The Covers and the Artists

1A: This is a typical spine and cover from Wahlstroms 1970. Hardbound and green spine made of cloth. Cover - Ola Ericson. 12,5 x 17,8 (cm). You find this size between 1965 and 1970.

1B: 1970 they changed the breadth somewhat. From 12,5 to11,5 (cm). You find this size between 1970 and 1989.

2. This is a typical spine and cover from Wahlströms1991.Hard-bound and green spine. Cover - Miralles. 11,3 x 17,5 (cm) You find this layout and size from 1989 and on.

3. This is a typical spine and cover from Richter (Disney) 1982. Hardbound. Cover - Christina Nauckhoff. 12,8 x 21,0 (cm)

The covers were probably very important for the succes of the series.

The coverartists are in some cases the same as in America. Some of the covers seem to look almost the same as their American counterparts, but Ola Ericson is the artist. Obviously he has sometimes based his artwork on the originals. Tord Nygren, Anders Ferm and Jan Gissberg are the other Swedish artists. On many of the Swedish covers the feature of Mr Alfred Hitchcock is to be found. When the books came in new editions in the beginning of the 1990th some of them got new covers by Miralles and Vicente. These late editions can be very hard to find.

Seven of the stories were also published in the 1980th by Hemmets Journal/Richters in the frames of a book-club called Disney´s book-club for youth. These editions got new covers by Christina Nauckhoff and Lopez Espi. The Moaning cave came in two Disney-printings. The first had black background, the second white. The first printing is hard to find.

Some of the books have two or three covers or layouts, and some books only have one cover.

I want to thank Helge Willkowei who let me use his covers in the beginning. Please take a look at his webplace! Now I am scanning my own covers. You find the covers if You click on the links below. You can also see all the covers for each book if You go to the book-page.

If You want to compare the Swedish covers to the American originals You can click here!

 

 

 

Covers - B. Wahlströms ungdomsböcker

1

Skräckslottets gåta - Ed Vebell*. To the 5th edition.

Skräckslottets gåta - Ola Ericson. From the 6th edition.

Skräckslottets gåta - Miralles, 12th edition, 1991.

2

Papegojans gåta - Ed Vebell*.

3

Viskande mumiens gåta - Harry Kane

Viskande mumiens gåta - Miralles, 10th edition, 1992.

4

Gröna vålnadens gåta - Harry Kane

5

Juvelgåtan - Ola Ericson

Juvelgåtan - Miralles, 11th edition, 1991.

6

Skelettöns gåta - Ola Ericson, variant 1.

Skelettöns gåta - Ola Ericson, variant 2, 9th edition, 1987.

Skelettöns gåta - Miralles,10th edition, 1992.

7

Brinnande ögats gåta - Ola Ericson

8

Spindelns gåta - Ola Ericson

Spindelns gåta - Miralles, 9th edition, 1991.

9

Vrålande klockans gåta - Ola Ericson

Vrålande klockans gåta - Miralles, 11th edition, 1991.

10

Tjutande grottans gåta - Ola Ericson

Tjutande grottans gåta - New layout, 10th edition, 1990.

11

Talande dödskallens gåta - Ola Ericson

Talande dödskallens gåta - Vicente, 11th edition, 1990. This cover was probably meant to be for The Secret of Skeleton Island.

12

Skrattande skuggans gåta - Ola Ericson

13

Enögda kattens gåta - Ola Ericson

14

Hostande drakens gåta - Ola Ericson

15

Fräsande fotspårens gåta - Ola Ericson

Fräsande fotspårens gåta - Miralles, 8th edition, 1991.

16

Lurande lejonets gåta - Ola Ericson

17

Sjungande ormens gåta - Ed Vebell

18

Kuslige konstnärens gåta - Tord Nygren.

Kuslige konstnärens gåta - Miralles, 5th edition, 1991.

19

Stirrande trädets gåta - Ed Vebell. In the Swedish editions they say that Jack Hearne is the Artist, but that must be wrong. He made the internal illustrations in the American editions. Thats explain the misstake from the Swedish publisher.

Stirrande trädets gåta - Miralles, 7th edition, 1991.

20

Morrande monstrets gåta - Ola Ericson

Morrande monstrets gåta - Miralles, 8th edition, 1992.

21

Skrikande spegelns gåta - Jack Hearne

22

Osynliga hundens gåta - Tord Nygren

23

Spökande gruvans gåta - Tord Nygren

Spökande gruvans gåta - Same edition and cover but without the printed priceticket.

Spökande gruvans gåta - Miralles, 4th edition, 1992.

24

Dansande djävulens gåta - Jack Hearne

Dansande djävulens gåta - Vicente, 5th edition, 1990.

25

Huvudlösa hästens gåta - Jack Hearne

Huvudlösa hästens gåta - New layout, 6th edition, 1990.

26

Magiska häxans gåta - Anders Ferm

Magiska häxans gåta - Miralles, 6th edition, 1991.

27

Drullige dubbelgångarens gåta - Herb Mott

28

Blodtörstige fågelskrämmans gåta - Anders Ferm

29

Hotande hajens gåta - Robert Adragna

Hotande hajens gåta - New layout, 5th edition, 1992.

30

Tigande tiggarens gåta - Robert Adragna

Tigande tiggarens gåta - New layout, 4th edition, 1991.

31

Brinnande bergens gåta - Anders Ferm

Brinnande bergens gåta - Miralles, 5th edition, 1991.

32

Blå piratens gåta - Robert Adragna

Blå piratens gåta - New layout, 4th edition, 1991.

33

Grottmannens gåta - Robert Adragna

34

Dresserade valens gåta - Robert Adragna

Dresserade valens gåta -. New layout, 4th edition, 1991.

35

Stulna skattens gåta - Jan Gissberg

Stulna skattens gåta - Miralles, 4th edition, 1991.

36

Falska brevduvans gåta - Robert Adragna.

Falska brevduvans gåta -. Miralles, 3rd edition, 1992.

37

Krossade glasets gåta - Robert Adragna

Krossade glasets gåta - New layout, 4th edition, 1992.

38

Farliga förföljarens gåta - Robert Adragna

39

Skräckfilmens gåta - Robert Adragna

40

Filmstudions gåta - Robert Adragna

Filmstudions gåta - New layout, 2nd edition, 1994.

41

Spökskeppets gåta - Robert Adragna

Spökskeppets gåta - Vicente, 2nd edition, 1990

Spökskeppets gåta - Vicente, new layout, 3rd edition, 1994.

42

Motbjudande miljonärens gåta - Robert Adragna

43

Död mans gåta - Robert Adragna

44

Slaktade bilars gåta - Hector Garrido

45

Giftfabrikens gåta - Hector Garrido

Giftfabrikens gåta, New layout, 2nd edition, 1994.

46

Dödsdalens gåta - Hector Garrido

47

Silverskattens gåta - Hector Garrido

48

Zombiens gåta - Hector Garrido

49

Skräckslagne skådespelarens gåta - Hector Garrido

50

Datavirusets gåta - Hector Garrido

 

 

 

Covers - Disney´s bookclub for Youth (Richters (R) / Hemmets Journals (H) förlag)

1

Tjutande grottans gåta, 1982, (H) - Christina Nauckhoff. (First printing)

Tjutande grottans gåta, 1983, (H) - Christina Nauckhoff (Second printing)

2

Dansande djävulens gåta, 1982, (H) - Christina Nauckhoff

3

Kuslige konstnärens gåta, 1983, (H) - Christina Nauckhoff

4

Enögda kattens gåta, 1983, (H) - Christina Nauckhoff

5

Talande dödskallens gåta, 1984, (H) - Christina Nauckhoff. New translation by Sara Hemmel.

6

Stirrande trädets gåta, 1985, (R) - Christina Nauckhoff

7

Viskande mumiens gåta, 1987, (R) - Lopez Espi

 

Some of the Artists

 

Ola Ericson

Ola Ericson (1920-) has made 14 of the covers. Obviously he has sometimes based his artwork on the American originals. Ola is a well known artist in Sweden.

Tord Nygren

Tord Nygren (1936-) made three covers. I don´t think he catches the atmosphere of the Three Investigators in a perfect way, but he has done some unique covers. You can read more about him on this Swedish homepage.

Jan Gissberg

Jan Gissberg (1948-) made one cover.

Anders Ferm

Anders Ferm made three covers.

Harry Kane

Harry Kane made two of the covers, but Ola Ericson must have seen his covers.

Ed Vebell

Ed Vebell made four covers.

Jack Hearne

Jack Hearne made three covers.

Herb Mott

Herb Mott made one cover.

Robert Adragna

Robert Adragna made 13 covers.

Miralles

Miralles made a few covers to the new editions.

Vicente

Vicente made a few covers to the new editions.

Hector Garrido

Hector Garrido made all the covers to the Crimebusters. I like the covers, but not the books.

Christina Nauckhoff

Christina Nauckhoff made many of the covers to the Disney editions. She has a style of her own.

Lopez Espi

Lopez Espi made one cover.

ã The text on this site: Jonny Nilsson 2000-2003

ã The Swedish covers: B. Wahlströms Bokförlag AB

 

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