Creation
Professor Hardy was created by writer Simon Oliver and first drawn by artist Robbi Rodriguez as the main protagonist of the series FBP: Federal Bureau of Physics (previously called Collider).
In an online interview, writer Oliver describes the premise behind the character;
“Adam’s father, Professor Hardy, is one of the “lost” heroes and prophets of the early days of our “post-physics” world, back when people like him were dismissed as the “tin foil hat brigade.” And he’s also a father that Adam never met, as Professor Hardy vanished, presumed dead, under suspicious circumstances while chasing quantum tornadoes down in Baja Mexico.”
Simon Oliver