The Great Shadow popular influence on many writers towards the end of the 19th century. Conan Doyle also developed a series of short stories entitled Brigadier Gerard. The series featured Etienne Gerard, a Hussar in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Other writings by Conan Doyle involving the Napoleonic Era include Adventures of Gerard and Uncle Bernac. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Conan Doyle credit his mother, Mary Doyle, who had a passion for books and he describes her as a master storyteller. He says in his biography that,""In my early childhood, as far
Silver Age of Comic Books literary classics, with the likes of "Frankenstein" alongside "Don Quixote" and "Oliver Twist"; Classics Illustrated Junior reprinted comic book versions of children's classics such as "The Wizard of Oz", "Rapunzel", and "Pinocchio". During the late 1950s and the 1960s, Dell, which had published comics in 1936, offered licensed TV series comic books from "Twilight Zone" to "Top Cat", as well as numerous Walt Disney titles. Its successor, Gold Key — founded in 1962 Western Publishing started its own label rather than packaging content for business partner Dell — continued with such licensed TV series and movie adaptations, as well as