FREE THE ADVENTURES OF : LAND OF BLACK GOLD, DESTINATION MOON, EXPLORERS ON THE MOON V. 6 PDF

Herge | 208 pages | 05 Feb 2007 | Egmont UK Ltd | 9781405228992 | English | London, United Kingdom , Volume 6 (Tintin Three-In-One, book 6) by Hergé

Set on the eve of a European war, the plot revolves around the attempts of young Belgian reporter Tintin to uncover a militant group responsible for sabotaging oil supplies in the Middle East. Critical approaches to the story have been mixed, with differing opinions expressed as to the competing merits of the volume's three versions. Across Europe, car engines are spontaneously exploding; this coincides with the spectre of a potential war throughout the continent, resulting in being mobilised into the navy. Although detectives Thomson and Thompson initially suspect that the oil crisis is a scam intended The Adventures of Tintin: Land of Black Gold drive up business for a local roadside assistance company, Tintin learns from the managing director of Belgium's leading oil company, Speedol, that it is a result of someone tampering with the petrol at its source, and discovers a conspiracy involving a crew member of Destination Moon of their petrol tankersthe Speedol Star. The Adventures of Tintin: Land of Black Gold three work undercover as new members of the Star' s crew as it sets off for the Middle Eastern kingdom of Khemed. Recognising from Tintin's earlier scouting of the ship, the treacherous mate attempts to drown the dog, but becomes amnesiac in an altercation with Tintin. Upon arrival, Tintin and the detectives are framed and arrested by the authorities under various charges. Thomson and Thompson are cleared and released, but Tintin is kidnapped by the Arab insurgent Bab El Ehrwho mistakenly believes that Tintin has information for him concerning an arms delivery. Tintin escapes and encounters an old enemy, Dr. He reunites with Thomson and Thompson during a sandstorm and eventually arrives in Khemed's capital city of Wadesdah. He finds the prince, who is imprisoned in a dungeon, and rescues him as Haddock arrives with the authorities. Thomson and Thompson find the tablets and, mistaking them for aspirin due to their being packaged as such, swallow them, resulting in them growing long hair and beards that change colour. After analysing the tablets, develops an antidote for Thomson and Thompson and a means of countering the affected oil supplies. The idea of European nations rivaling each other for oil supplies was inspired by a February issue of Le Crapouillot magazine. Discharged within the month, he returned to Brussels and began Land of Black Gold. However, he fell ill with sinusitis and boils and was declared unfit for service in May This version, which amounts to 58 pages, has never been collected in book form. Given its portrayal of Germans as the antagonists of the story, it would not have been appropriate for Land of Black Gold to continue serialisation under Nazi occupation. After completing serialisation of Prisoners of the Sun in Aprilhe ordered his staff Destination Moon re-serialise one of his old stories, Popol and Virginiawhile he took a three-month break. Black Gold was a repair, and I abandoned it. The story began serialisation in Tintin magazine from 16 Septemberbefore beginning its serialisation in Explorers on the Moon v. 6 French edition of Explorers on the Moon v. 6 magazine Destination Moon 28 October Seeking to limit his workload, he would only produce one page of Land of Black Gold per issue, with the other page being filled by a re-serialisation of old stories from his Jo, Zette and Jocko series. Jacobs sent him letters urging him to return to work. In the original versions, Tintin arrived at Haifa in British-occupied Palestinewhere he was arrested by British police before being captured by members of The Adventures of Tintin: Land of Black Gold Zionist terrorist organization the Irgunwho mistake him for one of their own agents named "Finkelstein" in the first version, "Salomon Goldstein" in the secondbefore being abducted by a henchman of Bab El Ehr. In this revised version, Tintin arrives at Khemkhah in Khemed, where he is arrested by the Arab military police before being captured and taken directly to Bab El Ehr. Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier believed that Land of Black Gold suffered from having been "rebaked", being "pulled between the 'old' pre-war Tintin and the more modern one. They felt that this pre-Second World War atmosphere also pervaded the second, coloured version of the book, but that they had nevertheless been partly removed by the creation of the third version. believed that Land of Black Gold illustrated Destination Moon "shelved material could be usefully resuscitated. Literary critic Tom McCarthy believed that in the story, the desert represented "a space of multiple misreading", which included the mirages, fake documents, and cases of mistaken The Adventures of Tintin: Land of Black Gold. Ina collaboration between the French studio Ellipse and the Canadian animation company Nelvana adapted 21 of the stories into a series of episodes, each 42 minutes long. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tintin's cars. Retrieved 26 January The Metamorphoses of Tintin, or Tintin for Adults. Jocelyn Hoy translator. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Charles Ruas translator. Tintin: The Complete Companion. London: John Murray. Michael Farr translator. San Francisco: Last Gasp. Land of Black Gold. Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper and Michael Turner translators. London: Egmont. The Destination Moon Essential Tintin. Harpenden, Hertfordshire: Pocket Essentials. Tintin and the Secret of Literature. London: Granta. London: Methuen Children's Books. Tina A. Kover translator. London: Hodder and Stoughton. I, Tintin Tintin and I The Mystery of the Blue Diamond Mr. Book Category. Belgium portal Comics portal. Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. Cover of the English edition. The Adventures of Tintin. Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper Michael Turner. King Ottokar's Sceptre original Prisoners of the Sun Destination Moon Explorers on the Moon - Wikipedia Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book The Adventures of Tintin: Land of Black Gold. Preview — The Adventures of Tintin, Vol. The Adventures of Tintin, Vol. Michael Turner Translator. Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper Translator. Get A Copy. Hardcoverpages. More Details Original Title. Tintin: 3 Complete Adventures in 1 Volume, vol. Other Editions 9. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, The Adventures of Tintin: Land of Black Gold sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Adventures of Tintin, Vol. Be the first to ask a question about The Explorers on the Moon v. 6 of Tintin, Vol. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of The Adventures of Tintin, Vol. Besides the adventure with Tintin actually on the moon, this volume was a little boring compared to the others. The Land of Black Gold read like his first Tintin books with the lack of Haddock, which I though he was need more of in the story. The first moon story didn't have much happen and was more them getting ready for lift off. The last moon story and the last in this 3-in-1 actually had a good story and felt like a good Tintin book. Apr 14, Pog Frog rated it it was amazing. The Adventures of Tintin: Land of Black Gold love tintin. I received this book from a friend shortly before he moved to another state as a gift. I highly recommend this book. Its a great series and a nice light read, Filled The Adventures of Tintin: Land of Black Gold humor suspense and lots of other things that make a comic book good. Dec 20, Rishika S. I spent the last couple of months reading through a few volumes of Tintin Volumes 3 to 6. You will run across characters from previous stories after Volume 3. Which is why it may The Adventures of Tintin: Land of Black Gold a good idea to stick to the order the books were written in while reading them. They are books and stories that everyone must try, at least once. Stay tuned for the summarised review of the rest of the volumes which will probably come up in a few months. Until then… Happy Reading! Jul 10, Savannah B rated it it was amazing. These books also helped me get through a dark time in my past so they hold some signifigance for me. Jul 14, Kriveen Naidoo rated it it was amazing. Loved it. Certainly a fun read. View all 3 comments. Jan 03, Rachel rated it really liked it Shelves: important. In this installment of the wildy funny Tintin series, Tintin and Snowy get mixed up in an oil sabatoge scheme, and go with Captain Haddock, Tomson and Thomson, Professor Calculus and his assistant, Wolf to the moon! Will they ever return? Another great book made up of three stories. If you like comics, humor, and adventure then you'll read this book and wish it was made up of more stories! Land of the Black Gold: In Europe, cars have been exploding when filled with petroleum. What's causing these cars to explode? What kind of chemical in this stuff is so deadly? Who's responsible for it? Destination Moon: Captain Haddock and Tintin have just got back from the Another great book made up of three stories. Destination Moon: Captain Haddock and Tintin have just got back from their last adventure, when they receive a letter from their friend Professor Cuthbert Calculus who has just built a rocket ship that will take them to the moon. What threats will come of this? Will they actually make it there alive? Explorers on the Moon: So they made it! They are on the moon, and now it's time to watch our friends as they explore the moon and make discoveries of the fantastic sight! But, it's not all fun and games for long, as they climb back aboard the rocket. Tintin discovers that he, the professor, the captain, the two detectives and his dog, Snowy, won't have a very safe trip back home with the oxygen supply running low and a guest star appearance from an old enemy of his. I love this book for the stories and the art. Looks like Tintin and his pals beat Armstrong to it. Oct 04, Sean rated it liked it. It's our great loss Destination Moon the Tintin series of comics are so hard to find here in the U. Because they're just about the most popular comics of all time along with the Asterix series in Europe. Tintin is a young boy journalist who travels around the world on various adventures, solving mysteries and fighting crime. The regular cast of characters in all of these adventures include: Thompson and Thomson, the twin bumbling detectives who always seem to be completely in the dark; Professor Cuthber It's our great loss that the Tintin series of comics The Adventures of Tintin: Land of Black Gold so Destination Moon to find here in the U. The regular cast of characters in all of these adventures include: Thompson and Thomson, the twin bumbling detectives who always seem to be completely in the dark; Professor Cuthbert Calculus, the brilliant scientist; Captain Haddock, the bearded sailor who lives at ; and Tintin's faithful dog Snowy. The Tintin books normally come one at a time, in a fairly large, paperback cover. This book is one Destination Moon a series in which each edition includes three separate Tintin adventures. Volume 5 contains the following stories: Land of Black Gold - Tintin travels to Arabia to investigate why someone is sabotaging all gasoline so that it is unstable and explodes. Destination Moon - Tintin and Captain Hadduck are recruited by their friend Professor Calculus to help design and build a rocket that will carry the first men them to The Adventures of Tintin: Land of Black Gold moon. Explorers on the Moon Destination Moon Tintin and friends travel to the moon. The Tintin series is absolutely fantastic and well worth hunting down. Feb 24, Jon M rated it it was amazing Shelves: favoritesyou-should-read. Jul 15, Andrew rated it really liked it Shelves: comicschildren-ya. It was started before WWII, but not published until after the war ended. The story derives its poignancy Destination Moon the fact that Tintin is attempting to stop a war before it occurs. The comic itself is not one of Tintin's better adventures; it feels both disjointed and by-the-numbers, though t "The Land of Black Gold" - More notable for its context than its contents. The comic itself is not one of Tintin's better adventures; it feels both disjointed and by-the-numbers, though there is some decent slapstick, and the Emir's bratty son is pretty funny. Depiction of Arab culture is more respectful than in previous volumes and the "real" bad guy is Germanbut some The Adventures of Tintin: Land of Black Gold the visual caricaturing is still pretty damn racist. Some gorgeous artwork that rocket ship! Thrilling, funny, whimsical, and beautifully drafted. Aug 02, Dan rated it it was amazing. The Tintin stories for anyone who has read them and understands their history can't be viewed as anything other than groundbreaking. The beginnings of these stories have been around as long as the Lord of the Rings, the illustration and environments in the Tintin books are accurate and extremely detailed. Anyone who has spent even a little time exploring Herge Georges Remi can see the painstaking research and adversity he worked through to compose the world around Tintin. Land of Black Gold - Wikipedia

The story was serialised weekly in Belgium's Tintin magazine from October to December before being published in a collected volume by in Completing a story arc begun in the preceding volume, Destination Moonthe narrative tells of the young reporter Tintinhis dog Snowyand friends Captain HaddockProfessor Calculusand Thomson and Thompson who are aboard humanity's first manned rocket mission to the Moon. Critics have held the illustrative detail of the book in high regard, but have expressed divided opinions of the story; some consider it to be among the most mature and emotionally resonant entries in the series, while others fault it for downplaying the humour seen in previous volumes in favour of the scientific focus of the The Adventures of Tintin: Land of Black Gold. Soon after takeoff they discover that the detectives Thomson and Thompson have accidentally stowed away on board, putting a strain on the oxygen supply. The detectives accidentally turn off the nuclear motordisrupting the artificial gravity and sending everyone floating until Tintin corrects the problem. They then suffer a relapse of the Formula 14 drug seen in Land of Black Goldresulting in their hair growing rapidly in multiple colours, until Calculus subsequently administers a cure. Haddock, who has smuggled whisky aboard the rocket, gets drunk and takes an impromptu spacewalkduring which he briefly becomes a satellite of the asteroid Adonisbut Tintin is able to rescue him. The rocket lands in the Hipparchus Craterwith Tintin being the first human to step on the Moon. Next day, Calculus and Wolff set up optical instruments to begin Destination Moon work on the Moon while Tintin and Haddock build the Moon tank. Two days later, Haddock, Wolff and Tintin take the Moon tank to explore some stalactite caves in the direction of the Ptolemaeus Crater ; inside a cave Snowy slips into an ice-covered chasm, but Tintin rescues him. Later aboard the ship, Tintin is overwhelmed by a third stowaway, Colonel Jorgena spy who had been smuggled aboard by Wolff, who has been blackmailed by a foreign power for which Jorgen works. With Wolff's help, Jorgen seeks to hijack the ship and return it to Earth, but is foiled by Tintin through emergency sabotage that cuts power to the Destination Moon. Due to the strain on the oxygen supplies, the crew decides to abandon the Moon tank and the optical instruments and to cut short the lunar stay. The repair work is completed slightly ahead of schedule, and the rocket is cleared for lift-off. Halfway to Earth, Jorgen escapes his bonds due to the detectives' bungling and tries to kill Tintin and the others with a gun; Wolff seeks to prevent him, and in their struggle over the gun accidentally kills Jorgen by shooting him through the heart. When it is revealed that there will not be enough oxygen aboard for the crew to survive the journey, Wolff sacrifices himself by opening the airlock and floating out into space to his apparent death. Upon approaching Earth, the crew fall unconscious, but Tintin wakes long enough to set the rocket to auto-pilot and it arrives back in safely. After landing, the crew is recovered when oxygen masks are placed on them. Jacobswho The Adventures of Tintin: Land of Black Gold recently The Adventures of Tintin: Land of Black Gold success with his own science fiction comic, The Secret of the Swordfish — This version based Calculus' lunar expedition in a fictional location, Radio City, in the United States. It featured a return of Professor Decimus Phostle, a character who had previously appeared in The Shooting Starbut this time as an antagonist; Phostle had sold Destination Moon secrets of the mission in order to attain funds to buy a diamond for the actress Rita Hayworth. In broad outline, that was it. He took the model to Paris where he showed it to Ananoff, asking him if it was a realistic representation of what a Moon rocket might look like. He and his assistants then used the model from which to accurately sketch when producing the comic. He and his wife Germaine went on holiday to Gland in Switzerland, before returning to Brussels in late September. Explorers on the Moon would resume Destination Moon an eighteen- month hiatus, [30] returning in the 9 April issue, accompanied with a summary of the story so far. In deference to these critics, for the published book version he added Wolff's line of "perhaps by some miracle I shall escape too", to make the scene seem a less obvious suicide. Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier believed that the two-part story "belongs" to Calculus as his "cosmic vision moves the story forward". Explorers on the Moon was the second The Adventures of Tintin: Land of Black Gold be adapted in the second animated series; it was directed by Ray Goossens and written by Grega well-known cartoonist who was to become editor-in-chief of Tintin magazine. Ina second animated series based upon The Adventures of Tintin was produced, this time as a collaboration between the French studio Ellipse and the Canadian animation company Nelvana. Explorers on the Moon was the fifteenth story to be adapted and was divided into two twenty-minute episodes. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Metamorphoses of Tintin, or Tintin for Adults. Jocelyn Hoy translator. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Charles Ruas translator. Tintin: The Adventures of Tintin: Land of Black Gold Complete Companion. London: John Murray. Michael Farr translator. San Francisco: Last Gasp. Explorers on the Moon. Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper and Michael Turner translators. London: Egmont. The Pocket Essential Tintin. Harpenden, Hertfordshire: Pocket Essentials. Tintin and the Secret of Literature. London: Granta. London: Methuen Children's Books. Tina A. Kover translator. London: Hodder and Stoughton. I, Tintin Destination Moon and I The Mystery of the Blue Diamond Mr. Book Category. Belgium portal Comics portal. Categories : Comics set in the s graphic novels Apollo The Adventures of Tintin: Land of Black Gold in fiction Literature first published in serial form Methuen Publishing books Comics set on the Moon Tintin books Works originally published in Tintin magazine Science fiction comics Comics set in Europe Comics set in a fictional country. Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Destination Moon Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. Cover of the English edition. The Adventures of Tintin. Tintin magazine. Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper Michael Turner. Destination Moon The Calculus Affair