BBE Blog - Other BB trivia

April 18, 2007

BB cover art

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The cover art of the Brains Benton novels (Golden Press/Whitman imprints) usually represents a scene in the story.

The Case of the Missing Message - Shows JC trying to sell a subscription to The Crestwood Daily Ledger newspaper to Montgomery. (MM Pg, 20-22)

The Case of the Counterfeit Coin - Shows BB and JC in JC’s house using a radio transmitter that BB built. (CC Pg 73-74)

The Case of the Stolen Dummy - Shows BB and JC being chased out of the old Gault family cemetery by a man in a long dark coat (SD Pg, 75-76)

The Case of the Roving Rolls - Shows two seperate scenes that have been combined. The first scene is JC in the Willoughby drive watching a driverless Rolls Royce go by. (RR, Pg 34). The second is of Frothingham and BB on bicycles (RR, Pg 40).

The Case of the Waltzing Mouse - Shows BB and JC as their small boat is being rammed by a larger one piloted by Blackie. (WM Pg, 170)

The Case of the Painted Dragon - Shows BB and JC with the Painted Dragon in the Background. It does not represent any single of combination of scenes from the novel

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