Independent-comics work includes the Eclipse graphic novel "Detectives Inc.: A Terror Of Dying Dreams" (1985), written by McGregor and reprinted in sepia tone as an Eclipse miniseries in 1987, and the miniseries "Predator: Hell & Hot Water" for Dark Horse Comics. He contributed to Archie Comics in the late 1980s and early 1990s, drawing and occasionally writing a number of stories. His work there included penciling the lighthearted science-fiction series "Jughead's Time Police" #1-6 (July 1990–May 1991), and the 1990 one-shot "To Riverdale and Back Again", an adaptation of the NBC TV movie about the Archie characters 20 years later, airing May 6, 1990; Stan Goldberg drew the parts featuring the characters in flashback as teens, while Colan drew adult characters, in a less cartoony style, and Mike Esposito inking both.