Now, although the roots of the mystery story in serious literature go back as far as Balzac, Dickens, and Poe, it was not until the closing decades of the 19th century that the private detective became an established figure in popular fiction.

In the Islamic times, a pseudo-etymology was produced by the historian Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri ( d. 892 ) quoting a folk story that the town was presumably founded by one " Abbad bin Hosayn " from the Arabian Tribe of Banu Tamim, who established a garrison there during the governorship of Hajjaj in the Ummayad period.

Smith's most celebrated short story is his first-published, " Scanners Live in Vain ", which led many of its earliest readers to assume that " Cordwainer Smith " was a new pen name for one of the established giants of the genre.

The Moonstone contains a number of ideas that have established in the genre several classic features of the 20th century detective story:

This story is not mentioned in Dunn ’ s or Mencken ’ s research, but if there were such a contractor and such events, they would have taken place after the term " Hoosier " was already well established in Appalachia and was becoming attached to Indiana.

Weaknesses of this story include the unlikely mispronunciation of hussar as Hoosier and the fact that Lehmanowsky did not come to Indiana until 1833, by which time the term was already well established.

According to the story, told mainly by the Roman historian Livy and the Greek historian Dionysius of Halicarnassus ( who lived in Rome at the time of the Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus ), her rape by the king's son and consequent suicide were the immediate cause of the revolution that overthrew the monarchy and established the Roman Republic.

By the end of the story, rebels have established themselves at another stellar system — where their descendants, the reader is told, would eventually build a liberating fleet and set out back to Earth.

It is similar to, but differs from fantasy in that, within the context of the story, its imaginary elements are largely possible within scientifically established or scientifically postulated laws of nature ( though some elements in a story might still be pure imaginative speculation ).

High tells a story set " right at the beginning of the gods ' settlement, when the gods at established Midgard and built Val-Hall " about an unnamed builder who has offered to build a fortification for the gods in three seasons that will keep out invaders in exchange for the goddess Freyja, the sun, and the moon.

Writer Peter David's decision to explicitly establish male characters Shatterstar and Rictor entering a romantic relationship in X-Factor # 45 ( August 2009 ) — confirming clues that had been established in X-Force years earlier — drew criticism from Shatterstar's co-creator, Rob Liefeld, though Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada supported David's story.

Though the comic version altered the story to bring it in line with established Marvel Universe continuity ( such as making the Green Goblin identity a costume as in the comics, rather than a physical transformation as in the episode ), it was not considered part of said continuity.

The later story synopsis established her as Leia Antilles, the daughter of Bail Antilles from the peaceful world of Organa Major.

Over the course of the story, the Common Economic Protocol sponsors the investigation of Seed technologies in order to preserve the established order from subversion.

The movie employs the story within a story device, being about a young ballerina who joins an established ballet company and becomes the lead dancer in a new ballet called The Red Shoes, itself based on the fairy tale " The Red Shoes " by Hans Christian Andersen.

Sometimes a director may use anachronisms to offer a " fresh " angle on an already established story.

This was replaced by the story that the Land of Ond was ruled by the descendants of Anárion until their failing, while Isildur's son remained at Rivendell and after the death of his father established another realm in the north.

However, fewer people now believe the story, still current, that a settlement in Boston dates from AD 654, when a Saxon monk, named Botolph, established a monastery on the banks of the River Witham.

This series ran for 321 issues, and established almost all the conventions of the genre, from the lurid and outlandish story to the melodramatic double titling that was used right up to the very end in the 1920s.

The story adds little to what was established in the previous one but for the first time some panels concentrate on Flintheart's thoughts, revealing that his insecurities about his own worth are the driving force behind both his efforts to best Scrooge and his dishonest tactics ( since he doubts his ability to win in a direct confrontation ).

* Cardinal Zero from the single episode audio story Circular Time: Spring – a similarly titled Time Lord ( Zeuro ) appears in the Doctor Who Unbound audio A Storm of Angels ( although it is not established whether these are meant to be alternate versions of the same person )

Ler is a key character in the well-known mythological story The Children of Lir ; however, it is not definitely established whether this is the same person as Manannán's father or a different Ler.

In chapter 42 of the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning, High tells a story set " right at the beginning of the gods ' settlement, when the gods at established Midgard and built Val-Hall " about an unnamed builder who has offered to build a fortification for the gods that will keep out invaders in exchange for the goddess Freyja, the sun, and the moon.

Cover art for paperback edition of The Secret of Saturn's Rings ( 1966 ) Wollheim's first story, " The Man from Ariel ," was published in the January 1934 issue of Wonder Stories when he was nineteen.

Not to be confused with the short story " The Naming of Names ", first published in Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1949, later published as " Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed ".

In 1972, Fafhrd and the Mouser began their comics career, appearing in Wonder Woman # 202 alongside the title character and Catwoman in a story scripted by award-winning SF writer Samuel R. Delany.

Heinlein was motivated to write the story by a contest in Thrilling Wonder Stories magazine promising $ 50 US to the winner, but ended up submitting it to a rival magazine, Astounding, and was paid $ 70 ( approximately $ 1085 in 2008 ).

* Wilson the Wonder Athlete, from the British story papers and comics published by D. C. Thomson & Co.

Also, Caitlín R. Kiernan has published a short story titled " A Story for Edward Gorey " ( Tales of Pain and Wonder, 2000 ), which features Gorey's black doll.

A Cartoon Network mini-story featured a " sidekicks bar " which had various cartoon sidekicks such as Robin the Boy Wonder discussing how important a sidekick is to the story, giving an example of how Porky Pig's career actually became better as a sidekick.

Wonder Entertainment has released The Frolic Collector's Edition DVD and Book set, which contains the short film adaptation of the story, and also commentary tracks and behind-the-scenes by director Jacob Cooney, producer Jane Kelly Kosek, and actor Maury Sterling ; a new interview with screenwriters Thomas Ligotti and Brandon Trenz ; a newly revised version of the short story, with a new introduction by Thomas Ligotti ; and the screenplay, with a new introduction by Brandon Trenz.

* Down to Earth ( comics ), a Wonder Woman story arc, marking the start of writer Greg Rucka's four-year run on Wonder Woman ( Vol.

In December 1936, John W. Campbell published a story titled " Brain Stealers of Mars " in Thrilling Wonder Stories, which also features shape-shifting, mind-reading aliens.

The second segment featured a story with the Wonder Twins.

The legal dispute affected DC Comics ' treatment of the various incarnations of Superboy, such as in the Secret Origin of the Teen Titans back-up story in the weekly 52 limited series, where an illustration of Superboy was changed into Wonder Girl.

Issue # 50 tells a new origin story for Wonder Girl, her link to Wonder Woman having been severed due to retcons in Crisis on Infinite Earths.

A few years later, Pérez inked John Byrne's pencils for the Superman / Wonder Woman story in Action Comics # 600 ( March 1988 ).

* Planetary / JLA: Terra Occulta: Standalone story featuring an alternate version of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, who oppose a version of Planetary that act like the Four.

They first appeared in Lord Dunsany's story in The Book of Wonder: How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art upon the Gnoles and subsequently reappeared in Margaret St. Clair's, The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles and Gary Gygax's Dungeons & Dragons.

A Question of Integrity ( given the title The Wonder Worker in the United States ), picks up the story of Nicholas Darrow fifteen years after the last of the Starbridge novels.

* Wilson the Wonder Athlete, a character in British story and comic papers published by D. C. Thomson

* Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia ; the story of its construction was recounted in the opera The Eighth Wonder

His first published story was " The Tower of Evil ," written in collaboration with Arthur Leo Zagat and appearing in the Summer 1930 issue of Wonder Stories Quarterly.

A new Wonder Wart-Hog story appeared in Zap Comix # 15 ( 2005 ), and his Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers are reportedly being turned into a stop-motion animated film.

Wonder Entertainment released The Frolic Collector's Edition DVD and Book set, which contains a short film adaptation of Thomas Ligotti's short story " The Frolic ".