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''[[The Maze Agency]]'' is an American mystery comic book series created by Mike W. Barr and first published in 1988. It revolves around a pair of detectives (Jennifer Mays and Gabriel Webb) and their adventures solving puzzling murders. It was first published by Comico Comics for 7 issues in 1988-1989, and when that company ceased operations, it was picked up by Innovation Comics for another 16 issues (8-23), continuing the numbering and running to 1991 plus an annual and a special. Caliber Comics brought it back in the late 90s as a three-issue miniseries. IDW then published 3 issues in the early 2000s.
''The Maze Agency'' was a "fair-play" detective series, where the readers were presented with the same clues the characters were, and thus an equal chance to solve the crimes.
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* Ashley Swift is the head of the rival Swift Detective Agency, and Jennifer's former boss. She's a good detective, though not as good as Jen and Gabe, but her arrogance has a habit of rubbing her ex-employee the wrong way.
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* [[The Alleged Car]]: Gabe's beater.
* [[Always Murder]]
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Gabe's "It's as simple as gravity" whenever he experiences a [[Eureka Moment]].
* [[Cool Car]]: Jennifer's 1958 Corvette.
* [[Dead
* [[Death in
* [[Dirty Harriet]]: Lt. Bliss poses as a hooker in ''The Maze Agency Annual'' story that was a homage to ''[[The Spirit]]''.
* [[Dying Clue]]
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* [[Expy]]: Senor Lobo was an acknowledged expy of [[Hercule Poirot]].
* [[Fair Cop]]: Jennifer Mays
* [[Fair Play
* [[Femme Fatalons]]: The murderer in one issue used her long nails to slit her victim's thraot. The vital clue was {{spoiler|that she cut her nails immediately afterward to hide the evidence.}}
* [[Friend
* [[Gentleman Thief]]: The Rogue (who never actually appears on stage) {{spoiler|(at least, not AS the Rogue; he does show up as his "civilian" identity)}}. His [[Calling Card]] is a note informing his victims that their stolen paintings have been selected for his 'Rogue's Gallery' and 'signed' with a cartoon figure (a'la [[The Saint]]'s haloed stick figure).
* [[Girl
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* [[Great Detective]]: Gabe
* [[Inspector Lestrade]]: Ashley Swift. She is actually a skilled detective, but not quite as good as Jennifer and Gabe, and tends to let her rivalry with Jennifer get the best of her.
* [[Jack the Ripper]]
* [[Locked Room Mystery]]: Multiple examples.
* [[Lost in
* [[Mystery Magnet]]
* [[Mystery of the Week|Mystery Of The Issue]]
* [[Mystery Writer Detective]]: Gabe. Well, True Crime writer but close enough.
* [[Never Found the Body]]: Dr. Rune at the end of "A Night at the Rose Petal".
* [[Not
* [[Orgy of Evidence]]: "The Mile High Corpse"
* [[Phantom Thief]]: The Rogue
* [[The Radio Dies First]]
* [[The Rival]]: Ashley Swift
* [[Serial Killings, Specific Target]]: "The Return of Jack the Ripper?"
* [[Show Within a Show]]: ''Justice Girl'' is a comic within a comic.
* [[Slipping a Mickey]]: Happens to Gabe in "A Night at the Rose Petal" (which was a homage to ''[[The Spirit]]'').
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