This is volume 18 in Hardy Boys Graphic Novels .

This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2009 by Papercutz .

Fan fave Scott Lobdell has written the best-selling X-Men comics for years among others and is a movie scriptwriter.