Ultra-Thriller
Encyclopedia
The Ultra-Thriller series is a detective/action fiction series published between August 1992 and June 1993 by Archway Paperbacks (an imprint of Simon & Schuster
). It was a spin-off of The Hardy Boys
Casefiles and the Tom Swift IV
series and joined boy inventor Tom Swift
with the crime
solving Hardy boys, Frank & Joe. Although The Hardy Boys pseudonym, Franklin W. Dixon
was used, this series was more akin to the Tom Swift IV
series by Victor Appleton
.
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. It is one of the four largest English-language publishers, alongside Random House, Penguin and HarperCollins...
). It was a spin-off of The Hardy Boys
The Hardy Boys
The Hardy Boys, Frank and Joe Hardy, are fictional teenage brothers and amateur detectives who appear in various mystery series for children and teens....
Casefiles and the Tom Swift IV
Tom Swift IV
Tom Swift IV is the unofficial name of this series of juvenile science fiction adventure novels, the fourth to feature a protagonist named Tom Swift. Unlike the previous series, it was not created by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, but was created by Byron Preiss Visual Productions for Simon & Schuster,...
series and joined boy inventor Tom Swift
Tom Swift
Tom Swift is the name of the central character in five series of books, first appearing in 1910, totaling over 100 volumes, of American juvenile science fiction and adventure novels that emphasize science, invention and technology. The character was created by Edward Stratemeyer, the founder of...
with the crime
Crime
Crime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority can ultimately prescribe a conviction...
solving Hardy boys, Frank & Joe. Although The Hardy Boys pseudonym, Franklin W. Dixon
Franklin W. Dixon
Franklin W. Dixon is the pen name used by a variety of different authors who wrote The Hardy Boys novels for the Stratemeyer Syndicate...
was used, this series was more akin to the Tom Swift IV
Tom Swift IV
Tom Swift IV is the unofficial name of this series of juvenile science fiction adventure novels, the fourth to feature a protagonist named Tom Swift. Unlike the previous series, it was not created by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, but was created by Byron Preiss Visual Productions for Simon & Schuster,...
series by Victor Appleton
Victor Appleton
Victor Appleton was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, most famous for being associated with the Tom Swift series of books.The following series have been published under the Victor Appleton name:* Tom Swift, 1910–1941...
.