Description

Join Tintin, one of the most iconic characters in children’s literature, in eight of his greatest adventures.

Celebrating 95 years of Herge’s classic comic book creation Tintin, one of the most recognisable characters in children’s books.

Beautiful, boxed gift set with the following eight titles:

Cigars of the Pharaoh, The Blue Lotus, The Secret of the Unicorn, Red Rackham’s Treasure, The Seven Crystal Balls, Prisoners of the Sun, Destination Moon, Explorers on the Moon.

Join the most iconic character in comics as he embarks on eight extraordinary adventures spanning historical and political events, and thrilling mysteries. Still selling over 100,000 copies every year in the UK and having been adapted for the silver screen by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson in 2011.

The Adventures of Tintin continue to charm more than 90 years after they first found their way into publication. Since then more than 230 million copies have been sold, proving that comic books have the same power to entertain children and adults in the 21st century as they did in the early 20th.

Herge (Georges Remi) was born in Brussels in 1907. Over the course of 54 years he completed over 20 titles in The Adventures of Tintin series, which is now considered to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, comics series of all time.

Have you collected all the graphic novel adventures?

Tintin in the Land of the Soviets

Tintin in America

Tintin: Cigars of the Pharaoh

Tintin: The Blue Lotus

Tintin: The Broken Ear

Tintin: The Black Island

Tintin: King Ottakar’s Sceptre

Tintin: The Crab with the Golden Claws

Tintin: The Shooting Star

Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

Tintin: Red Rackham’s Treasure

Tintin: The Seven Crystal Balls

Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun

Tintin: Land of Black Gold

Tintin: Destination Moon

Tintin: Explorers of the Moon

Tintin: The Calculus Affair

Tintin: The Red Sea Sharks

Tintin in Tibet

Tintin: The Castafiore Emerald

Tintin: Flight 714 to Sydney

The Adventures of Tintin and the Picaros

Tintin and Alph-Art

Publisher Review

Tintin shows young readers that the world in all its complexity is theirs to bestride. (The Wall Street Journal) I became enthralled with the way Herge told his stories. Grand, epic, global adventures about a young reporter who goes all around the world looking for stories to tell. (Steven Spielberg, 'The Adventures of Spielberg: An Interview', The New York Times, 2011) Top 100 Children's Book - Time Out (2022) Terrific world-straddling adventures. (Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Ten Essential Children's Books, Books for Keeps, 2020) The Red Sea Sharks was named one of Young Bond author Charlie Higson's favourite books in The Daily Express: "Tintin was a huge inspiration being a young person in an adult world." (2015) Explorers of the Moon was named one of comedian Milton Jones' favourite books in The Daily Express (2018) Explorers of the Moon was named one of screenwriter and best-selling crime novelist Peter May's favourite books in The Daily Express: "A childhood favourite...it encouraged me to create my own cartoon series." (2016) The Calculus Affair was named one of author and foreign correspondent Christian Jennings' favourite books in The Week (2017)