Brains Benton
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Written in the late 1950s and early '60s, the Brains Benton Mysteries chronicle the adventures of Brains Benton (X) and his friend Jimmy Carson (Operative Three), who together form the "Benton and Carson International Detective Agency." The series was originally published by the Golden Press, with reprints being done in the same format by Whitman Books, an imprint of Western Publishing. All six titles appeared in hardback with only two volumes being reprinted in paperback. There are six books in all.
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- The Case Of The Missing Message (1959)
- The Case Of The Counterfeit Coin (1960)
- The Case Of The Stolen Dummy (1961)
- The Case Of The Roving Rolls (1961)
- The Case Of The Waltzing Mouse (1961)
- The Case Of The Painted Dragon (1961)
The books are very realistic; there is no scene that could not have actually happened. However, these books came out toward the end of the heyday of juvenile fiction series (like Hardy Boys and Tom Swift, Jr.), and the series didn't last very long.
The books were written by Charles Spain Verral. However, after book #1, all of the remaining books were written by George Wyatt. It is widely believed that George Wyatt was merely a pen name of Charles Spain Verral's. The Brains Benton books are similar in tone to The Mad Scientists' Club books.
