> The mystery series that Hitchcock "presented" in competition with the Hardy Boys -- The Three Investigators, conceived by Robert Arthur and written by other authors after Arthur died -- are, IMHO, much better than the Hardy Boys. The plots tend to be more diverse and colorful; of course, some are better than others. After dozens of series entries, the Three Investigators hit a lull and were later revived as a new Three Investigators series that had the kids a bit older ; the books had more of an edge to them. I never really dug that second series, but I was starting to move on at that point anyway.

Was the Three Investigators series the one where there was a kid named Jupiter (Jupe for short) and there was a junkyard owned by the parents (or aunt and uncle) of one of them and they had a secret meeting room with a tunnel through junk leading to it? If not, does anyone know the series I'm talking about so they can direct me to it?

Don "The Monkey'Really liked that series, whatever it was'man" Jackson