What fictional "detective" type characters did you grow up with, that are not Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple, or Hercule Poirot?

Hardy Boys.

Batman. Also the Boxcar Children.

The Hardy Boys
Nancy Drew
Encyclopedia Brown
Batman
Spin and Marty

Veronica Mars
Easy Rawlins
Jane Tennison
Agent Scully

Fifth through 8th grade: Nero Wolfe, the Continental Op, and Lord Peter Wimsey.

When I was a little older, Travis McGee and the Thin Man.

Mike Hammer
Columbo
Kojak

Columbo
Baretta
Kojak
Guy on a horse (?)
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Derrick
Tatort – Schimanski
Der Alte

OMG, I forgot about Baretta
Also forgot about McCloud
& Magnum PI
Murder She Wrote
Matlock

Perry Mason

Trixie Belsen, Nancy Drew

Oh, I forget Banacek!

^^ I forgot him too & it’s not been that long since I binge watched the series!!!
What about The A-Team???

Rockford
Mannix
Cannon
Barnaby Jones.

I think the first three each sustained about 100 concussions in their careers, while Barnaby only got knocked out once that I saw. I don’t think JR or Booty were ever knocked unconscious.

Grow up with?

That come to mind, sorted by my rough ascending age:

Easy Reader
The Sesame Street Unnamed Detective
Grover in a detective outfit
Sherlock Hemlock
D-tective Dave
Scooby and the gang
Rocky the Flying Squirrel
Mr. Peabody
The Hardy Boys
Encyclopedia Brown
Batman
Tin Tin
Adam-12
Perry Mason

@Zaku Good catch on Perry Mason!
Also Mike Hammer
Sam Spade
Philip Marlow

On TV:
Jim Rockford
Columbo
Perry Mason
McCloud

Jonny Quest

When I was still in elementary school, there was Peter Gunn.

Columbo
Hardy Boys
Charlie’s Angels
Baretta

are the 4 that I can think of off the bat.

No one has mentioned Scooby Do, which is why I love this site.

and those darn meddling kids…

Perry Mason
Columbo
Mission Impossible
Dragnet
Hawaii Five-0
The Fugitive
77 Sunset Strip