Board to Death

The Hardy Boys Graphic Novel #8

by Scott Lobdell, Paulo Henrique Marcondes (Illustrator)

The undercover brothers, Frank and Joe Hardy, go undercover at a major skateboarding contest in Venice, California to find out which competitor is trying to kill off the competition-literally! The list of suspects includes Dex Thom, a skilled skateboarder whose parents wanted him to be a musical prodigy, the Pink Shadow, a girl of mystery, and her equally secretive trainer, Mr. Miyagi, and the Wraith, a dark and brooding young man. Will Frank and Joe solve the mystery before the killer discovers their real mission-and eliminates them?!

Genres: Graphic Novels, Mystery, Comic Book, Comics

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Scott Lobdell (born 1960) is an American comic book writer.

He is mostly known for his work throughout the 1990s on Marvel Comics' X-Men-related titles specifically Uncanny X-Men, the main title itself, and the spin-off series that he conceived with artist Chris Bachalo, Generation X. Generation X focused on a number of young mutant students who attempted to become superheroes in their own right at a separate school with the guidance of veteran X-related characters Banshee and Emma Frost. He also had writing stints on Marvel's Fantastic Four, Alpha Flight, and The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix mini-series with artist Gene Ha. He wrote the script to Stan Lee's Mosaic and an upcoming film from POW Entertainment featuring Ringo Starr. He also participated in the Marvel Comics and Image Comics (from Jim Lee's WildStorm) crossover mini-series WildC.A.T.s/X-Men.

Reviews

[Ann♥♪♪♪♪ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great cover art and dangerous mystery! A lot of things to love about the book - the Hardy brothers, action, adventure, excitement, humor, and danger. Excellent summer read and all year long. :D You can read my spoiler free review with more details of what I like about the book @ my blog, Hardy and Drew Mysteries. :)

[Hannah Belyea · Rating 2 out of 5]

The lives of experienced skateboarders are on the line at the competition in Venice, leading Frank and Joe to enter and do all they can to protect the contestants before one of many deadly stunts does more damage than they can handle! Lobdell treats readers to a fast-paced and colourful story with this short but sweet adventure.

[Raja99 · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of the better books in this series. It still has the obnoxious two-page-intro-that-has-nothing-to-do-with-the-story, but the intro is tongue-in-cheek fun. The mystery proper is fair, and the suspects are introduced skillfully.

(Finished 2009-08-30 11:39:47 EDT)

[Mckinley · Rating 2 out of 5]

This picks up from the single stream story with this next issue. Still non-stop.

E brought these home. She liked the action agent part a bit more than the Nancy Drew sort of silly mysteries. Overall she likes the combo Drew-Hardy comics best.

[Luca]

Cool

[Rikzo Kims · Rating 5 out of 5]

i like this book so much

[Dannuel Delizo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Death in Venice...California!

[Stephanie Lam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting and entertaining plot, going undercover as a skater to see who is trying to kill the other skate. Interesting ending.