The Black Island: The Official Classic Children’s Illustrated Mystery Adventure Series: 1 (The Adventures of Tintin)

The Black Island Tintin story exists in 3 forms. The original 1937 black and white newspaper serial , this 1943 colour album version, and the 1966 redraw that was produced at the insistence of the publishers of the English editions, as they felt the portrayal of Britain was inaccurate and out of date. The 1966 version is the one that will be familiar to most Tintin fans.This 1943 version of the story works much better. It is very much of it's era, borrowing from Hitchcock's version of the 39 steps and contemporary newspaper stories of forgers. It has more slapstick in it and less sophistication than the later stories.The 1966 version is a bit clumsy by comparison, marrying a 30's Ripping Yarn with the sophisticated artwork that Studios Herge were producing in the 60s.It is a real treat to finally be able to look at both editions side by side, page by page.The excellent book " Tintin-The Complete Companion by Michael Farr" covers all this in great detail as well as info on all the other books and is a must have for anyone who loves these books as much as I do.

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Good Item!! Says as described.

Brought for Xmas present 👍

Being a fan of Tintin and Herge, I got this comic book having seen the cartoon version of the 'Black Island' on TV ages ago. There are some differences between the TV version and the comic that I got from Amazon. Personally I prefer the comic version reading the incredible adventure and mysteries that Tintin, the main character in the comic goes through, followed by his faithful dog Snowy. There are a few funny bits in this one that always make me laugh, which made me a fan of these comics. The best one for me had to be the clumsy antics of the 2 english detectives, Thomson and Thomson, which is featured in this particular book. I enjoy reading this comic book when I am out and about and relaxing at home. If you like Tintin or like stories of detectives and bumbling characters, then this is certainly a comic book that is worth buying.

Read when i was a boy so thought would read again and just as good,the pictures are fab

As a child, I remember going to the library and checking out the Tintin books and being drawn into the adventure, wishing I could be Tintin.Now in my late 20's, I have decided to purchase all the Tintin books so that when my 2 year old is a bit older, I can share the world of Tintin with him :-D

Never read this in English. Quite funny text. Very enjoyable. Showing its age, but also timeless.

Trying to rebuy all the Tintin books in English for my sons. Almost have all of them! Perfect condition !

I love the illustrations and the plot twists.

I liked the story very much. I loved the illustrations. I hope the other books are as good as this!

The internal content is fabulous, but the shipping method is not careful enough.

Me ha llegado en el tiempo previsto y en perfecto estado. Está en inglés. Ya tengo toda la colección en español y en inglés, (aunque el original sea en francés). Me ha parecido interesante, de cara a los idiomas, poder volver a leer los comics de esta colección en inglés.