Many characters have appeared in The Hardy Boys.
Frank Hardy
Frank Hardy is the older of the two Hardy brothers in The Hardy Boys novel series by Franklin W. Dixon
Frank has dark brown hair and eyes and lives in the fictional town of Bayport with his parents, Fenton and Laura; his younger brother, Joe; and his aunt, Gertrude.
Joe is not only Frank’s younger brother, but best friend and crime-fighting partner. Working together, the two have solved countless mysteries. Around Bayport, Frank and Joe have quite a reputation as amateur detectives. The Hardy boys are often helped by their friends, most notably best buddy Chet Morton and Frank’s girlfriend Callie Shaw.
Compared to his brother Joe, Frank is the more logical, rational one. While Joe wants to jump straight into a situation, Frank is the one to hold him back and think through all the logical possibilities. More than once, Frank has surprised the villains by having the entire case figured out. Frank is also usually the one that must look for Joe when he gets lost or kidnapped.
Although Frank spends his mornings exercising—doing weight training and karate workouts—and Joe usually gets out of bed about an hour later and stays in shape by simply playing a little football or baseball, Joe seems to be at least as athletic as Frank, if not more.
In the Casefiles series, Joe jokingly refers to Frank as the brains of their operation and himself as the brawn. The Hardy boys make an excellent team, because their abilities mesh perfectly.
Frank and Joe both attend Bayport High, along with their friends Biff Hooper, Tony Prito, Phil Cohen, Iola Morton (excluding the Casefiles) and the aforementioned Chet and Callie.
Character history
Original series
At the beginning of the original Hardy Boys series, Frank is only 16 years old (18 prior to the revisions between 1959 and 1974) and both he and Joe want to follow in their famous father, Fenton Hardy’s footsteps as detectives. When one of their school friends’ fathers is wrongly accused of stealing, the Hardy boys take it upon themselves to clear his name and solve the mystery.
After Frank and Joe solve their first case, Fenton—although he had not wanted his sons to get into the detective business because of the dangers involved—starts asking for their help on some of his cases.
Fenton and his boys working together plays a bigger part in this series then in any of the following Hardy Boys series.
In this series Frank is in the same grade as Joe (who is a year younger), because he lost a year due to sickness, but in all the other series he is a grade ahead of Joe and him losing a year is never mentioned.
Casefiles
In the Casefiles the differences between Frank and Joe are more pronounced as Joe’s personality is somewhat changed because of the death of his girlfriend, Iola Morton. Frank (although the death of Iola does affect him somewhat) stays more or less the same.
In the Casefiles series, the Hardy boys collaborate with The Gray Man, who works for the Network—a secret government intelligence agency—to fight the Assassins, an international terrorist organization responsible for Iola's death.
Also the Casefiles were written between the late 80’s and 90’s unlike the original series (1927-79), home computers were available, and because of this Frank’s character is modernized and he becomes a PC computer buff; in one book he is even able to hack into the Bayport City computer system.
Frank is also well-versed in the making of bombs and is also able to disassemble them, which saves his and many other's lives many times.
Super Mysteries
This was a series of 36 paperback novels in which the Hardy Boys teamed up with female teen slueth Nancy Drew.
One character arc seen throughout the series is the mutual attraction between Nancy and Frank. The couple shared a kiss twice in the series; the first in book 5, The Last Resort, when the two are trapped after an avalanche and fear that they will die. The second is in Secrets of the Nile, where they kiss on a balcony after the case is solved. However, the kiss is interrupted by Bess Marvin. Also, another hint at their relationship is when Nancy's longtime love interest Ned Nickerson saves her. However, a disheveled Nancy calls out Frank's name instead, believing him to be her saviour, and severely disheartening Ned.
The two decide not to pursue relationships, believing that they belong with their current partners, Ned Nickerson and Callie Shaw. Both partners are jealous of the time and bond shared by the detectives, especially shown in Ned Nickerson. He greatly disapproves of Nancy's sluething in the series, as well as the time she spends solving them with the Hardys.
Another romance is hinted between Joe Hardy and Bess Marvin, although there is much less evidence of this attraction. Neither relationships were ever given a final closure.
Undercover Brothers
In this series Frank and Joe are both are undercover agents for ATAC (American Teens Against Crime), an organization confounded by Mr. Hardy.
This is the first series that Frank’s girlfriend is not Callie Shaw, but this is not the biggest change in his character; the biggest difference is that Frank becomes nervous around teenage girls, even though they are attracted to him more in this series than any other.
Vehicles owned by Frank and Joe
Frank and Joe owned a large number of cars or automobiles. In the originals they have motorcycles ,but Joe totals his in The Shore Road Mystery and they purchase a yellow convertible soon afterwards. The car appears in the series, for over fifty years, before it is blown up (with Iola Morton inside) in the first Casefiles, Dead on Target . After Frank and Joe save Bayport Mall from being destroyed, they are given a black van by the Bayport Mall Association. In Casefiles #100 True Thriller the van is also blown up. They finally purchase a blue van which remains with them until the end of the series. Throughout the The Hardy Boys Digests, the boys own a black van. In the Undercover Brothers series, Frank and Joe own custom sport bikes , decked out with the latest in accessories. They also own a speedboat named 'the Sleuth,' which is equipped with a Ham Radio transmitter, as is described in The Short-Wave Mystery.
Sports played by Frank and Joe
Frank plays many school sports along with his brother. Frank is the captain and quarterback of the Bayport High football team., but by the time of the later Digests, he gives up his place on the team so he can concentrate on his studies. He also does the endurance running for the Bayport High track team and is on the swim team. He also plays baseball, basketball, and soccer. Frank is also interested in martial arts, the game of chess and in The Clue of the Broken Blade , fencing.
Joe Hardy
Joe is 17-years-old, with light blond hair, blue eyes, and a muscular frame. He resides in Bayport, New York, along with his family. Their house is a three-story old Victorian on the corner of Elm Street. His brother, Frank Hardy is his crime-fighting partner. His father, Fenton Hardy used to work for the New York City Police Department and is currently a private investigator. His mother Laura Hardy is a stay-at-home mom and his aunt, Aunt Gertrude lives with them in Bayport as well. His aunt is secretly proud of the boys' investigating abilities, but always chides them when they pick up a new case. Joe's girlfriend is Iola Morton, the sister of Joe's best friend Chet Morton, in the original series. Iola is murdered by a bomb in the first Casefiles novel Dead On Target . After some time, Joe meets Vanessa Bender, and at the end of the series, the two are still going steady.
Some of Joe's friends are Phil Cohen, a computer genius; Tony Prito, the manager of a famous teen hang-out place, Mr. Pizza; Chet Morton, Iola's brother; and Alan "Biff" Hooper, a well-built football player who has helped the Hardys on more than one case. The Hardys and their friends go to school at Bayport High.
Joe may not do quite as well in school as his brother, but he still gets good grades. Phys Ed and History are his best subjects.
The Hardy Boys have worked for, with, or against a number of organizations over the years. In the Casefiles they collaborate with The Gray Man, who works for the Network - a secret government intelligence agency. Also, they fight the Assassins, an international terrorist organization responsible for Iola Morton's death. In the Undercover Brothers books the boys are undercover agents for ATAC (American Teens Against Crime), an organization cofounded by Mr. Hardy.
As compared to his brother Frank, Joe is the irrational one, wanting to jump straight into a situation. He often goes by his gut-feeling and is usually right.
Fenton Hardy
Fenton Hardy is a private investigator in the popular Hardy Boys novels.
He is the father of Frank and Joe and is married to Laura Hardy. He is a retired NYPD Detective Lieutenant of the 71st Precinct, and currently a famous, top private investigator who runs his own Private Investigator business. He lives with his family in Bayport with his sister, Aunt Gertrude. He is also the cofounder of a top secret organization ATAC, American Teens Against Crime, the agency that his sons, Frank and Joe work
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