Explorers on the Moon (The Adventures of Tintin) - Softcover

Hergé

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316358460 ISBN 13: 9780316358460

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 1976

Synopsis

The classic graphic novel. Picking up where Destination Moon left off, Professor Calculus and Tintin discover a secret agent has managed to sneak onboard the rocket with plans to hijack it and abandon everyone on the moon!

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Review:

Concluding the journey that began in Destination Moon, Tintin, Captain Haddock, and Professor Calculus are on their way to the moon, but unforeseen circumstances--innocent and otherwise--threaten the best-laid plans. Ever since it was first published in 1953, this technologically fascinating tale has probably been many kids' first glimpse of the mechanics involved in space travel, but the plot is as riveting as anything Herge ever wrote. --David Horiuchi

From the Back Cover:

The first manned rocked, bound for the Moon, has just launched from the Sprodj Atomic Research Centre in Syldavia. On board are Tintin, Snowy, Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus, and the engineer Frank Wolff. At the Centre, intense efforts are being made to establish radio contact with the rocket's passengers out in space. Tintin and his friends have fainted from the acceleration on launching. Their recovery is anxiously awaited. The wireless masts stand sentinel in the night sky, but they receive no message...

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0316358460
• ISBN 13: 9780316358460
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 62