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This pop-up book features Tintin and friends when they explore the moon. Tintin is a Belgian amateur detective who gets embroiled in every kind of thriller-adventure, along with his dog Snowy, the two policemen Thomson and Thompson, Captain Haddock and Professor Cuthbert Calculus.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
"Explorers on the Moon" ("On a Marche Sur La Lune," 1954) picks up right where "Destination Moon" left off, with Tintin and his friends unconscious in a spaceship hurtling towards the general direction of the moon. Will our hero wake up in time to save everyone from death? Well, I do not think it is giving away too much to point out that the title of this Tintin Adventure is not something along the lines of "Frozen Corpses in Deep Space." However, there is clearly a spy on board the rocket designed by Professor Calculus that took off from the Sprodj Atomic Research Center in Syldavaia, the troubles of Tintin and his friends are far from over.
But more than the standard intrigue and constant brushes with danger that abound in this Tintin adventure, what makes "Explorers on the Moon" so fascinating is the documentary detail that Hergé infuses into the story. I cannot think of a 1950s science fiction film that predicts as accurately what happened when Apollo 11 went to the moon a decade and a half later as this classic comic book tale. One of the chief charms of Hergé's artwork has always been the way his caricature drawings of Tintin and friends are contrasted by the realistic backgrounds, and this artistic style achieves its apex when we see the spaceship approaching the moon. "Explorers on the Moon" would work as a straight-forward first man on the moon type story, but, of course, in Hergé's hands it becomes so much more.
Taken together with "Destination Moon," this has got to constitute Tintin's greatest adventure. After all, what can top being the first man on the moon for our intrepid hero? Especially when the Thom(p)sons are along for the trip. The entire series is pretty good, and I only regret that I waited this long in life to finally get around to checking it out.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book follows directly on from Destination Moon, and is best read after that one. Tintin, Captain Hadock, Professor Calculus and Snowy face a series of unexpected twists as they explore the Moon, and even the return journey is fraught with danger. Excellent fun from the world's favourite journalist.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The Adventures of Tintin: "Land of Black Gold", "Destination Moon", "Explorers on the Moon" v. 6
Well pleased - just what my grandson wanted.
Well pleased - just what my grandson wanted.
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Hergé's Overblown Moon Story - lazy and mediocre
I am a fan of Tintin but not a fanatic, yet now Hergés' cult status is gaining ever more momentum following the movie The Secret Of The Unicorn. Read more
Published 18 hours ago by Stewart Murray
Pt. II of Hergé's epic lunar odyssey.
Having left Tintin and his fellow crew-members blacked-out aboard the moon rocket, Explorers On The Moon picks up where the final cliff-hanging page of Destination Moon left... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Sebastian Palmer
Tintin: Explorers on the moon
I bought this of my 9 year old son. He had the first one of the two parts for Christmas. He loved the story and devoured it! He wants to read more!
Published 3 months ago by craig@redrocket.co.uk
Superb
This is one cartoon character which doesn't need any review. Every single story is a favourite of mine and I wish they would turn each of that into a motion picture. Read more
Published 5 months ago by UMESH PEDNEKAR
The one that is out of this world
The slow build-up of Destination Moon, slightly overburdened with technological background details taking precedence over the spy thriller elements, proves to be justified by the... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Keris Nine
Top Draw Tin Tin
Despite the small font (see my previous review for Destination Moon (The Adventures of Tintin)) - this story is very imaginative and gripping for parent and child. Read more
Published on 30 Jan 2010 by Daddy-O
Average adventure
This is rather a middling outing for Tintin, with a somewhat dull story which unfolds in rather a claustrophobic setting. Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2010 by birchden
Simple, but good!
If you like TinTin you will like this book! It is as good or as bad as all the others! For me, I love those comics - they are simple, easy to read and have a clean sense of humor! Read more
Published on 5 Jan 2010 by M. Buyer
Check out the dog space suit?
A dog in space on something as far removed from the Shuttle as you can get! Every Tintin book is a work of genuis (all right the TV spin off books are a bit pants)but all of the... Read more
Published on 15 July 2009 by S. Glover
Haddock & humour save the book
Maybe 4 1/2 stars, but what the heck. The theme of the book does not intrigue me so much nor do I think this is great "science fiction". Read more
Published on 1 Mar 2008 by Asko
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