Fictional detectives Dupin. Later, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes became the most famous example and remains so to this day. The detectives are often accompanied by a Dr. Watson-like assistant or narrator. However, in several of her novels where he appears, Agatha Christie gives reference to Hercule Poirot being the greatest detective in all the world. Fictional detectives generally fit one of four archetypes: Notable fictional detectives and their creators include: Fictional detectives Fictional detectives are characters in detective fiction. These characters have long been a staple of detective mystery crime fiction, particularly in detective novels and short stories. Much of
Detectives Inc. 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". 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". 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