The Gray Man (The Hardy Boys)
| Frank Hardy | |
|---|---|
| The Hardy Boys character | |
| First appearance | The Hardy Boys #1 The Tower Treasure (1927) |
| Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | A.T.A.C agent, affiliated with The Network |
| Relatives |
Father: Fenton Hardy Mother: Laura Hardy Brother: Joe Hardy Aunt: Gertrude Hardy |
| Joseph Irving Hardy | |
|---|---|
| The Hardy Boys character | |
| First appearance | The Hardy Boys #1 The Tower Treasure (1927) |
| Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | ATAC agent, affiliated with The Network |
| Relatives |
Father: Fenton Hardy Mother: Laura Hardy Brother: Frank Hardy Aunt: Gertrude Hardy |
| Fenton Hardy | |
|---|---|
| The Hardy Boys character | |
| First appearance | The Hardy Boys #1 The Tower Treasure (1927) |
| Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Private investigator, affiliated with ATAC |
| Relatives |
Wife: Laura Hardy Sons: Frank Hardy, Joe Hardy Sister: Gertrude Hardy |
| Gertrude Hardy | |
|---|---|
| The Hardy Boys character | |
| First appearance | The Hardy Boys #4 The Missing Chums (1928) |
| Information | |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Homemaker |
| Relatives |
Brother: Fenton Hardy Sister-in-law: Laura Hardy Nephews: Frank Hardy, Joe Hardy |
| Chester Morton | |
|---|---|
| The Hardy Boys character | |
| First appearance | The Hardy Boys #1 The Tower Treasure (1927) |
| Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | High school student and he works on the street |
| Relatives | Iola Morton |
| Tony Prito | |
|---|---|
| The Hardy Boys character | |
| First appearance | The Hardy Boys #1 The Tower Treasure (1927) |
| Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Prito co., Mr. Pizza Restaurant manager |
| Relatives |
Father: Mr. Prito Mother: Mrs. Prito (nee Simone) Uncle: Matt Simone Aunt: Mrs. Simone (nee Mulvaney) Cousin: Mike Simone |
| Callie Shaw | |
|---|---|
| The Hardy Boys character | |
| First appearance | The Hardy Boys #1 The Tower Treasure (1927) |
| Information | |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | High school student |
| Relatives |
Father: Mr. Shaw Mother: Mrs. Shaw Cousin: Pollie Shaw |
| Philip Cohen | |
|---|---|
| The Hardy Boys character | |
| First appearance | The Hardy Boys #1 The Tower Treasure (1927) |
| Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | High school student |
| Relatives |
Father: Mr. Cohen Mother: Mrs. Cohen |
| Vanessa Bender | |
|---|---|
| The Hardy Boys character | |
| First appearance | The Hardy Boys Casefiles #69 Mayhem in Motion (November 1992) |
| Information | |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | High school student |
| Relatives | Mother: Andrea Bender |
| Arthur E. Gray | |
|---|---|
| The Hardy Boys character | |
| First appearance | The Hardy Boys Casefiles #1 Dead on Target (1987) |
| Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | The Network agent |
Many characters have appeared in the fictional series of books about The Hardy Boys.
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 the father of one of their school friends 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 than 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.
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 1980s and 1990s 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. As was the case in previous series, Joe acts as the mechanic for the boys, and is often described as being very athletic.
This was a series of 36 paperback novels in which the Hardy Boys teamed up with female teen sleuth 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. 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.
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