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Detectives Inc. is a series of two original graphic novels written by Don McGregor and published by Eclipse Enterprises in 1980 and 1985. The first, ''Detectives Inc.: A Remembrance of Threatening Green'', featured black-and-white art by penciler-inker Marshall Rogers. The second, ''Detectives Inc.: A Terror Of Dying Dreams'', was drawn by Gene Colan, and printed directly from his detailed pencils; a later comic-book reprinting added a sepia-tone wash in place of inking. These two early graphic novels were not superhero or science fiction/fantasy stories, and ''A Remembrance of Threatening Green'' (1980) was the first naturalistic graphic novel to follow Will Eisner's influential ''A Contract with God''. The Gay League's "LBGT Comics Timeline" cites the book as "featuring the first lesbian characters in mass-market comics". ==Publication history== The books' genesis, author Don McGregor recalled, had gone back several years. "I had created ''Detectives Inc.'' as early as 1969, as roles for Alex Simmons and myself to play in Super8 millimeter movies I was making".〔McGregor in 〕 In the early 1970s, the two produced a crude ''Detectives Inc.'' comic book, self-published via photocopier. In 1980, Eclipse Enterprises published ''Detectives Inc.: A Remembrance of Threatening Green'', the first of what would become two graphic novels in this series, both written by McGregor. This initial book featured black-and-white art by penciler-inker Marshall Rogers. The second book, ''Detectives Inc.: A Terror Of Dying Dreams'', followed in 1985, drawn by Gene Colan, and printed directly from his detailed pencils; a later comic-book reprinting added a sepia-tone wash in place of inking. These two early graphic novels were not superhero or science fiction/fantasy stories, and ''A Remembrance of Threatening Green'' (1980) was the first naturalistic graphic novel to follow Will Eisner's influential ''A Contract with God''. The Gay League's "LBGT Comics Timeline" cites the book as "featuring the first lesbian characters in mass-market comics". Eclipse Comics later reprinted the two graphic novels as color comic-book miniseries, dividing the former into two issues (1985) and the latter into three (June, Sept., Dec. 1987), with new Colan covers inked by Steve Leialoha. The graphic novels themselves were reissued by Image Comics in 2001 (ISBN 1-58240-084-9 and ISBN 1-58240-097-0, respectively). In 1985, McGregor wrote and directed a low-budget, shot-on-video movie version of ''Detectives Inc.'', which has been shown at comic book conventions but remains unreleased commercially.〔 (Movie stills)〕 The graphic novels are unrelated to the book ''Detectives Inc.: A Mystery Story for Boys'' by William Heyliger (Goldsmith Publishing Company, Chicago, 1935) or to the children's book ''Goblinz! Detectives Inc.'' (ISBN 0-14-131501-6) by Kaye Umansky (Puffin/Penguin Books, 2004). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Detectives Inc.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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