Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2018 19:48:57 GMT -6
While I was going though ebay looking for a book, I came across something that i never thought would existed! there was an Inspector Gadget children's book series in France from 1984 to 1988. I decided to do research on it and found a website with information about them. There are 12 Volumes (9 stories from mixed episodes and 3 original stories) and they are written by Georges Chaulet and published by "Bibliothèque rose".
The website is all in french so I used google translator since I know nothing about the language, so the translation may not be at it's best. but I think this is very interesting! I wish they had English translations of these books because I would read these in a heartbeat!
I also added the links below the titles because they have beautiful illustrations!
here is the main page.
www.brda.fr/inspecteurgadget.html
English translation.
Inspector Gadget is broadcast from October 1983 on FR3. The adventures of the blundering policeman are found in the Rose Library a year later.
10 volumes appear from 1984 to 1987. They will be reissued in 1988 in flexible format, with 2 additional volumes.
Most of them scrupulously respect the plot of the episodes, with the exception of the little morality that closed every televised opus and which we pardoned here. Others are original stories based on the Gadget universe. The humor, omnipresent and dynamic, is inserted with skill in the story. We find the fantasy of Georges Chaulet, the father of Fantômette.
3 different illustrators share the 12 volumes:
- Studio Jean-Pierre Legrain with very successful drawings, especially for textures and colorization.
- Jean Barbaud whose BD style is recognizable. He is known in the animation for having created the characters of the series Once upon a time ...
- Henri Dufranne who also knew how to preserve the feature of the cartoon with his personal touch.
Volume 1
Inspector Gadget vs. Doctor Gang
www.brda.fr/gadgettome1.html
This volume corresponds to episodes 1, 2, 3 and 6: "The Curse of King Tutankharton", "The Invasion", "The Cruise", "The Haunted Castle".
summary
No magician has ever taken from his hat such a fool, such a paraphernalia of disparate tools; his arms, his neck lengthen like telescopes. A word ... and his shoes turn into roller skates.
Thus armed, the brilliant inspector sets off to face the genius of crime, the dreadful Dr. Gang, whose face is never seen. He can fight just as well against mummies, Martians or ghosts.
Aided by Sophie, his niece, for whom electronics has no secret, and the dog Finot, the ace of disguise, he overcomes everything.
When Gadget investigates, we never get bored.
Volume 2
The tips of Inspector Gadget
www.brda.fr/gadgettome2.html
This volume corresponds to the episodes 4, 8, 9 and 10: "Gadget unemployed", "Gadget on the farm", "Gadget circus", "Gadget and the amazon".
summary
Is it possible ? Inspector Gadget, hyper-inspector, incomparable detective, is thrown out. He finds himself unemployed. And, of course, by the fault of a machine capable, it is said, of replacing it favorably!
Still, we will still need Gadget. To solve, for example, the fantastic mystery of the Amazon, or to discover the safe place where the abominable doctor Gang hid his dangerous missile. Unless our formidable policeman is stuffed into a gun and thrown into the air to the target ...
Anguish, suspense and assured laughter in this collection of the best adventures of the brilliant inspector.
Volume 3
Inspector Gadget is an ace
www.brda.fr/gadgettome3.html
This volume corresponds to the episodes 5, 7, 11 and 3: "The monster of the Lockness", "The health cure", "The grand prize", "Photo safari".
summary
The Monster comes out of the lake ... He opens his huge jaws ... he's going to devour Inspector Gadget, the most stupendous policeman of all time!
Can our prodigious detective escape this dreadful death? If he has the chance to get away with it, surely the abominable Doctor Gang will find him, reserving for him one of those infernal traps of which he has the secret!
And it will be the end of Gadget, ha! ha! ha!
Volume 4
Inspector Gadget is doing
www.brda.fr/gadgettome4.html
This volume corresponds to episodes 12, 14, 15 and 16: "Amusement park", "Winter sports", "Hollywood", "The gas that sleeps".
summary
Dreadful situation: Inspector Gadget is looking for a bomb about to explode ... A bomb that he carries on him!
He has no chance of escaping. In ten seconds, it will be the big BOUM! and our beautiful detective will go up in smoke. More than eight seconds, seven, six ...
Ah! if little Sophie could warn him ... If the clever dog Finot could speak ... But no!
The abominable doctor Gang is already enjoying his revenge!
Volume 5
Inspector Gadget goes on the attack!
www.brda.fr/gadgettome5.html
This volume corresponds to episodes 18, 20, 21 and 22: "Gadget takes the train", "Calamity Gadget", "The trap of MAD", "The countdown".
summary
"Farewell, Gadget, your third-class policeman career ends here!"
And the abominable doctor Gang bursts out laughing!
In a second, the wonderful inspector will fall into a cauldron filled with molten metal!
A tragic end for an elite policeman who is admired by France and his concierge, a detective that the whole world envy us, a bloodhound who will one day be as famous as Napoleon or the laundry Bono.
Too bad his career ends in this pot infernal ... Unless ...
Volume 6
Inspector Gadget is amazing
www.brda.fr/gadgettome6.html
This volume corresponds to episodes 23, 26, 47 and 27: "Gadget in Hawaii", "The Bermuda Triangle", "The Kidnapping of Gontier", "The Arabian Nights".
summary
"If there is anyone on earth who is more evil than me, I will gut him!"
The abominable doctor Gang has just imagined a terrible trap in which will fall the wonderful Gadget, prince of the inspectors, fine flower of the police, cream of the detectives.
Will our friendly hero get out?
No ! This time, it's impossible! The admirable inspector will jump with the load of badabumite, the most powerful explosive ever invented!
Volume 7
Inspector Gadget does not
www.brda.fr/gadgettome7.html
This volume corresponds to the episodes 29, 30, 33 and 41: "20 000 leagues under the sea", "Ruby", "Follow this plane", "Gadget in Greece".
summary
The Minotaur! A man with a bull's head! He strides towards the marvelous inspector Gadget, throwing flames by his muzzle. The brave policeman feels invaded by intense jitters:
"Hey there, Ho, what do you want me, bull with a man's body?" "Ho! Do not go ahead, dear sir ... Stop, you grill my handsome gadgetcheck!"
The beautiful detective has to face extraordinary monsters, with only weapons the odds contained in his hat. He is in danger of being crushed, shredded, roasted, frozen, asphyxiated or drowned.
Which does not stop him from staying in excellent health ...
Volume 8
Inspector Gadget has arrived
www.brda.fr/gadgettome8.html
The first part takes place in Spain, the second in Paris and it corresponds to episode 62: "On the Seine".
summary
Inspector Gadget approaches the chair where the head of the terrible organization MAD, the abominable Dr. Gang, sits.
"Ah, I'm finally getting you, not only can not you escape, but I'll finally know WHO you are!"
The admirable Gadget (whose nose has been replaced by a radar) bypasses the chair and ... he experiences the biggest surprise of his life.
"No, it's not possible, I dream, my word, I dream ..."
No, he does not dream. Dr. Gang, it's ...
Volume 9
Inspector Gadget among pirates
www.brda.fr/gadgettome9.html
This volume is very freely inspired by episode 51: "The pirate cruise".
summary
The wick burns. The barrel of powder will explode and pulverize the fabulous inspector Gadget, he who was the admiration of the washerwomen of Senegal!
If it is not disintegrated, the buccaneers will throw it into the sea, attached to an anchor ...
Being an international policeman is not an easy job. Especially when you have to fight the awful, the horrible, the abominable Doctor Gang, the one who does not even dare to look at himself in the mirror, so scary.
Come take part in the great adventure of Gadget in the Caribbean Sea. With a little luck you will be hanged, whipped and deprived of rum!
Volume 10
Inspector Gadget and Princess
www.brda.fr/gadgettome10.html
This volume is an original story that is happening in Paris.
summary
Warning ! Princess Moskova risks being kidnapped!
We must ensure its protection, so call on an intelligent, clever, efficient police officer.
Who better if not the famous Gadget, the one that slides on banana skins, falls in paint trays or receives flower pots on the skull?
His exceptional lucidity and admirable stupidity make him the irreplaceable inspector who delights in the admiration pastry chefs of Yokohama!
Volume 11
Inspector Gadget in the cosmos
www.brda.fr/gadgettome11.html
This tome is an original story that takes place in the imaginary spatial base of Paletuviers.
summary
Where does the Space Monster come from?
Why is the shuttle broken down? Why is the prodigious Gadget inspector sleeping when the disaster is imminent? What spy is hiding in the mangrove acrodrome?
Scary questions! Perhaps you will find the answers by reading attentively the adventures of this great astronautic adventure. You will know then if the marvelous Gadget can triumph over his eternal adversary, the abominable doctor Gang.
For once, this is not certain!
Note: In softcover editions, the interior illustrations are exclusively in black and white.
Volume 12
Is Inspector Gadget getting married? (i seriously would want to read this! only if i could find it in English!)
www.brda.fr/gadgettome12.html
This tome is an original story that takes place on the imaginary island of Sardina.
summary
Whence comes this pretty brunette who makes the heartbeat of the most famous policeman on the planet and Romorantin-Fouilletourtes. What is she doing aboard the Terrore, a yacht belonging to the Padrino, the formidable leader of the Madia? And the incredible Gadget, what is it locked up in this fishing net, over the Mediterranean where it will drown? It certainly pitiful mine and nobody would like to be in its place!
Yet this appalling situation does not prevent him from composing poems to the glory of his beloved Ginetta. Everything would be for the best if there was not this jealous of Pistolo ...
Note: In softcover editions, the interior illustrations are exclusively in black and white.
The website is all in french so I used google translator since I know nothing about the language, so the translation may not be at it's best. but I think this is very interesting! I wish they had English translations of these books because I would read these in a heartbeat!
I also added the links below the titles because they have beautiful illustrations!
here is the main page.
www.brda.fr/inspecteurgadget.html
English translation.
Inspector Gadget is broadcast from October 1983 on FR3. The adventures of the blundering policeman are found in the Rose Library a year later.
10 volumes appear from 1984 to 1987. They will be reissued in 1988 in flexible format, with 2 additional volumes.
Most of them scrupulously respect the plot of the episodes, with the exception of the little morality that closed every televised opus and which we pardoned here. Others are original stories based on the Gadget universe. The humor, omnipresent and dynamic, is inserted with skill in the story. We find the fantasy of Georges Chaulet, the father of Fantômette.
3 different illustrators share the 12 volumes:
- Studio Jean-Pierre Legrain with very successful drawings, especially for textures and colorization.
- Jean Barbaud whose BD style is recognizable. He is known in the animation for having created the characters of the series Once upon a time ...
- Henri Dufranne who also knew how to preserve the feature of the cartoon with his personal touch.
Volume 1
Inspector Gadget vs. Doctor Gang
www.brda.fr/gadgettome1.html
This volume corresponds to episodes 1, 2, 3 and 6: "The Curse of King Tutankharton", "The Invasion", "The Cruise", "The Haunted Castle".
summary
No magician has ever taken from his hat such a fool, such a paraphernalia of disparate tools; his arms, his neck lengthen like telescopes. A word ... and his shoes turn into roller skates.
Thus armed, the brilliant inspector sets off to face the genius of crime, the dreadful Dr. Gang, whose face is never seen. He can fight just as well against mummies, Martians or ghosts.
Aided by Sophie, his niece, for whom electronics has no secret, and the dog Finot, the ace of disguise, he overcomes everything.
When Gadget investigates, we never get bored.
Volume 2
The tips of Inspector Gadget
www.brda.fr/gadgettome2.html
This volume corresponds to the episodes 4, 8, 9 and 10: "Gadget unemployed", "Gadget on the farm", "Gadget circus", "Gadget and the amazon".
summary
Is it possible ? Inspector Gadget, hyper-inspector, incomparable detective, is thrown out. He finds himself unemployed. And, of course, by the fault of a machine capable, it is said, of replacing it favorably!
Still, we will still need Gadget. To solve, for example, the fantastic mystery of the Amazon, or to discover the safe place where the abominable doctor Gang hid his dangerous missile. Unless our formidable policeman is stuffed into a gun and thrown into the air to the target ...
Anguish, suspense and assured laughter in this collection of the best adventures of the brilliant inspector.
Volume 3
Inspector Gadget is an ace
www.brda.fr/gadgettome3.html
This volume corresponds to the episodes 5, 7, 11 and 3: "The monster of the Lockness", "The health cure", "The grand prize", "Photo safari".
summary
The Monster comes out of the lake ... He opens his huge jaws ... he's going to devour Inspector Gadget, the most stupendous policeman of all time!
Can our prodigious detective escape this dreadful death? If he has the chance to get away with it, surely the abominable Doctor Gang will find him, reserving for him one of those infernal traps of which he has the secret!
And it will be the end of Gadget, ha! ha! ha!
Volume 4
Inspector Gadget is doing
www.brda.fr/gadgettome4.html
This volume corresponds to episodes 12, 14, 15 and 16: "Amusement park", "Winter sports", "Hollywood", "The gas that sleeps".
summary
Dreadful situation: Inspector Gadget is looking for a bomb about to explode ... A bomb that he carries on him!
He has no chance of escaping. In ten seconds, it will be the big BOUM! and our beautiful detective will go up in smoke. More than eight seconds, seven, six ...
Ah! if little Sophie could warn him ... If the clever dog Finot could speak ... But no!
The abominable doctor Gang is already enjoying his revenge!
Volume 5
Inspector Gadget goes on the attack!
www.brda.fr/gadgettome5.html
This volume corresponds to episodes 18, 20, 21 and 22: "Gadget takes the train", "Calamity Gadget", "The trap of MAD", "The countdown".
summary
"Farewell, Gadget, your third-class policeman career ends here!"
And the abominable doctor Gang bursts out laughing!
In a second, the wonderful inspector will fall into a cauldron filled with molten metal!
A tragic end for an elite policeman who is admired by France and his concierge, a detective that the whole world envy us, a bloodhound who will one day be as famous as Napoleon or the laundry Bono.
Too bad his career ends in this pot infernal ... Unless ...
Volume 6
Inspector Gadget is amazing
www.brda.fr/gadgettome6.html
This volume corresponds to episodes 23, 26, 47 and 27: "Gadget in Hawaii", "The Bermuda Triangle", "The Kidnapping of Gontier", "The Arabian Nights".
summary
"If there is anyone on earth who is more evil than me, I will gut him!"
The abominable doctor Gang has just imagined a terrible trap in which will fall the wonderful Gadget, prince of the inspectors, fine flower of the police, cream of the detectives.
Will our friendly hero get out?
No ! This time, it's impossible! The admirable inspector will jump with the load of badabumite, the most powerful explosive ever invented!
Volume 7
Inspector Gadget does not
www.brda.fr/gadgettome7.html
This volume corresponds to the episodes 29, 30, 33 and 41: "20 000 leagues under the sea", "Ruby", "Follow this plane", "Gadget in Greece".
summary
The Minotaur! A man with a bull's head! He strides towards the marvelous inspector Gadget, throwing flames by his muzzle. The brave policeman feels invaded by intense jitters:
"Hey there, Ho, what do you want me, bull with a man's body?" "Ho! Do not go ahead, dear sir ... Stop, you grill my handsome gadgetcheck!"
The beautiful detective has to face extraordinary monsters, with only weapons the odds contained in his hat. He is in danger of being crushed, shredded, roasted, frozen, asphyxiated or drowned.
Which does not stop him from staying in excellent health ...
Volume 8
Inspector Gadget has arrived
www.brda.fr/gadgettome8.html
The first part takes place in Spain, the second in Paris and it corresponds to episode 62: "On the Seine".
summary
Inspector Gadget approaches the chair where the head of the terrible organization MAD, the abominable Dr. Gang, sits.
"Ah, I'm finally getting you, not only can not you escape, but I'll finally know WHO you are!"
The admirable Gadget (whose nose has been replaced by a radar) bypasses the chair and ... he experiences the biggest surprise of his life.
"No, it's not possible, I dream, my word, I dream ..."
No, he does not dream. Dr. Gang, it's ...
Volume 9
Inspector Gadget among pirates
www.brda.fr/gadgettome9.html
This volume is very freely inspired by episode 51: "The pirate cruise".
summary
The wick burns. The barrel of powder will explode and pulverize the fabulous inspector Gadget, he who was the admiration of the washerwomen of Senegal!
If it is not disintegrated, the buccaneers will throw it into the sea, attached to an anchor ...
Being an international policeman is not an easy job. Especially when you have to fight the awful, the horrible, the abominable Doctor Gang, the one who does not even dare to look at himself in the mirror, so scary.
Come take part in the great adventure of Gadget in the Caribbean Sea. With a little luck you will be hanged, whipped and deprived of rum!
Volume 10
Inspector Gadget and Princess
www.brda.fr/gadgettome10.html
This volume is an original story that is happening in Paris.
summary
Warning ! Princess Moskova risks being kidnapped!
We must ensure its protection, so call on an intelligent, clever, efficient police officer.
Who better if not the famous Gadget, the one that slides on banana skins, falls in paint trays or receives flower pots on the skull?
His exceptional lucidity and admirable stupidity make him the irreplaceable inspector who delights in the admiration pastry chefs of Yokohama!
Volume 11
Inspector Gadget in the cosmos
www.brda.fr/gadgettome11.html
This tome is an original story that takes place in the imaginary spatial base of Paletuviers.
summary
Where does the Space Monster come from?
Why is the shuttle broken down? Why is the prodigious Gadget inspector sleeping when the disaster is imminent? What spy is hiding in the mangrove acrodrome?
Scary questions! Perhaps you will find the answers by reading attentively the adventures of this great astronautic adventure. You will know then if the marvelous Gadget can triumph over his eternal adversary, the abominable doctor Gang.
For once, this is not certain!
Note: In softcover editions, the interior illustrations are exclusively in black and white.
Volume 12
Is Inspector Gadget getting married? (i seriously would want to read this! only if i could find it in English!)
www.brda.fr/gadgettome12.html
This tome is an original story that takes place on the imaginary island of Sardina.
summary
Whence comes this pretty brunette who makes the heartbeat of the most famous policeman on the planet and Romorantin-Fouilletourtes. What is she doing aboard the Terrore, a yacht belonging to the Padrino, the formidable leader of the Madia? And the incredible Gadget, what is it locked up in this fishing net, over the Mediterranean where it will drown? It certainly pitiful mine and nobody would like to be in its place!
Yet this appalling situation does not prevent him from composing poems to the glory of his beloved Ginetta. Everything would be for the best if there was not this jealous of Pistolo ...
Note: In softcover editions, the interior illustrations are exclusively in black and white.