Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators
Anyone remember this series of books, created by Robert Arthur in the mid-1960s? (Other writers would contribute to the books, which may have been published even into the early '70s.) Not quite Hardy...
View ArticleRe: Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators
Saturday8pm wrote:As an 11 year old, I was spooked by this illo of the Moose Man. (I still am.)
View ArticleRe: Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators
Me too! a little left field. Story ... uh ... indian pic ... ugh! don't have the book in front of me.
View ArticleRe: Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators
Great thread that has me searching.... Besides "Haunted Houseful" "Ghostly Gallery" &nbs...Read More
View ArticleRe: Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators
MYST0 wrote:I loved the original ones with Hitchcock. How cool was that that these kids were hanging out with Hitch? I think my favorite of The Three Investigators was The Mystery of the Green Ghost....
View ArticleRe: Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators
I was a Brains Benton man, myself - "The goldfish need washing!"
View ArticleRe: Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators
BoLorKay< As Robert Arthur did the majority of the writing/editing for Hitch related stuff, this is what I found on Wiki: Bibliography "Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators" novels...
View ArticleRe: Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators
Although Arthur's THRILLERS AND MORE THRILLERS collection is not an official tie-in with the Karloff-hosted TV series, the cover of the book features a Karloff lookalike. The book was published in...
View ArticleRe: Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators
Great great series!! At least the Robert Arthur books! Favorite stories were Mystery of the Vanishing Treasure and Terror Castle. Arthur had a marvelous style and these books in particular were very...
View ArticleRe: Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators
This series got me into "The Hardy Boys". Sorta always swam backwards anyway ...
View ArticleRe: Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators
These were published before '69, right? I wonder if it had a connection to "Scooby Doo"? Same idea.
View ArticleRe: Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators
There's no connection to Scooby Doo as far as I know. I never thought the two were very similar really. I tried to get into The Hardy Boys as a kid but I only read some of the later books, which were...
View ArticleRe: Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators
Saturday8pm wrote:These were published before '69, right? I wonder if it had a connection to "Scooby Doo"? Same idea.I don't the Three Investigators had an major influence on Scooby Doo, except for...
View ArticleRe: Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators
There's a nice little look at the lads over at Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_investigators
View ArticleRe: Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators
My favorite of these series: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brains_Benton
View ArticleRe: Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators
I remember seeing a battered copy of THE CASE OF THE PAINTED DRAGON, but never stumbled across any of the other books. (Thanks for that link, Craig!)
View ArticleRe: Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators
I wasn't sure if you guys were aware of this or not but there have been 2 Three Investigator movies made based on Skeleton Island and Terror Castle. While not being 100% faithful to the books, they do...
View ArticleRe: Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators
davlghry wrote:The drawings were by Fred Banbery and were wonderfully spooky and evocative -- especially the endpapers (which I sometimes use as screen savers). I loved those Fred Banbery interiors...
View Article
