Hardy Boys Encyclopedia

As we near the end of 2011, we look back and see where we have come in the past year.  In the past year we have added a couple Casefiles Encyclopedia updates and been wondering about the future of the Undercover Brothers series. 

But what makes modern technology even more exciting is that we can track what is popular and what is not.  Below are a few interesting tidbits taken from the sites web statistics based upon most visits to these sections of the website.

An asterisk(*) denotes that a particular item was not in the top list last year.


Most Popular Books 2011

CASEFILES
Casefiles #1: Dead On Target
Casefiles #11: Brother Against Brother*
Casefiles #2: Evil, Inc.*
Casefiles #3: Cult of Crime
Casefiles #8: See No Evil

NANCY DREW AND HARDY BOYS SUPERMYSTERY
SuperMystery #1: Double Crossing
SuperMystery #3: Shock Waves
SuperMystery #36: Process of Elimination
SuperMystery #25: Secrets of the Nile
SuperMystery #5: The Last Resort


NANCY DREW AND THE HARDY BOYS SUPERMYSTERY
SuperMystery #4: Gold Medal Murder
SuperMystery #2: Danger Overseas
SuperMystery #1: Terror on Tour
SuperMystery #3: Club Dread
SuperMystery #5: Bonfire Masquerade


UNDERCOVER BROTHERS GRAPHIC NOVELS
Graphic Novel #1: The Ocean of Osyria
Graphic Novel #15: Live Free, Die Hardy!
Graphic Novel #18: D.A.N.G.E.R. Spells the Hangman
Graphic Novel #20: Deadly Strategy*
Graphic Novel (NC) #1: Crawling with Zombies*


UNDERCOVER BROTHERS
UB #1: Extreme Danger
UB #3: Boardwalk Bust*
UB #36: Forever Lost*
UB #2: Running on Fumes
UB #34: The Children of the Lost


Most Popular Wallpapers 2011

CASEFILES (wallpapers found at the bottom of each casefile 1-13 page)
Casefile #11: Brother Against Brother*
Casefile #1: Dead On Target
Casefile #7: Deathgame
Casefile #2: Evil, Inc.
Casefile #12: Perfect Getaway


Most Popular Database Entries 2011

CASEFILES
Callie Shaw
Frank Hardy
Chet Morton
Iola Morton
Fenton Hardy
Joe Hardy
Al Rousasa
Mr. Arthur Edward Gray
Assassins
Liz Webling*

UNDERCOVER BROTHERS
Frank Hardy
Vee Sharp
ATACT (American Teens Against Crime)
Joe Hardy
Playback
Fenton Hardy
Chet Morton
Q.T.
Gertrude Trudy
Nancy Drew*

The characters, places, and events of Hardy Boys Casefile #12, Perfect Getaway, have been entered into the Network Database.

The Hardy Boys Secret Files #9 The Great Coaster Caper is due to be released August 7, 2012 according to Amazon.com. 



tomswift2002 contributed to this report.

A 6th Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys crossover book title Stage Fright, is due to be released July 10, 2012 according to Amazon.com.

Rumors are circulating that the Undercover Brothers may be ending its run.   The 40th book in the series was suppose to be released next year according to several sitings across the internet a few months ago, but various book sellers are now pulling their information for the 40th book which was tentatively called "The Case of the MyFace Kidnapper". 

If one digs deep enough on Amazon, a release date for this book can still be found but is now showing the year 2030. No official word from S&S yet, but with the Graphic Novels not having any new books scheduled and the Undercover Brothers now having their 40th book pulled from various sites, there appears to be a change in store for the Hardy Boys. 

Of course, we could only speculate at this time without an official announcement.   

Anyone want to take bets on whether they remember the 25th anniversary of the start of the Casefiles series being in 2012?  My thoughts are they won't, but I would hope to be wrong.

Gamasutra reports that newly formed Nordic Games Publishing has acquired JoWood and its subsidaries, The Adventure Company and Dreamcatcher Games.  Both JoWood and The Adventure Company will be relaunched under the Nordic name.  No plans have been made at the present time in relaunching Dreamcatcher games.

There is also no mention of who currently owns the rights to creating or publishing Hardy Boys PC games.  JoWood ran out of cash earlier this year and basically closed its doors.

A working title and release date for the Hardy Boys Undercover Brothers #40 The Case of the MyFace Kidnapper are now up at Amazon.com.