The Covers

The artwork of the Three Investigators books was a large attraction to many of us readers of the series. In particular, the covers of the books were always designed to grab the readers' attention and give a glimpse of the action that was waiting inside the book. Surprisingly, the series relied on only two artists for the first 19 covers in the series with Harry Kane drawing most of them.

The first 14 books in the series, as published in the United States, had artwork that wrapped around spine and onto the back cover. This effect truly gave the impression of a masterpiece of art. Although the practice of wraparound art was discontinued in the US beginning with #15 (Flaming Footprints), the UK books continued with wraparound art on their hardback books up through #28 (Deadly Double).

This section shows all the covers in full wraparound style--the first 14 from the US, and the last 14 from the UK (thanks to Ian Regan for graciously supplying me with scans from the UK books). You can click on the links below to see the wraparound artwork for that cover.

US Wraparound Covers UK Wraparound Covers
1. The Secret of Terror Castle
2.
The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot
3.
The Mystery of the Whispering Mummy
4.
The Mystery of the Green Ghost
5.
The Mystery of the Vanishing Treasure
6.
The Secret of Skeleton Island
7.
The Mystery of the Fiery Eye
8.
The Mystery of the Silver Spider
9.
The Mystery of the Screaming Clock
10.
The Mystery of the Moaning Cave
11.
The Mystery of the Talking Skull
12.
The Mystery of the Laughing Shadow
13.
The Secret of the Crooked Cat
14.
The Mystery of the Coughing Dragon
15. The Mystery of the Flaming Footprints
16.
The Mystery of the Nervous Lion
17.
The Mystery of the Singing Serpent
18.
The Mystery of the Shrinking House
19.
The Secret of Phantom Lake
20.
The Mystery of Monster Mountain
21.
The Secret of the Haunted Mirror
22.
The Mystery of the Dead Man's Riddle
23.
The Mystery of the Invisible Dog
24.
The Mystery of Death Trap Mine
25.
The Mystery of the Dancing Devil
26.
The Mystery of the Headless Horse
27.
The Mystery of the Magic Circle
28.
The Mystery of the Deadly Double

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