This is not really my favourite Tintin story, though it is only the third one ever written. The story appears to be set immediately after Tintin in the Congo and it is suggested (it has been a long time since I read a Tintin in the Congo, if I ever actually read it in English so I can only garner from what was said about it at the beginning of this story) that Tintin busted a diamond smuggling ring in the Congo and then travelled to the United States to clean up the rest of the mess. NOTE TO BILINGUALS: I read this in French and English for comparison. Honestly, I'm horrified by the English translation! It completely takes away the atmosphere of the French version. It's just silly and ridiculous instead of humorous and dignified. I feel like it could have been translated better. Also, the English translation removed some things and changed others (names and phrases, for example). The only good thing is that the English translation turns French swear words into euphemisms. (It's horrible that in French, outright profanity is considered okay for children!!) Also, in English, they remove the parts about “lyncing n**roes” that appear twice: once, in a radio bulletin, and the second time during the bank robbery. However, I was disgusted with how they did the Mexican. In French, he is given an accent, which gives him flavor and authenticity. In English, he speaks broken English and looks downright stupid. In English, however, they speak Italian with an accent, which does not happen in French. Tintin spanned six decades from the late 1920s (though he will never die, and will presumably gain a new lease of life with the movie). He is unapologetically representative of the Western view of the twentieth century, even when some apology is needed. Tintin and Cole Phelps (from L.A Noire) have a lot in common.For example they had similiar hair styles, they were both young and strong, they were both solving crimes in 20th century and they were both working with/for the police. Knight's Armor Hideout: Tintin sneaks into the castle where the members of the KIDNAP Inc. meet. He hides inside a knight's armor in the corridor and takes out one unsuspecting baddie after the other as they pass by.

The story is actually a rather silly story in that he arrives in Chigaco, gets into trouble with the mob, escapes from an inescapeable situation, gets them arrested and then gets into trouble with some more crooks. Some have said that Herge's view of the United States is that it is full of cities ruled by crime lords, and when you step out of the city you immediately step into the wild west. It also seems that upon arriving in the United States, Tintin immediately solves all of their problems, and leaves a hero. In Japan, Tintin is renamed as "Tantan" because his original name is a slang word for male genitals in the country. From his first crop he has sired a top colt in Zee Dana (1:57.3), who has won three of his first four starts including a heat of the Breeders Crown and is rated one of the star two-year-olds in Victoria this season, and a brilliant filly in Dame Puissant (1:59.6), who has won three races in the west this season. Gaipajama, an Indian principality that is based on those that existed during the British Raj, is mentioned in Cigars of the Pharaoh.Toward the end of the book, Tintin is captured by the head of the Gangster's Protective association. He is tied to a dumbbell and thrown into the sea by Chinese gangsters. In the coloured version, he is tied to a dumbbell and thrown into the sea by the head and his lone henchman. The final unfinished adventure, Tintin and Alph-Art, saw Tintin being led out of his cell to be killed, although it is very unlikely that he dies at the end of the story. I became enthralled with the way Hergé told his stories. Grand, epic, global adventures about a young reporter who goes all around the world looking for stories to tell. (Steven Spielberg, 'The Adventures of Spielberg: An Interview', The New York Times, 2011) -

Syldavia (fictional): King Ottokar's Sceptre, Destination Moon, Explorers on the Moon, Tintin and the Lake of Sharks Tintin was one of the comic book heroes of my childhood. I'm going to read my way through the series again as I listen to a radio program about him, and his creator, Hergé. Due to things that happen in the previous book, Tintin in the Congo, our hero now heads for America. It's quite interesting that this is the third book in the series and Hergé is finally able to send his hero where he wanted to right from the start, America. After the war Herge was arrested several times for alleged collaboration, but he was never charged. While one can fairly think ill of Herge’s gutless stance during the war, he was not alone amongst artists who kept their heads down under Nazi occupation. Hergé was in love with the idea of America, though he did not actually make his way to the country until much, much later in his life. The information mostly came from pictures from a magazine issue published in 1930, fully devoted to Americans. Here, we start to see a dedication to research and accuracy, though pangs of caricature do remain. Beneath this all, there is evidence that “though [Hergé] could be politically naïve in some of his own personal judgements, [he] had an acute political conscience, always supporting the underdog and minority groups.” We see this in a poignant picture of Tintin’s encounter with the Natives of America:Explorers of the Moon was named one of comedian Milton Jones” - favourite books in The Daily Express (2018)