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Adventures of Tintin Series
The Adventures of Tintin is a series of comic albums created by Belgian cartoonist Georges Rémi (1907–1983), who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. By the time of the centenary of Hergé‘s birth in 1907, Tintin had been published in more than 70 languages with sales of more than 200 million copies.
The first nine volumes were roughly twice as many pages as the later volumes. They were cut and redrawn when they were colorized. The order of publication was as follows. The date in parenthesis is the date of the colored version.
- Tintin in the Land of the Soviets 1930, 1998, (2017)
- Tintin in the Congo 1931, (1946) 1982 British edition, 1991, 2002
- Tintin in America 1932, (1945) 1978 revised for American publication, 1979, 2004
- Cigars of the Pharaoh 1934, (1955)
- The Blue Lotus 1936, (1946) 1983 British publication, 2006
- The Broken Ear 1937, (1943) 1975 Casterman, 1975 Methuen
- The Black Island 1938, (1943), 1966 revised edition for British publication, 2006
- King Ottokar’s Sceptre 1939, (1947) 1958, 2005
- The Crab with the Golden Claws 1941, (1943) 1958
All albums after this were originally published in color:
- The Shooting Star (1942) 1961
- The Secret of the Unicorn (1943) 1959
- Red Rackham’s Treasure (1944) 1959
- The Seven Crystal Balls (1948) 1962
- Prisoners of the Sun (1949)
- Land of Black Gold (1950, 1971 revised edition for British publication) 1959
- Destination Moon (1953) 1959
- Explorers on the Moon (1954) 1959, 1992
- The Calculus Affair (1956) 1960
- The Red Sea Sharks (1958) 1960
- Tintin in Tibet (1960) 1962
- Tintin and the Golden Fleece (1962 based on the film) 1965
- The Castafiore Emerald (1963)
- Tintin and the Blue Oranges (1965 based on the film) 1967
- Flight 714 to Sydney (1968)
- Tintin and the Lake of Sharks (1972 based on the film) 1973
- Tintin and the Picaros (1976)
- Tintin and Alph-Art (2004 unfinished at the time of Herge’s death) 2013
Books in the Adventures of Tintin series:
The Broken Ear (1975)
Tintin investigates the theft of a South American statue and gets mixed up in a revolution. This is a reprint of the original black and white edition.
The Broken Ear (1975)
Tintin and the Picaros (1976)
Tintin in America (1979)
The Blue Lotus (1983)
The Tintin Games Book (1990)
A set of board games based on the Tintin albums. Based on two French publications Jouons avec Tintin en Syldavie and Jouons avec Tintin a Moulinsart.
Tintin in the Congo (1991)
Tintin visits the Belgian Congo and has many adventures, including a run-in with a diamond smuggling gang run by Al Capone. The original album was severely criticized and underwent several revisions.
Explorers on the Moon (1992)
A pop-up version of Tintin’s trip to the moon.
The Adventures of Tintin (1993)
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets (1998)
Tintin in the Congo (2002)
Tintin visits the Belgian Congo and has many adventures, including a run-in with a diamond smuggling gang run by Al Capone. This is a facsimile of the original black and white version.
Tintin in America (2004)
Tintin visits the USA and meet Al Capone before heading west where he encounters a tribe of Blackfeet. This is a facsimile of the original black and white version.
King Ottokar’s Sceptre (2005)
In this Ruritanian adventure Tintin saves King Muskar XII from a coup and meets Bianca Castafiore for the first time. This is the facsimile of the first black and white edition. The cover image is from the true French first edition.
The Black Island (2006)
Wrongly accused of theft, Tintin and Snowy set out on the trail of a gang of counterfeiters. This is a reprint of the original black and white edition.
The Blue Lotus (2006)
Cigars of the Pharaoh (2006)
While traveling in Egypt Tintin and Snowy stumble on a tomb filled with dead Egyptologists and cigars. This is a reprint of the original 1934 black and white version.
Tintin and Alph-Art (2013)
Author(s):
Hergé
Yves Rodier
Illustrator(s):
Hergé
Yves Rodier