The Adventures of Tintin: The Black Island [1966] - Herge

The Black Island is the seventh book in the series of Tintin adventures by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé. The story was first published in the newspaper supplement Le Petit Vingtième in the 1930s and later appeared in a slightly different form in 1943. In the sixties Hergé dispatched his assistant Bob de Moor to Britain - where The Black Island is set for the most part - to take some photographs and provide research and drawings to make the book much more accurate. After de Moor travelled everywhere from Sussex to the Highlands of Scotland and returned with a sketch book, pictures and much research, Hergé updated the artwork and included new details. The glorious result was this 1966 ...

The Adventures of Tintin: Red Rackham's Treasure - Herge

Red Rackham's Treasure is the twelfth book in the classic series of Tintin adventures by the Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé and was first published in 1944. The story follows on directly from the events of the previous book The Secret of the Unicorn where Captain Haddock and Tintin found documents apparently revealing the last coordinates of the Unicorn, a 17th century ship commanded by Haddock's ancestor Sir Francis Haddock. The sunken wreck of Unicorn is assumed to contain the treasure and priceless diamonds of Red Rackham, a notorious pirate who took over the ship before Sir Francis escaped and sank it with the help of some dynamite. Captain Haddock hires a ship called the Sirius ...

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn - Herge

The Secret of the Unicorn is the eleventh book in the classic series of Tintin adventures by writer and illustrator Hergé and was first published in 1943. The book begins with accident prone detectives Thomson and Thompson investigating a surge of pick pocket activity in the city - a development that will play a recurring role in the story. The pair bump into Tintin at the Old Street Market and soon discover they've had their wallets stolen too. After the detectives leave to report the latest theft, Tintin does a little browsing and chances upon a model of an old galliard ship that he decides to buy as a present for Captain Haddock. After he buys the model ship though, Tintin is suddenly ...