The Three Investigators in Italy

Cover of Vanishing Treasure from 1971.

Introduction

In Italy all of the 30 first books of the series are printed. The publishing order is not always the same as in the US. The Publisher in Italy had many series and gave each book a number. That explain the "strange" numbers of the Italian editions. Three of the German books are also translated. The covers of the "German" books are to be found at the Rocky-Beach Coverarchiv.

The early editions Studio Ink. Then Cesare Colombi seems to have done the covers for a new edition in the 1980^th.

Publishing House : A. Mondadori (Milano)

Italian Title Original Title	Number (Original pub. order)	Italian editions	Translator	Cover Artist	Special Information
Il castello del terrore The Secret of Terror castle	26 (1)	1 – 1971? 2-1974 1989 2003		At least 3 different covers. The edition from 1989 - Cesare Colombi You can see the covers at Rocky Beach Coverarchiv
Il pappagallo balbuziente The mystery of the stuttering parrot	28 (2)	1-1971 1975 2-1989	Giuseppina Limentani Pugliese	Studio Ink You can see the covers at Rocky Beach Coverarchiv
Il tesoro scomparso (The mystery of the vanishing treasure)	30 (5)	1-1971 2-1989	Mirella Surrentino Dall'ora	Studio Ink The edition from 1989 - Cesare Colombi You can see the covers at Rocky Beach Coverarchiv	Nov 1971
Il fantasma verde The mystery of the green ghost	32 (4)	1-1971 3-1976 4-1989	Reanato Liguori	Studio Ink The edition from 1989 - Cesare Colombi You can see the covers at Rocky Beach Coverarchiv	Dec 1971
La mummia sussurrante The mystery of the whispering mummy	34 (3)	3-1976
L'isola dello scheletro The secret of Skeleton Island	36 (6)	1-1972 2-1974	Silvia del Pozzo	Studio Ink You can see the covers at Rocky Beach Coverarchiv	Feb 1972
L'orologio che urla The mystery of the screaming clock	38 (9)	1-1972	Mirella Dall'Ora Surrentino
Il drago raffreddato The mystery of the coughing dragon	41 (14)	1-1972 2-1989	Fedora Dei Scattoia	Studio Ink Cesare Colombi You can see the covers at Rocky Beach Coverarchiv	Apr 1972
Il teschio parlante The mystery of the talking skull	44 (11)	1-1972 2-1974	Giulia Malesani	Studio Ink	Jun 1972
La caverna del diavolo The mystery of the moaning cave	47 (10)	1-1972 2-1974	Marina Rago	Studio Ink	Jul 1972
Il principe e il ragno The Mystery of The Silver Spider	50 (8)	1972 1977		You can see the covers at Rocky Beach Coverarchiv
L'amuleto d'oro The mystery of the laughing shadow	53 (12)	1-1972 2-1989		You can see the covers at Rocky Beach Coverarchiv
Il gatto sciancato The secret of the crooked cat	56 (13)	1-1972 3-1980	Roberto Erlati	Studio Ink	Dec 1972 Jun 1980
L'occhio di fuoco The mystery of the Fiery eye	59 (7)	1-1972 2-1989		Studio Ink You can see the covers at Rocky Beach Coverarchiv
L'aquila scarlatta The mystery of the flaming footprints	63 (15)	1-1973	Bianca Gagni Vercesi	Studio Ink	Mar 1973
Il leone nervoso The mystery of the nervous lion	66 (16)	1-1973	Bianca Gagni Vercesi	Studio Ink	Jun 1973
Il canto del serpente The mystery of the singing serpent	71 (17)	1-1973 1977	Bianca Gagni Vercesi.	Studio Ink You can see the covers at Rocky Beach Coverarchiv	Nov 1973
Una strana eredita The mystery of the Shrinking house	78 (18)	1-1974	Mirka Soltoggio	Studio Ink You can see the covers at Rocky Beach Coverarchiv	Jun 1974
Il diario del marinaio The mystery of Phantom Lake	84 (19)	1-1974 2-1980	Luisa Maffi	Studio Ink You can see the covers at Rocky Beach Coverarchiv	Sep 1974
Il mostro della montagna The mystery of Monster Mountain	89 (20)	1-1975	Grazia M. Griffini.	Studio Ink You can see the covers at Rocky Beach Coverarchiv
Lo specchio incantato The secret of the haunted mirror	96 (21)	1-1975	Mirka Soltoggio	Studio Ink You can see the covers at Rocky Beach Coverarchiv	Oct 1975
Gli indovinelli del morto The mystery of the dead man's riddle	103 (22)	1-1976	Bianca Gagni Vercesi	Studio Ink You can see the covers at Rocky Beach Coverarchiv	May 1976
Il cane invisibile The mystery of the invisible dog	111 (23)	1-1976	Bianca Gagni Vercesi	Studio Ink You can see the covers at Rocky Beach Coverarchiv	Nov 1976
La miniera abbandonata The mystery of Death Trap Mine	119 (24)	1-1977		You can see the covers at Rocky Beach Coverarchiv
Il diavolo danzatore The mystery of the dancing devil	125 (25)	1-1978	Bianca Gagni Vercesi		Jan 1978
La spada del conquistatore The mystery of the headless horse	131 (26)	1-1978	Fedora Dei		Jul 1978
Il bosco delle streghe The mystery of the Magic circle	147 (27)	1-1979
Un sosia per Jupiter The mystery of the deadly double	154 (28)	1-1980		Giovanni Mulazzani You can see the covers at Rocky Beach Coverarchiv
Le formiche guerriere The mystery of the sinister scarecrow	162 (29)	1-1981
Duello sotto il mare The secret of Shark Reef	167 (30)	1-1981		Giovanni Mulazzani You can see the covers at Rocky Beach Coverarchiv
German books translated to Italian
Il mistero della spada incandescente Das brennende schwert. (André Marx)		1-1998	Enrica Albites Coen	Pep Montserrat	Casale Monferrato : Piemme Junior
Voci dal nulla Stimmen aus dem Nichts (André Minninger)		1-1998	Enrica Albites Coen	Pep Montserrat	Casale Monferrato : Piemme Junior
Sulle tracce di un fantasma Poltergeist (André Marx)		1-1999	Enrica Albites Coen	Pep Montserrat	Casale Monferrato : Piemme Junior

Sources:

A national library in Italy.

Information from Italian collectors. Thank You very much!

Links concerning the Italian editions:

Rocky-Beach coverarchiv

A project by Sven Haarman. Here You find three of the Italian covers.

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