grimmelshausen's 1668 novel Der Abenteuerliche Simplicissimus Teutsch.

Grimmelshausen's Landstörtzerin Courasche became an inspiration for Bertolt Brecht's play Mother Courage and Her Children.

" Wertham wrote, " Only someone ignorant of the fundamentals of psychiatry and of the psychopathology of sex can fail to realize a subtle atmosphere of homoeroticism which pervades the adventures of the mature ' Batman ' and his young friend ' Robin.

However, her main work is the genre of young readers ' novels in which children have their own adventures with minimal adult help.

The strip chronicled the adventures of a young reporter named Tintin and his pet fox terrier Snowy ( Milou ) as they journeyed through the Soviet Union.

Early Dutch television series were Morgen gebeurt het ( tomorrow it will happen ), broadcast from 1957 to 1959, about a group of Dutch space explorers and their adventures, De duivelsgrot ( the devil's cave ), broadcast from 1963 to 1964, about a scientist who finds the map of a cave that leads to the center of the earth and Treinreis naar de Toekomst ( train journey to the future ) about two young children who are taken to the future by robots who try to recreate humanity, but are unable to give the cloned humans a soul.

The adventures of Maureen are a series of sexual ones, starting with Heinlein describing her as a young girl who, having just had her first sexual intercourse, is examined by her father, a doctor, and finds herself desiring him sexually.

A silent cartoon in the 1970s named Crystal Tipps featured the adventures of a young girl.

They were the adventures of a young newspaper reporter, and Benson herself continued writing for newspapers until her death.

Influenced by such literary works as Heart of Darkness and Lord of the Flies, it describes the adventures of a young Englishman in search of and on a legendary, idyllic beach untouched by tourism.

A first-hand viewing of the film reveals a story dealing with the adventures of a young Cajun boy and his pet raccoon, who live a somewhat idyllic existence playing in the bayous of Louisiana.

Arthur Ransome uses the device to allow his young characters in the Swallows and Amazons series of children's books, plotted in the recognisable, everyday world, to take part in fantastic adventures of piracy in distant lands: two books from the twelve: Peter Duck and Missee Lee ( and some would include Great Northern?

Tom Sr., unlike his own father, is still relatively young and vital at the time of Tom Jr .' s adventures and frequently assists his son from behind the scenes while operating the huge family business, Swift Enterprises.

Both appear in The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, which details the young life and adventures of the hero Fionn mac Cumhaill.

The three-panel strip followed the adventures of two young English squires, Arn and Guy, during the First Crusade.

Drake was a young boy who had followed the adventures of Batman and Robin ever since witnessing the murder of the Flying Graysons.

He has often been called the Mark Twain of Canada for his vivid tales of young boys ' adventures.

Child of Fortune deals with the adventures of a young woman, Moussa, in her search for her true calling.

Like the audience, the surrogate is normally young, permitting the audience vicarious participation in the hero's adventures.

# Retromancer ( 2009 )-the sequel to The Brightonomicon again pairs the young Jim Pooley with Hugo Rune in another series of adventures only set partially in Brentford.

To do this, they seal themselves away for four months in an inaccessible castle in Saint-Martin-de-Belleville, France, with a harem of 46 victims, mostly young male and female teenagers, and engage four female brothel keepers to tell the stories of their lives and adventures.

The saga of Den is a fantasy series about the adventures of a young underweight nerd who travels to Neverwhere, a universe taking inspirational nods from Robert E. Howard's Hyborian Age, Edgar Rice Burroughs's Barsoom and H. P. Lovecraft's horror dimensions.

Les Déracinés narrates the adventures of seven young Lorrainers who set out to conquer fortune in Paris.

Alexander Muir, in the Daily Mirror, considered that the first two volumes of Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, " would make wonderful Christmas presents for everybody's young ones ", declaring that they were " thrilling cliff-hanger adventures ".

The novels feature the adventures of a group of young children – Julian, Dick, Anne and Georgina ( George ) – and their dog Timothy.

As a young man, he moved to northern California during the California Gold Rush years, and had a variety of adventures, including spending a year living in a Native American village, and being wounded in a battle with Native Americans.

Leave It to Beaver is an American television situation comedy about an inquisitive but often naïve boy named Theodore " The Beaver " Cleaver ( portrayed by Jerry Mathers ) and his adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood.

She is also very naïve, and in later issues she has adventures such as bringing a huge bear home, having mistaken it for a pet.

Adam, who is naïve but well-educated, is sent for supplies and help, thus beginning his adventures.

Simplicissimus is in great measure its author's autobiography ; he begins with the childhood of his hero, and describes the latter's adventures amid the stirring scenes of the Thirty Years ' War.

The Saga of Eric Brighteyes is the title of an epic viking novel by H. Rider Haggard, and concerns the adventures of its eponymous principal character in 10th century Iceland.

In 1969, Supergirl's adventures became the lead feature in Adventure Comics, and she later starred in an eponymous comic book series which debuted in 1972 and ran until 1974, followed by a second monthly comic book series titled The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl, which ran from 1982 to 1984.

ThunderCats follows the adventures of the eponymous team of heroes, cat-like humanoid aliens from a planet called Thundera.

The eponymous central character was a youth who dreamed himself into adventures with such literary and legendary persons as Robin Hood, Robinson Crusoe and King Arthur.

His most famous work as a cartoonist was ' Flook ' - the unlikely and increasingly satirical comic-strip adventures of its small and furry eponymous hero, the most notable adventures occurring during the 1960s.

In 1936 he inaugurated his best known work, the Tim series, featuring the maritime adventures of its eponymous young hero, which he both wrote and illustrated.

The books revolve around the adventures of the eponymous Spike and Suzy, two children ( pre-adolescent or adolescent depending on the album ), along with their friends and family.

It is the mainstream continuity featuring the adventures of the eponymous group of mutant superheroes.

Much of the narrative of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader concerns the personal growth of Eustace, as he is drawn into Narnia and aboard the eponymous ship along with Lucy and Edmund, and into adventures that bring him to realize how self-centred his attitudes are.

Jimbo and the Jet Set ( often shortened to simply Jimbo ) is a British animated cartoon series broadcast in the 1980s, featuring the adventures of the eponymous Jimbo, a talking aeroplane.

Set in the year 2099 AD, the show focuses on the adventures of the eponymous Professor Nebulous, director of operations for the eco-troubleshooting team KENT ( the Key Environmental Non-Judgmental Taskforce ) as they combat various catastrophes and try to set the world back on the right path following a worldwide environmental disaster known as " The Withering ".

O. Henry uses the eponymous green door as a symbol for everyday adventures which he encourages us to seek out.

The narrative follows the adventures of the eponymous character Weetzie and her best friend Dirk, as well as their friends and relations.

Rip Kirby was a popular comic strip featuring the adventures of the eponymous lead character, a private detective created by Alex Raymond in 1946.