Public Domain Super Heroes
Andy Hardy

Real Name

Andrew Hardy

First Appearance

Skidding (1928)

Original Publisher

Bijou Theatre

Created by

Aurania Rouverol

Origin[]

Moviecomics3

Cover of Movie Comics #3 published by Fiction House.

Andrew "Andy" Hardy is a fictional character that appears in Aurania Rouverol's play Skidding. Hardy and other characters initially appeared in the 1928 play Skidding by Aurania Rouverol. The Hardy family, which was enormously popular in their heyday, were sentimental comedies, celebrating ordinary American life.

Public Domain Appearances[]

All published appearances of  from before January 1, 1930 are public domain in the US.

Public Domain Stage Appearances[]

  • Skidding (1928)

Public Domain Comic Appearances[]

  • Movie Comics #3: Adaptation of the MGM Movie "Love Laughs at Andy Hardy" staring Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Bonita Granville, Lina Romay and Fay Holden.
  • Four Color # 389, 447, 515
  • Andy Hardy #5-6

Public Domain Comic Appearances Inspired by Andy Hardy[]

  • Speed Comics #22: The second panel of page one has Linda, the Black Cat, talking about a film series clearly based on M.G.M.'s Andy Hardy series with Andrew Smith = Andy Hardy; Judge Smith = Judge Hardy, played by Lowell Stone = Lewis Stone.

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