Comic Con Artist

Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers #21

by Franklin W. Dixon

ATAC BRIEFING FOR AGENTS FRANK AND JOE HARDY

MISSION:
To discover the criminal responsible for forging versions of valuable original comic-book art.

LOCATION:
A huge comics convention in San Francisco, CA.

POTENTIAL VICTIMS:
A major comic-book artist stands to lose a lot of money, but thousands of fans at the convention could lose their lives if the culprit gets desperate.

SUSPECTS:
Rival artists, obsessed fans, and even a co-owner of the local art gallery are all possibilities.

THIS MISSION REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.
THIS MESSAGE WILL BE ERASED IN FIVE SECONDS.

Genres: Mystery, Detective, Childrens, Thriller, Young Adult

192 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2008

About the author

Franklin W. Dixon is the pen name used by a variety of different authors who were part of a team that wrote The Hardy Boys novels for the Stratemeyer Syndicate (now owned by Simon & Schuster). Dixon was also the writer attributed for the Ted Scott Flying Stories series, published by Grosset & Dunlap.
Canadian author Leslie McFarlane is believed to have written the first sixteen Hardy Boys books, but worked to a detailed plot and character outline for each story. The outlines are believed to have originated with Edward Stratemeyer, with later books outlined by his daughters Edna C. Squier and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams. Edward and Harriet also edited all books in the series through the mid-1960s. Other writers of the original books include MacFarlane's wife Amy, John Button, Andrew E. Svenson, and Adams herself; most of the outlines were done by Adams and Svenson. A number of other writers and editors were recruited to revise the outlines and update the texts in line with a more modern sensibility, starting in the late 1950s.
The principal author for the Ted Scott books was John W. Duffield.

Reviews

[Rishikes Siva]

it just simply rockzzzzzz

[The Curious Reader]

When I first read Hardy Boys, I think I was in class 5, I had such a crush on Frank Hardy. I liked the brainy one over the brawny one and that sums up my first impression of Hardy Boys.
In their late teens, Frank and Joe Hardy take after their detective father Fenton Hardy. Frank is the older of the two and has more breakthroughs in the cases because he is the brainy one. Joe is the younger brother who more often than not is useful when things get hot and they need to fight their way out.
Like Nancy Drew, the books in the The Hardy Boys series re written by ghostwriters under the collective pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon. And yes, the earlier books were better than the latter ones.

[V. Arrow]

I definitely enjoyed this more for having researched the comic art market and speculation boom for This Week In Fandom History.

[David]

In 'Comic Con', Frank and Joe are sent by ATAC to get to the bottom of a comic art forger. Unfortunately, the suspected forger ends up dead meaning that the real perp still needs to be found. Of course, they do figure it out but not after some good fights and lots of action. Good story.

[~Smiley~ :D]

the hadry boys in a whole new look!!

[Heath]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tampines House]

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