April 2015 Update

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“The Clue of the Broken Blade”
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Original: 1942 John Button (218 pages)
Revised: 1970 Richard Deming (178 pages) – For Sale
Revised Outline: Andrew Svenson
Revision: Drastically Altered
Art: 1942 Paul Laune
Art: 1962 John Leone
Art: 1967 Rudy Nappi
Art: 1970 Rudy Nappi
Notes: Pre-1987 PC editions with blank endpapers are scarce.
The Hardy Boys break up a truck hijacking ring and solve the mystery of the theft of Arthur Barker’s swords.


Hardy Boys illustrator Rudy Nappi passed away on March 13, 2015.
His wife Peggy passed just several days before he did.
Mr. Nappi illustrated dozens of Hardy Boys covers from 1953 to 1979.


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