Explorers on the Moon (The Adventures of Tintin)

I'm not planning on writing a review for every Tintin book I read, but I'll make an exception for this one. This book appears to be in the original format, based on the editions I read read in the '70s, with the original hand-written font (I believe). Definitely not the reduced size, computer-generated font of the multi-edition series with the modern covers. This is the 3rd Tintin I've purchased, for my soon-to-be five year old son. I gave much thought to the first one (Tintin in America), due to stereotypes / racial content, as well as lots of gun play and near death scenarios, and ultimately decided this was a "safe" way to introduce such content on my terms, versus cartoons and movies, which he isn't watching yet. So I write this review only as a caution to parents -- this is the first Tintin that Herge kills off a couple of characters. One is a bad guy who is shot, the other a "redeemed" character who sacrifices his own life. Those two scenes, within pages of each other, give my budding reader more pause than any of the near death situations Tintin and the Captain faced in any of the stories so far. Nightmare material? Possibly. But definitely points for discussion -- and this coming from a boy who is quite comfortable with the concept. So again, not a complaint of this awesome series (which, afterall, is intended for older readers and adults), but just a fair warning to parents. "Earth calling Moon Rocket, come in Moon Rocket..."

Great book for Tin Tin collectors.

characters are from a Serbian point of view. But my Grandson loves this book!!!

What can you say its a classic. A simple but also an adventurous read. I read it when I was young and now my kids are reading it. Its at least the right comic book to read when the kids are young, especially when the comics these days when comic books represent to much violence, vulgarity and to much fiction, and yet only have action in them and nothing to fascinate the kids minds. These books are all against that and just plain yet clearly a novel type read. Since this came out way before man actually made it on the moon can show how authors used to imagine the world to be. Also, there being comedy, some serious mysteries and situations, this makes it the perfect book.

pop ups are relatively simple but cute! If you are looking for Robert Sabuda or Mathew Reinhart style of pop-up books you might be disappointed. But if you are an old Tin-Tin + pop-up book fan, you'd find this book cute. I like the movable parts more than the pop-ups ones. The way the author illustrated drunk captain seeing 4 Thomson and Thompson is amusing and brilliant!

This was a gift for our grandson who sat down and read it cover to cover and then drew pictures of TinTin's adventures. He is 7 years old. It was a great hit.

tin tin the classic I liked the glossy paper which was not the case in old days so it is more durable

One of the most suspense-full of tintin's albums. I know, far fetched story but fantastic for my 9 years old.

album BD anglophone broché souple grand format ancien (1990/1954) traduction d'On a marché sur la lune; cettedix-septième aventure des célèbres héros d'Hergé est une des plus réussies et, dans cet épisode, qui fait suite à Objectif lune et est un des plus récent de la série, l'intrigue fleure bon l'après-guerre et les années 50 (véhicules d'époque) et nous fait quitter Moulinsart pour les montagnes de Syldavie et son centre nucléospatial et même notre planète pour son satellite (c'est le voyage le plus lointain de tous); les personnages principaux sont tous là, le capitaine Haddock, ses colères et ses jurons nous prouve à plusieurs reprises son altruisme, Tournesol et son cornet acoustique, les Dupondt et leur facéties; seule la Castafiore n'apparaît pas; on retrouve par contre un espion embarqué clandestinement; les gags sont passés dans la postérité comme celui du capitaine volant à côté de son whiskey en apesanteur!; la lecture en anglais est grandement aidée par le dessin, il faut seulement s'habituer aux jurons du capitaine Haddock; la plupart des personnages ont le même nom que dans la version d'origine sauf Calculus et Thom(p)son; dans cette édition Mammoth souple, le papier est robuste et il ne manque que la couverture rigide pour compléter votre collection mais cette version sera parfaite à bas prix en attendant pour peu que vous l'acquériez chez un vendeur bien noté qui vous fait parvenir un exemplaire d'occasion en bon état

Good value and not a bad reproduction either.

Damaged and not new. Looks used.

I was a huge fan of tintin from my childhood, now my daughter is same. I don't want her to watch tintin in cartoons rather read comics, and I find them here with reasonable price. Thanks Amazon.

Wow! Getting this book after many, many years! Took me back to my childhood reading this again. Purchased for a nostalgia fix - and it worked! Beautiful illustrations, all in colour. And its Herges adventures of TinTin!