The Shooting Star (The Adventures of Tintin)

This books are the best. I give to my grandchild

I am a classroom teacher and have a student who is obsessed with these books, I only had one and ordered more for him. HE LOVES THESE BOOKS

Hergé was a true artist of the genre and he satisfies the most demanding young and old readers every time! It is always a delight to follow Tin Tin and his faithful dog Snowy in all their big adventures: never a dull moment!

Really enjoyed this book

Belgian artist Herge spent the Second World War trapped in his German-occupied homeland. The result, for his cartoon hero, the young journalist Tintin, was some exotic adventures much removed day-to-day reality, including "The Shooting Star." As the story opens, Tintin sees a shooting star. Inquiries at the local observatory reveal a meteor en route to Earth, a possible end of the world. Fortunately, the meteor misses (in a dramatic and well-done sequence), leaving part of itself floating in the Arctic Ocean. The race is on to be the first scientific expedition to reach the meteor. Tintin travels north with the scientists from the observatory in the vessel Aurora, commanded by the recurring character Captain Haddock. If the first half of the story had an element of end-of-the world dread, the second half is a fairly standard adventure yarn, culiminating in Tintin's bizarre and breathless stay on the meteor itself as it begins to sink into the sea. Captain Haddock and Tintin's faithful dog Snowy provide some necessary humor. "The Shooting Star" is highly recommended to Tintin fans of all ages.

Tintin's books and comics, ALL EN MASSE, rock! They're a great series of adventure books for kids 3rd-6th grade kids.

We've got the collection of these. My daughter loves them. So do I.

While Tintin has provoked some controversy, in particular over Hergé's naive depiction of overseas areas like Africa and Russia, The Shooting Star seems to be the episode among those published during the Nazi occupation of Belgium that has produced the most discussion and revision. Basically, the story is about a scientific discovery (a meteorite has fallen into the ocean), with scientific teams dispatched by the US and also by Axis-occupied nations to claim it for their own; Hergé and Tintin are part of the latter team. Naturally, the story shows how Hergé and Tintin played fair in this competition, as opposed to enemy teams which were run by underhanded organisers with Jewish names that flew the US flag (although later editions replaced the US flag with that of the fictitious country Sao Rico.) Again, the story starts out with Tintin out for a stroll that quickly brings him into involvement in a serious adventure: a comet is nearing the earth, so Tintin befriends some academics that are studying it; the comet won't collide with the earth, but part of it will fall into the ocean, so an expedition sets forth to retrieve samples for scientific study. Tintin has another encounter with eccentric professors, he hires a boat - perfect excuse to bring Captain Haddock into the picture - and off they go; the rest of the book's adventures are water-based. Haddock enters the picture by page 15, eventually getting into a few booze-related incidents but not acting as clumsy as he does in later episodes. The rest of the story is full of exciting incidents, but nothing too radical.

The content of the book is fabulous, but the shipping method isn't careful enough.

RAS ,Livraison et produit nickel !

Buena presentación, tapas plastificadas duras, paginas a color y plastificadas. Lo recomiendo. Lo único las letras son pequeñas pero se puede leer.

Great story

Classic older Tintin