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	Destination Moon Back to Marlinspike, Tintin and Haddock learn that Calculus left for Syldavia and he asks them to come join him there. Their destination turns out to be an atomic research lab in the heart of the mountains, and Calculus has to give some explanations. He was engaged to undertake research on a lunar rocket with an atomic engine. Its purpose: to leave for the Moon with them. Well in spite of their will, Tintin and Haddock accept to join him. However, mysterious competitors try to sabotage their plan. The test rocket is diverted, they try to steal the plans etc. Nevertheless, the project advances and on a good evening, the rocket takes off towards its objective: the Moon... This book came out in 1953, that is to say 4 years before the launching of Sputnik, the first artificial satillite. Who said that Herg was not a visionary? Basque: Ilargira bidean - Bengali: Chandraloke Abhijan - Brazilian: Rumo e Lua - Breton: War-zu al loar - Catalan: Objectiu: la Lluna - Chinese: Xiang yueqiu fei qu - Danish: Mnen tur retur Del 1 - Dutch: Raket naar de maan - Farsi: Hadaf koreye Mah - Finnish: Pom rhn kuu - French: Objectif Lune - Galician: Obxectivo: a Lea - German: Reiseziel Mond - Greek: ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗ ΣΤΗ ΣΕΛΗΝΗ - Hebrew: Hyaad: Ha'Yareach - Icelandic: Eldflaugastodin - Indonesian: Ekspedisi ke bulan - Italian: Obiettivo luna - Japanese: Mezasu wa Tsuki - Norwegian: Mnen tur retur del 1 - Portuguese: Rumo n Lua - Spanish: Objetivo: la Luna - Swedish: Mnen tur och retur, Del 1 - Turkish: Hedef Ay

	Explorers on the Moon This continuation of Destination Moon begins as the rocket is entering space. After a few minutes of fear during the launching, everything seems to work well and the rocket moves towards the Moon. However, there is a big surprise: both Thompson and Thomson were mistaken in hour and are now on board, what forces Calculus to reduce the length of the voyage. The trip proceeds without too many problems and the rocket lands safely. The spacesuits are put on, the scientific equipment installed, and the exploration begins as Calculus devotes himself to research. During an expedition, Tintin remains on board. At the same time, Jorgen (alias colonel Boris) leaves his hiding-place and prepares to leave with the rocket. Tintin succeeds in stopping him at the last minute. With one more passenger and far from sufficient oxygen reserves, the rocket takes off towards the Earth. On the way back, Jorgen is killed in a dispute and Wolff - Calculus' assistant -, conscience-stricken by his complicity with Jorgen, commits suicidein the hope of save the rest of the crew. Finally, the rocket lands safely in Syldavia. This second part of the lunar adventure was published in 1954. As Hergs said, it was the ultimate exoticism. In the following books, he will rather use the universe which he created, in a "domestic" period whose climax will be "The Castafiore Emerald". Basque: Ilargian oinez - Bengali: Ghande Tintin - Brazilian: Explorando a Lua - Breton: Kammedo kentas war al loar - Catalan: Hem caminat damunt la Lluna - Chinese: Yueqiu tanxian - Danish: Mnen tur retur Del 2 - Dutch: Mannen op de maan - Farsi: Be rooye mah Ghadam Gozashteem - Finnish: Tintti kuun kamaralla - French: On a march sur la Lune - Galician: Explorando a La - Gaumian: On r pitroley su la lune - German: Schritte auf dem Mond - Greek: ΒΗΜΑΤΑ; ΣΤΗ ΣΕΛΗΝΗ - Hebrew: Chokrim Al Ha'Yareach - Icelandic: I myrkum manafjollum - Indonesian: Penjelajahan di bulan - Italian: Uomini sulla luna - Japanese: Tsuki Sekai Tanken - Norwegian: Mnen tur retur del 2 - Portuguese: Explorando a Lua - Spanish: Aterrizaje en la Luna - Swedish: M nen tur och retur, Del 2 - Turkish: Ay'a Ayak Basildi

	The Calculus Affair Calculus has just developed a new, but terrible weapon that uses ultrasounds. On a journey to Geneva, Calculus and the plans are kidnapped by the Bordurians, who want to obtain its invention. Tintin and Haddock go there to rescue him. When they finally find Calculus, he is taken by Syldavian spies. Their plane is intercepted and Calculus is recaptured by Borduria. Tintin and Haddock thus fly away for Szohd, the Bordurian capital. With the assistance of Castafiore, they seize papers of General Sponsz, head of the operation, which will allow them to release Calculus. After a race towards the border, they are back to Marlinspike where Calculus destroys its plans. Published in 1956, The Calculus Affair features once again the rivalry between Syldavia and Borduria. This time, it incarnates the opposition of the communist and capitalist blocs, as Cold War reaches its climax. This album is also regarded by many as Herg 's technical masterpiece. Afrikaans: ? - Alsatian: D'Affr mit'm Tournesol - Arabic: Tantan wa al-ikhtiraa' al-modamer - Basque: Tournasolen auzia - Bengali: Calgulaser Kando - Brazilian: O Caso Girassol - Breton: Afer Klaskato - Catalan: L'afer Tornassol - Chinese: Kaerkulusi anjian - Danish: Det hemmelige vnben - Dutch: De zaak Zonnebloem - Farsi: Majeraye Tornosol - Finnish: Tuhatkaunon tapaus - French: L'Affaire Tournesol - Galician: O caso Tornasol - German: Der Fall Bienlein - Greek: ΥΠΟΘΕΣΗ ΤΟΥΡΝΕΣΟΛ - Hebrew: Parasht Calculus - Icelandic: Leynivopnid - Indonesian: Penculikan Calculus - Italian: L'affare Girasole - Japanese: Beaker Kyouju Jiken - Luxembourger: D'Affair Dittchen - Norwegian: Det hemmelighetsfulle vpenet - Portuguese: O Caso Girassol - Spanish: El asunto Tornasol - Swedish: Det hemliga vapnet - Turkish: Turnisol Olayi

	The Red Sea Sharks After a movie, Tintin and Haddock meet by chance General Alcazar. He drops his wallet and they look for him to return it. While trying to find him, they discover that he is buying weapons illegally. In addition, Emir Ben Kalish Ezab, who is facing political trouble in his country, sends his son Abdallah to Marlikspike. As they can't support him, Tintin and Haddock decide to go to Khemed to help the emir. They find him and he explains them the situation: Bab El Ehr is financed by the Marquis di Gorgonzola, a rich ship-owner who provides him with weapons and planes. While trying to leave the country, Tintin and Haddock are shipwrecked and rescued by di Gorgonzola's yacht, a mysterious character which is in fact Rastapopoulos. They are transferred on another cargo liner with Allan as captain. They succeed in taking control of it and discover that Rastapopoulos is devoted to slavetrading. Rastapopoulos' ship is then hailed but Rastapopoulos succeeds once again in fleeing. The Red Sea Sharks was published as a book in 1958. Accused by some people of racism (while he denounced slavery...), Herg will later modify the dialogues of the Blacks so that they speak as in the novels translated from American. This book is Hergu's jewel from the point of view of the return of the characters. We meet successively Alcazar, Dawson, Bab El Ehr, Ben Kalish Ezab, Abdallah, Oliviera da Figueira, Mller, Bianca Castafiore, Rastapopoulos and Allan. Afrikaans: ? - Asturian: Stock de Cok - Basque: Ikatz stocka - Bengali: Lohit Sagarer Hangar - Brazilian: Perdidos no Mar - Catalan: Stock de coc - Danish: Koks i lasten - Dutch: Cokes in voorraad - Farsi: Anbare Zoghale sang - Finnish: Seikkailu Punaisella merelln - French: Coke en stock - Galician: Stock de coque - German: Kohle An Bord - Greek: ΚΑΡΒΟΥΝΑ ΣΤΟ ΑΜΠΑΡΙ - Hebrew: Krishey Ha'yam Ha'adom - Icelandic: Kolafarmurinn - Indonesian: Hiu-hiu laut merah - Italian: Coke in stock - Japanese: Koukai no Same - Norwegian: Koks i lasten - Portuguese: Carvo no Porso - Spanish: Stock de coque - Swedish: Koks i lasten - Turkish: Ambardaki Kmtr

	Tintin in Tibet On vacation in the Alps, Tintin receives a letter from Chang in which he says that he will visit him soon. The following day, the newspaper announces the crash of the plane in which Chang was on, in the Himalayas. Later, Tintin dreams that he sees Chang alive, asking for his help. He decides to leave for Tibet to search for him, accompanied by Haddock. They find the wreck, but no traces of Chang. Tintin then finds a cave where Chang engraved his name, what proves he survived the crash. After an accident, they are accomodated in a monastery and receive the vision of a monk. They go to the place indicated and find Chang, who had been taken by the yeti. Published in 1960, Tintin in Tibet is without any doubt the most personal book of Herg, and also the one where Tintin is most human. It should be said that at the time he drawed this adventure, Hergh had just divorced and passed through a deep crisis of conscience. Indedd, all the dreams he had were in white. Obviously, this period of crisis deeply affected the mood of the book. Arabic: Tantan f-t-tobet - Basque: Tintin Tibeten - Bengali: Tibbate Tintin - Bernese: Tntan z Tibet - Brazilian: Tintim no Tibete - Breton: Tintin e Tibet - Catalan: Tintn al Tcbet - Chinese: Xuerende mimi or Dingding zai xizang - Danish: Tintin i Tibet - Dutch: Kuifje in Tibet - Farsi: Tantan dar Tabbat - Finnish: Tintti Tiibetiss - French: Tintin au Tibet - Galician: Tint n no Tbet - German: Tim in Tibet - Greek: r ΤΕΝΤΕΝ ΣΤΟ ΘΙΒΕΤ - Hebrew: Tintin Be'Tibet - Icelandic: Tinni i Tibet - Indonesian: Tintin di Tibet - Italian: Tintin nel Tibet - Japanese: Tantan Tibet wo Yuku - Norwegian: Tintin i Tibet - Portuguese: Tintim no Tibete - Russian: ? - Serbo-croat: TinTin u Tibet - Spanish: Tintn en el Tibet - Swedish: Tintin i Tibet - Tibetan: Tintin bidlaphyinpa - Turkish: Tenten Tibet'te - Welsh: Tintin a'r dyn-eira dychrynllyd

	The Castafiore Emerald Everything is going well at Marlinspike, except the staircase where a step is broke. A letter from Castafiore announces her arrival. While in a panic leaving, Haddock breaks his foot. He has to stay at home and face the musical catastrophe. Accompanied by her chambermaid Irma and her pianist Igor Wagner, Bianca settles in the castle. Soon follows a horde of journalists who come up with the idea of marriage between her and Haddock. Then, Bianca's famous emerald disappears. Thompson and Thomson investigate and question the "suspects": Nestor, then Irma, then Calculus, and then the Gypsies... Finally, the emerald is found... in the nest of a magpie. This book, published in 1963, is certainly HergT's most accomplished work. He ridicules his own universe, since the heroes do not go "to the problems" but the problems come to them. They do not follow a precise track, but a multitude which do not lead to nothing. Even the media, usually used to "prove" facts, start to invent them. The story muddles itself for better misleading the reader. It is certainly Herg's storytelling art at his best... Alsatian: De Castafiore ihre Schmuck - Arabic: Tantan wa jawharatu Bianka Kastafiyour࠻ - Basque: Castafioreren bitxiak - Bengali: Pana Kothai - Brazilian: As Jias da Castafiore - Catalan: Les joies de la Castafiore - Corsican: I ghjuvelli di a Castafiore - Danish: Det gadefulde juveltyveri - Dutch: De juwelen van Bianca Castafiore - Farsi: Javaherate Castafiore - Finnish: Castafioren korut - French: Les Bijoux de la Castafiore - Galician: As xoias da Castafiore - Gallo: Ls Dorhres a la Castafiore - German: Die Juwelen der Sngerin - Greek: Α ΚΟΣΜΗΜΑΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΚΑΣΤΑΦΙΟΡΕ - Hebrew: Ha'yahalom Shel Kastafyore - Icelandic: ? - Indonesian: Zamrud Castafiore - Italian: Lo smeraldo della Castafiore - Japanese: Castafiore Fujin no Houseki - Luxembourger: ? - Norwegian: Castafiores juveler - Picardy dialect: Les pinderleots de l'Castafiore - Portuguese: As Jias de Castafiore - Serbo-croat: Smaragd gospodje Kastafjore - Spanish: Las joyas de la Castafiore - Swedish: Castafiores juveler - Turkish: Kastafiore'nin MEcevherleri

	Flight 714 On their way to an astronautics congress in Sydney, Tintin, Haddock and Calculus meet Skut, a pilot they knew in Coke en Stock. He introduces Laszlo Carreidas, an millionaire aircraft manufacturer who's also going to Sydney. Carreidas offers them a lift on board his brand new jet. During the flight, the jet is highjacked and lands on an Indonesian island where they're welcomed by none but... Rastapopoulos and his accomplice Allan, you want to get access to Carreidas' swiss bank account. Our heroes succeed in escaping from Rastapopoulos' hands and free Carreidas. Seeking refuge in a temple, they meet Mik Ezdanitoff, an "initiate" who reveals to Tintin the temple's true nature: this place has been regularly visited by extraterrestrials for thousands of years. Rastapopoulos, trying to force its entrance, causes a volcanic eruption. Finally, they are all rescued by... a flying saucer. As for Rastapopoulos et Allan, God knows where they land... Published in 1968, Flight 714 was meant to be a coming back to the adventure. Nevertheless, Herg carries on with the redefinition of his universe, but this time, he attacks the "villains", making them perfectly ridiculous. However, maybe without fully realizing it, Hergr also starts to undermine the own basis of his works... Afrikaans: ? - Arabic: Tantan f-l-rahhalati 714 ile sdnr - Basque: Sidneyrako 714 hegaldia - Bernese: Flug 714 uf Sydney - Bengali: Flight 714 - Brazilian: Vo 714 para Sidney - Catalan: Vol 714 a Sidney - Danish: Flight no. 714 til Sydney - Dutch: Vlucht 714 - Farsi: Parvaze shomareye 714 - Finnish: Lento 714 - French: Vol 714 pour Sydney - Galician: Voo 714 para Sidney - German: Flug 714 nach Sydney - Greek: ΤΗΣΗ  714 ΓΙΑ ΣΙΔΝΕΫ - Hebrew: Tisa 714 - Icelandic: Flugras 714 til Sydney - Indonesian: Penerbangan 714 - Italian: Volo 714 destinazione Sidney - Malay: ? - Norwegian: Flight nr. 714 til Sydney - Portuguese: Voo 714 para Sidney - Serbo-croat: Let 714 za Sidnej - Spanish: Vuelo 714 para Sydney - Swedish: Plan 714 till Sydney - Turkish: Sidney'e 714 Sefer Sayili Uus

	Tintin and the Picaros While on a trip to San Theodoros, Bianca Castafiore and Thompson and Thomson get arrested by General Tapioca's regime, on the pretext of weaving a plot which Haddock planed in Marlinspike. After a telegraphic exchange of insults, Haddock and Calculus agree to go to Tapiocapolis to discuss with the general... without Tintin. Gradually, they discover that the invitation was a trap, only to see Tintin finally join them... A fake attempt to escape orchestrated by Tapioca fails and Tintin, Haddock and Calculus succeed in fleeing with General Alcazar. Tho only obstacle standing in the way of his revolution is his troops' alcoholism. Fortunately, Calculus has just invented a new drug and tested it on Haddock, with more than conclusive results... He cures the rebels and, thanks to the providential arrival of Jolyon Wagg and his folk group, they pass unnoticed in the crowd of the carnaval and do their revolution . The Castafiore, Thompson and Thomson are freed and Alcazar is once again back in power... When it was released in 1976, the Picaros had a enormous public and commercial success, but the critics were more than lukewarm. We have to admit that Tintin's universe really starts to crumble in this book. Herg's "clear line" technique has lost some of its quality, and the characters are barely recognizable... If Tintin doesn't want to leave and seek the adventure, if Haddock doesn't like the whisky anymore, what's left to tell? Arabic: Tantan wa al-piyk rous - Basque: Tintin eta pikaroak - Bengali: Biplabider Dangale - Brazilian: Tintim e os Timpanos - Catalan: Tintn i els Phcaros - Danish: Tintin og Picaroerne - Dutch: Kuifje en de Picaro's - Farsi: Tantan Va Picaroha - Finnish: Tintti ja Picarot - French: Tintin et les Picaros - Galician: Tintn e os PUcaros - German: Tim und die Picaros - Greek: Ο ΤΕΝΤΕΝ ΚΑΙ ΟΙ ΠΙΚΑΡΟΣ - Hebrew: Tintin Ve'Ha'Picaros - Icelandic: Tinni og Pikkaronarnir - Indonesian: Tintin dan Picaros - Italian: ? - Norwegian: Tintin og Picaroene - Portuguese: Tintim e os Picaros - Spanish: Tintn y los Picaros - Swedish: Tintin hos gerillan - Turkish: Tenten ve Pikarolar

	Tintin and Alph-Art Haddock, listening to Castafiore's advice, buys a work of Ramo Nash's "Alph-Art ": a plexiglass H. A few days later, the owner of the art gallery where the Alph-Art was exposed, Mr. Fourcart, is mysteriously assassinated. Tintin investigates and discovers soon a trafic of fake masterpieces which seems to be related with a mysterious sect Castafiore joined. While trying to find more out about it, Tintin is taken and the last frame shows him, being led towards the place where he will be cast into an abstract statue... As this ultimate adventure was never finished and Herg/ did not want his work to be continued after his death, we can't consider this book as an adventure like the others. Moreover, if we refer to the preparation of Picaros, the story would surely have undergone many changes. Nevertheless, the interest of the double book published in 1986 is not in the history itself as in how Herg created books, a work that seems to be carried out under our eyes. This is why Alph-Art is (not) an adventure of Tintin... Catalan: Tintín i l'art-alfa - Danish: Tintin og alfabetkunsten - Dutch: Kuifje en de Alpha-kunst - French: Tintin et l'Alph-Art - German: Tim und die Alpha-Kunst - Hebrew: Tintin Ve'omanut Ha'Alfa - Spanish: Tint n y el Arte-Alfa - Swedish: Tintin och alfabetskonsten

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