The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé: Compact Edition 8 Books Box Set - Ages 7+ - Hardback

Summary The Adventures of Tintin is one of the most popular series of graphic novels in print. The bande dessinées began in 1929, and the last album was published in 1976. It's been made into movies and merchandise and is now available in this collection. The Tintin Collection is a great-value box set, featuring all eight volumes of The Adventures of Tintin: Compact Edition. Across twenty-three epic adventures, Tintin and his little dog Snowy face dangers, puzzles, and epic landscapes, in pursuit of the truth. In this edition, the classic bande dessinée albums are reproduced in compact hardcover volumes, measuring 221mm tall and 156mm wide. We also offer The Adventures of Tintin 23 Books Collection, which features the same albums reprinted as individual paperbacks at the larger size of 295mm tall and 185mm wide. The first volume in this set features two of Tintin’s earliest adventures in Russia and the United States of America, written and illustrated by Hergé. The other seven books in the collection reprint three albums apiece, from 1934’s Cigars of the Pharaoh to 1986’s posthumous, unfinished story, Tintin and Alph-Art. Titles in this set: Volume 1 Tintin in the Land of the Soviets Tintin in America Volume 2 Cigars of the Pharaoh The Blue Lotus The Broken Ear Volume 3 The Black Island King Ottokar's Sceptre The Crab with the Golden Claws Volume 4 The Shooting Star The Secret of the Unicorn Red Rackham's Treasure Volume 5 The Seven Crystal Balls Prisoners of the Sun Land of Black Gold Volume 6 Destination Moon Explorers on the Moon The Calculus Affair Volume 7 The Red Sea Sharks Tintin in Tibet The Castafiore Emerald Volume 8 Flight 714 to Sydney Tintin and the Picaros Tintin and Alph-art From the publisher Join the most iconic character in comics as he embarks on extraordinary adventures spanning historical and political events, and solves thrilling mysteries! From the Land of the Soviets to America, from outer space to the depths of the ocean, there are over 1,500 pages of delight in eight volumes of classic Tintin stories. The ultimate gift for any Tintin fan. Tintin in the Land of the Soviets Accompanied by his dog Snowy, Tintin leaves Brussels to go undercover in Soviet Russia. His attempts to research his story are put to the test by the Bolsheviks and Moscow’s secret police … Tintin in America Gangsters, Cowboys, Indians and the Big Apple await Tintin when he travels across the Atlantic to America. He soon finds himself in terrible danger – but with Snowy to help him, he faces it head on … Cigars of the Pharaoh On the hunt for an Egyptologist and a mysterious ancient pharaoh, Tintin scours Egypt and India. He makes friends with elephants, narrowly avoids falling victim to the poison of madness and saves a maharajah from a killer tiger. The Blue Lotus In India, Tintin gets drawn into a dangerous mystery revolving around a madness-inducing poison. He traces its origins to Shanghai and a nefarious web of opium traffickers. But can he outwit the crooks? The Broken Ear The Arumbaya fetish has been stolen! But with the help of a talking parrot, Tintin is soon on the hunt for the famous artefact, which can be distinguished by its broken ear. He must solve a murder and discover the true value of the fetish, and quick – because he is not the only one on the trail! The Black Island Wrongly accused of a theft, Tintin is led to set out with Snowy on