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In 1985, two early rap albums were released with The Inspector Gadget Theme heavily sampled. Brownsville rap group Bad Boys & K-Love, made a record on Starlite Records called "Bad Boys", which was featured on the UK hip hop compilation "Street Sounds Electro 9." And also earlier that same year The Kartoon Krew released "Inspector Gadget" on ZYX Music, which actually had vocal samples and quotes from the popular cartoon series, which were reinacted by the Rap Group for the song. Following the trend, Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh used samples of Inspector Gadget on their single The Show. The theme song since then has been heavily sampled.
A new Inspector Gadget comic book, based on the original 1983 TV series, was launched in the U.S. by Viper Comics in 2011. A preview issue was published as part of the Free Comic Book Day on May 7, 2011; the entire story was then released officially in August as a 48-page comic book titled "Inspector Gadget: Gadget on the Orient Express". The comic book was written by Dale Mettam and illustrated by José Cobá. No follow-up issues have been released to date.
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