Rick Brant
Author: John Blaine
Written by: Harold (Hal) Goodwin (1-24) & Peter Harkins (1-3)
Artists: Bill Gillies
24 Volumes (1947 to 1989)
Brief Bibliography & Dustjacket Gallery [View]
Links courtesy of Spindrift Island Website © 2001 Jim Ogden
1 The Rocket's Shadow 1947
2 The Lost City 1947
3 Sea Gold 1947
4 100 Fathoms Under 1947
5 The Whispering Box Mystery 1948
6 The Phantom Shark 1949
7 Smuggler's Reef 1950
8 The Caves of Fear 1951
9 Stairway to Danger 1952
10 The Golden Skull 1954
11 The Wailing Octopus 1956
12 The Electronic Mind Reader 1957
13 The Scarlet Lake Mystery 1958
14 The Pirates of Shan 1958
15 The Blue Ghost Mystery 1960
16 The Egyptian Cat Mystery 1961
17 The Flaming Mountain 1962
18 The Flying Stingaree 1963
19 The Ruby Ray Mystery 1964
20 The Veiled Raiders 1965
21 Rocket Jumper 1966
22 The Deadly Dutchman 1967
23 Danger Below! 1968
24 The Magic Talisman 1989
Format 1A: (Volumes 1 to 4) Published by Grosset & Dunlap (G&D) circa 1947
Rust-Red Smooth Binding with Black Lettering on spine. Lightning bolt logo in black ink.
Pictorial Blue Endpages w/ Map of Spindrift Island and Red Edgecoloring.
Illustrations include a Frontispiece only on plain paper. Yellowed or Browned Wartime Paper.
Dustjacket is White Coated paper with Wrap Spine w/ Lightning Bolt logo. Pictorial drawings different for each title.
Format 1B: (Volumes 1 to 6) Published by Grosset & Dunlap (G&D) circa 1948-49
Bright-Red Leather-Like Textured Binding with Black Lettering on spine. Lightning bolt logo in black ink.
Pictorial Blue Endpages w/ Map of Spindrift Island and Red Edgecoloring.
Illustrations include a Frontispiece only on plain paper.
Dustjacket is White Coated paper with Wrap Spine w/ Lightning Bolt logo. Pictorial drawings different for each title.
Format 1C: (Volumes 1 to 7) Published by Grosset & Dunlap (G&D) circa 1950
Bright Red Woven Textured Binding with Black Lettering on spine. Lightning bolt logo in black ink.
Pictorial Blue Endpages w/ Map of Spindrift Island and Red Edgecoloring.
Illustrations include a Frontispiece only on plain paper.
Dustjacket is White Coated paper with Wrap Spine w/ Ligtning Bolt logo. Pictorial drawings different for each title.
Format 2A: (Volumes 1 to 12) Published by Grosset & Dunlap (G&D) circa 1951-57
Blush-Brown Tweed Binding with Black Lettering on spine. Lightning bolt logo. Author & Publisher on spine in one line.
Pictorial Blue Endpages w/ Map of Spindrift Island and Red Edgecoloring.
Illustrations include a Frontispiece only on plain paper.
Dustjacket is White Coated paper with Wrap Spine w/ Ligtning Bolt logo. Pictorial drawings different for each title.
Format 2B: (Volumes 1 to 16) Published by Grosset & Dunlap (G&D) circa 1958-61
Blush-Brown Tweed Binding with Black Lettering on spine. Lightning bolt logo. Author & Publisher on spine - two lines.
Pictorial Blue Endpages w/ Map of Spindrift Island and Red Edgecoloring.
Illustrations include a Frontispiece only on plain paper.
Dustjacket is White Coated paper with Wrap Spine w/ Ligtning Bolt logo. Pictorial drawings different for each title.
Format 3A: (Volumes 17) Published by Grosset & Dunlap (G&D) circa 1962
Smooth Pictorial Composition Binding with Black Lettering on spine. Lightning bolt logo on spine and rear cover.
Greenish-Gray spine and rear cover w/ magenta ink. Binding Cover is pictorial drawing different for each title.
Pictorial Blue Endpages w/ Map of Spindrift Island and Red Edgecoloring.
Illustrations include a Frontispiece only on plain paper.
Format 3B: (Volumes 1 to 17) Published by Grosset & Dunlap (G&D) circa 1962-63
Smooth Pictorial Composition Binding with Black Lettering on spine. Lightning bolt logo on spine only.
Greenish-Gray spine and rear cover w/ red-orange ink. Binding Cover is pictorial drawing different for each title.
Pictorial Blue Endpages w/ Map of Spindrift Island and Red Edgecoloring.
Illustrations include a Frontispiece only on plain paper.
Format 3C: (Volumes 1 to 23) Published by Grosset & Dunlap (G&D) circa 1963-68
Smooth Pictorial Composition Binding with Black Lettering on spine. Lightning bolt logo on spine only.
White-Gray spine and rear cover w/ red-orange ink. Binding Cover is pictorial drawing different for each title.
Pictorial Black & White Endpages w/ Map of Spindrift Island and Red Edgecoloring.
Illustrations include a Frontispiece only on plain paper (Vol. 1 to 17) plus five internal illustrations (Vol. 17 to 23)
Please visit my good friend Jim Ogdens wonderful Spindrift Island website for much more on Rick Brant.