Book Description

"Land of Black Gold" (wyd. polskie Tintin w Krainie Czarnego Złota)

This is the fifteenth volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. War is looming in Europe, fueled by concerns over oil supplies. Tintin sets off for the Middle East, where he hopes to unmask those responsible for the plot.

The story began to be serialized in black and white in Le Petit Vingtième, children's supplement to the conservative newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle ("The Twentieth Century"), in 28 September 1939, shortly after the completion of the eighth Tintin volume, King Ottokar's Sceptre. However, in May 1940, Nazi Germany invaded Belgium, closing down Le Vingtième Siècle, leaving Hergé unemployed and Land of Black Gold unfinished. After the war, Hergé restarted the serial in a new colour version in Tintin magazine from 16 September 1948 to 23 February 1950, publishing it in book form later that year. Over two decades later, in 1971, parts of the story were again redrawn to move the setting from the British Mandate for Palestine to the fictional state of Khemed.

"Destination Moon" (wyd. polskie Kierunek Księżyc)

This is the sixteenth volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Tintin and Captain Haddock receive an invitation from Professor Calculus to come to Syldavia, where Calculus is in the country working on a top-secret project in a state-of-the-art secure government facility. It is the first part of one of the four two-book stories in the Tintin series, the other part being Explorers on the Moon.

It is one of two latter-day Tintin albums (the other being The Castafiore Emerald) that is not structured as a straightforward adventure story; instead, it is an episodic sequence of events surrounding the development of a moon rocket. There is, however, a subplot involving espionage to hold the episodes together.

"Explorers on the Moon" (wyd. polskie Spacer po Księżycu)

This is the seventeenth of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Published in 1954, it carries on the story of the preceding title Destination Moon.

Tintin finds himself in a rocket on a collision course with the moon. And with Snowy the dog, Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus and the Thompson twins aboard, things quickly spiral further and further out of control.

About the Author

Georges Prosper Remi (22 May 1907 - 3 March 1983), known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian cartoonist. His best known and most substantial work is the 23 completed comic books in The Adventures of Tintin series, which he made from 1929 until his death in 1983. He was also responsible for two other well-known series, Quick & Flupke (1930-40) and Jo, Zette and Jocko (1936-57). His works were executed in his distinct ligne claire drawing style.