Joe Hardy List of The Hardy Boys characters

joe hardy 17 years old, light blond hair, blue eyes, , muscular frame. resides in bayport, along family. house three-story old victorian on corner of elm street. brother, frank hardy crime-fighting partner. father, fenton hardy, used work new york city police department , private investigator. mother, laura hardy, stay-at-home mom , aunt, aunt gertrude lives them in bayport well. aunt secretly proud of boys investigating abilities, chides them when pick new case. joe s girlfriend iola morton, sister of joe s best friend chet morton, in original series. iola killed bomb in first casefiles novel, dead on target. after time, joe meets vanessa bender, , @ end of series, 2 still going steady.

some of joe s other friends phil cohen, computer genius; tony prito, manager of famous teen hang-out place, mr. pizza; , alan biff hooper, well-built football player has helped hardys on more 1 case. hardys , friends go school @ bayport high.

joe may not quite in school brother, still gets grades. phys ed , history best subjects.

the hardy boys have worked for, with, or against number of organizations on years. in casefiles collaborate gray man, works network - secret government intelligence agency. also, fight assassins, international terrorist organization responsible iola morton s death. in undercover brothers books boys undercover agents atac (american teens against crime), organization cofounded mr. hardy.

as compared brother frank, joe more impulsive, wanting jump straight situation. goes gut feeling , right.