With over 220 episodes and more than 70 million books and audio recordings sold, the cult series “Die Drei ???” (The Three Investigators) is Germany’s most successful detective series. Children, teenagers, and adults alike eagerly follow the adventures of the three detectives Justus, Peter, and Bob as they take on yet another special case. The series’ success in German-speaking countries is closely linked to the artist and illustrator Aiga Rasch (1941 to 2009), who designed the book series’ distinctive cover art in 1969. In Hamburg, Heikedine Körting produced the audio plays for the series with Europa-Verlag from 1979 onwards, creating the world’s most successful audio play production with the voice actors Oliver Rohrbeck, Jens Wawrczeck, and Andreas Fröhlich. The cover design of the cassettes, some of which have now achieved high collector’s value, is also influenced by Aiga Rasch’s design. The cross-generational fan base of “The Three Investigators” is still huge – a good reason to show them the original graphics by Aiga Rasch.
