Though they've been around for 80 years now, the Hardy Boys have never been more contemporary than in these manga-style graphic novels from Papercutz. The Undercover Brothers not only work for a secretive government agency now but their crime-fighting methods have gotten a Tony Hawkish makeover. The results are quite attractive and a good bit of fun. If they get kids to go back and read the classic books, all the better.

(Reviewed:29-Dec-06)

Grade: (B+) Orrin C. Judd

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Franklin Dixon Links:

    -WIKIPEDIA: Franklin W. Dixon
    -ESSAY: The identity of Franklin W. 'Tex' Dixon unveiled at last (Greg Rajan, Feb. 23rd, 2014, Hoiuston Chronicle)
    -Hardy Boys (Wikipedia)
    -Stratmeyer Syndicate--The Hardy Boys
    -The Hardy Boys Created by Franklin W. Dixon (Thrilling Detective)
    -In the Hardys' Neighbourhood -- An Introduction to the Hardy Boys
    -THE Unofficial HARDY BOYS HOME PAGE (Series Book Central)
    -The Bayport Times (Hardy Boys Ezine)
    -The Unofficial Hardy Boys Home Page
    -Gary's Hardy Boys Books Page
    -The Hardy Boys Page (James Lloyd)
    -Matt's Home Page
    -ESSAY: The Hardy Boys (James W. Hall)
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    -ESSAY: How Many Hardy Boys Books Are There In Total? Best Update 2022 (PBC, 8/15/22)
    -ESSAY: Hardy Boys take on Goosebumps (Rodger Mullen, Fayetteville Online )
    -ESSAY: Web cast on the Hardy Boys   by Donald Q. Smith
    -ARTICLE: Fortune - April 1934 - "FOR IT WAS INDEED HE"
    -ARTICLE: Tom Swift, Nancy Drew and pals all had the same dad  (Bruce Watson, Smithsonian Magazine - October 1992)
    -PROFILE: of Leslie McFarlane Perky fellows in a gay-looking speedwagon: The Hardy Boys return  At last, a revival of unexpurgated Frank and Joe.  (STEVE BURGESS, Salon)
    -Leslie McFarlane  Ghost of the Hardy Boys

TELEVISION:
    -The Hardy Boys on TV (Unofficial Hardy Boys Page)

MUSICAL:
    -REVIEW: GENTLE PARODY OF HARDY  BOYS DONE WITH STYLE (Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune)

Book-related and General Links:

    -Hardy Boys (Wikipedia)