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Charles Spain Verral (1904–1990)

Author of Rocket Genius

46+ Works 1,119 Members 6 Reviews

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Series

Works by Charles Spain Verral

Rocket Genius (1963) 135 copies
The Case of the Missing Message (1959) — Character Creator — 100 copies, 1 review
The Case of the Counterfeit Coin (1960) 100 copies, 2 reviews
The Case of the Stolen Dummy (1961) 90 copies, 2 reviews
The Case of the Roving Rolls (1961) — Creator of the characters; Author — 84 copies, 1 review
Popeye Goes Fishing (1981) 15 copies
Rin Tin Tin and The Outlaw (1957) 11 copies
Jets (1971) 11 copies
Brave Eagle (1957) 10 copies
Popeye Climbs a Mountain (1983) 8 copies
Champion of the Court (1963) 5 copies
Sherlock Holmes 3 copies
High Danger (1955) 2 copies
Around The World In 80 Days (1957) — Editor — 1 copy

Associated Works

Around the World in Eighty Days (1872) — Editor, some editions — 20,111 copies, 298 reviews

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Canonical name
Verral, Charles Spain
Other names
Wyatt, George (pseudonym for Brains Benton books)
Birthdate
1904-11-04
Date of death
1990-04-01
Gender
male
Short biography
Charles Spain Verral wrote the first of the 6 Brains Benton books under his own name. After that, it seems unclear if he is the author. The subsequent books are under the George Wyatt name and there seems to be no agreement amongst sources: either he wrote the first one and then the later ones were under a house pseudonym for Golden Press, he wrote all of them but switched to a pseudonym, or he was going to turn it over to other authors but was unhappy with the manuscripts and rewrote them before publication. All three versions of the history exist.

Under his own name, Charles Spain Verral wrote a number of books, beyond the Brains Benton series (with the disputed history of authorship).

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Reviews

8 reviews
Wonderful start to the Brains Benton children's series! A very enjoyable story, and Brains and his colleague Jimmy Carson (aka Operative Three) remind me very much of The Three Investigators book series.
Was not as intriguing as the first two books in the Brains Benton series. Ergo, it took longer to get through the book. It only became more interesting about halfway thru this read.
½
A lighter version of the Three Investigators. No real danger at any point in the story.
½

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Works
46
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Members
1,119
Popularity
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Rating
3.8
Reviews
6
ISBNs
24
Languages
2

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