For example, in The Negative Zone, Tom blows up a motel room to escape the authorities.
In The DNA Disaster, Tom inadvertently causes Devolution (biology) with his latest invention.
[5] In 1985, the Stratemeyer Syndicate was sold to Simon & Schuster after the death of Harriet Adams three years earlier.
In 1990, Simon & Schuster decided to launch a fourth Tom Swift series, to capitalize on the success of the more mature spin-offs.
The Hardy Boys' Franklin W. Dixon pseudonym was the only one attributed to this series, though it was produced by Bryon Preiss.