Destination Moon (The Adventures of Tintin)

by Hergé

Paperback, 1976

Call number

J GRAPHIC NOVEL HER

Genres

Publication

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (1976), Edition: First American Edition, 62 pages

Description

Tintin, Snowy, and Captain Haddock join Professor Calculus' moon expedition.

User reviews

LibraryThing member haritsa
The book is in excellent condition given it is nearly 50 years old! It is from the SJ Ackerman collection (Forry Ackerman (1916-2008) was one of the great names in science fiction and imagi-movie memorabilia (also a hell of a nice guy). Coiner of the term "Sci Fi", he was the ultimate fanboy. Most
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famous for his editorship of Famous Monsters of Filmland, he was also well known for his monumental achievement that was the Ackermansion (all 3 of them)!)
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LibraryThing member bragan
Knowing how much I love stories about space travel, including ones from before space travel was an actual human accomplishment, a friend of mine lent me this 1953 collection of Tintin comics, along with its follow-up The Adventures of Tintin: Explorers on the Moon. As the titles indicate, these
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feature Tintin and friends taking a trip to the moon. This one covers testing and preparing the moon rocket, as well as dealing with some unfriendly elements who are trying to steal the rocket's secrets, and ends with our heroes blasting off on their journey.

I know several people who have a great fondness for Tintin, so I was a little curious to finally read some of his adventures for myself. And... Well, the bumbling antics of the various characters are mildly amusing, but I have the sad suspicion that I may have come to this series a little late in life to fully appreciate it. I do give it some points for actually getting its lecture on nuclear science mostly right, though! Even if some of the other elements had more of a lighthearted sense of ridiculousness to them.
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ISBN

9780316358453
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