Information: - Roy William Thomas, Jr. (born November 22, 1940) is an American comic book writer and editor, who was Stan Lee's first successor as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics. He is possibly best known for introducing the pulp magazine hero Conan the Barbarian to American comics, with a series that added to the storyline of Robert E. Howard's character and helped launch a sword and sorcery trend in comics. Thomas is also known for his championing of Golden Age comic-book heroes particularly the 1940s superhero team the Justice Society of America and for lengthy writing stints on Marvel's "X-Men" and "Avengers", and DC Comics' "All-Star Squadron", among other titles. - A swashbuckler is an heroic archetype in European adventure literature that is typified by the use of a sword and chivalric ideals. The archetype also became common as a film genre. - Sword and sorcery (S&S) is a subgenre of fantasy generally characterized by sword-wielding heroes engaged in exciting and violent conflicts. An element of romance is often present, as is an element of magic and the supernatural. Unlike works of high fantasy, the tales, though dramatic, focus mainly on personal battles rather than world-endangering matters. Sword and sorcery commonly overlaps with heroic fantasy. - Red Sonja is a fictional character, a sword-and-sorcery comic-book heroine created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Barry Windsor Smith for Marvel Comics in 1973, partially based on Robert E. Howard's own creation 'Red Sonya of Rogatino' , a female swashbuckler from his 1934 short story "The Shadow of the Vulture" and to a certain degree also based on Howard's character Dark Agnes de Chastillon. - Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre. - Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian) is a fictional sword and sorcery hero who originated in pulp fiction magazines and has since been adapted to books, comics, several films (including "Conan the Barbarian" and "Conan the Destroyer"), television programs (cartoon and live-action), video games, role-playing games and other media. The character was created by writer Robert E. Howard in 1932 via a series of fantasy stories published in "Weird Tales" magazine. - Marvel Comics is the common name and primary imprint of Marvel Worldwide Inc., formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, an American publisher of comic books and related media. In 2009, The Walt Disney Company acquired Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Worldwide's parent company. - '' The Shadow of the Vulture '' is a short story by American writer Robert E. Howard , first published in The Magic Carpet Magazine , January 1934 . The story introduces the character of Red Sonya of Rogatino , who later became the inspiration for the popular character Red Sonja , archetype of the chainmail - bikini clad female warrior . Unlike Howard 's better - known fantasy work , '' The Shadow of the Vulture '' is historical fiction , set in the 16th century . It uses the career of sultan Suleiman the Magnificent ( also known as Sultan Suleiman I ) , the aftermath of the Battle of Mohacs ( 1526 ) and the later Siege of Vienna of 1529 as a backdrop for imaginary characters and events . The character 's name may have been inspired by Sonia Greene , a fellow author and one - time wife of H.P. Lovecraft , and friend of Howard 's . After reading the paragraphs above, choose the best answer for the entity that related to 'the shadow of the vulture' with the relationship of 'genre'. Choices: - action - adventure - cartoon - comic - comic book - fantasy - fiction - heroic fantasy - literature - romance - short story - superhero - sword and sorcery - video
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adventure