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THE ADVENTUQES OF

TINT IN
REPOQTEQ I=OQ "LE PETIT VINGTI~ME ..

IN THE LAND OF
THE SOVIETS

LES EDITIONS DU PETIT " VINGTIEME ,


11 , BOULEVARD BISCHOFFSHEIM. BRUXELLES
FOREWORD

This first adventure of Tintin, the boy reporter. appeared in 1929 in a children·s
supplement to a Belgian daily newspaper. Le Vingtieme Siecle. Herge. Georges
Remi. then twenty-two years old, was employed on the staff as an artist. He had
received no formal art training, but was already showing the originality and wit
that would make him a unique figure in the world of the strip cartoon.
Herge's satire on the Soviet state was very much of its time. He himself had
not been to Russia, but had read a book published the year before, Moscou sans
voiles: Neuf ans de travail au pays des Soviets by Joseph Douillet, a former
Belgian consul in Rostov-on-Don. Soviet propaganda to persuade the world
outside Russia that the economy was booming was a particular target for Herge,
as were the activities of the secret police. the OGPU. Incidentally, he errs on one
occasion 1n the story when he calls them the Cheka, their name before 1922.
Publication in Le Petit Vingtiem_e began on 10 January 1929. In 1930 the
adventure was issued in album form, now a very rare book greatly sought after,
the 500 copies being numbered and signed "Tintin et Milou". There were, it is
believed, nine subsequent editions, differing only in the layout of the print on the
title page. With the exception of a reissue in 1969 for the personal use of the
author, again limited to 500 copies, and some pirated editions, more than forty
years elapsed before this adventure was again published, in the first volume of
the Archives Herge. This volume (in which the original versions of Tintin au
Congo and Tintin en Amerique also appear) includes a page which originally
appeared in Le Petit Vingtieme No. 60, omitted for no apparent reason from the
first edition in album form. lt is reproduced here as page 97 A.
L. L -C. M. T.

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AT'' LE PETIT xxe" WE A~E SAFE JOUI<I\IEY . HEI<E, SNOWY!
ALWAYS EAGER TO SATISFY OUR TAKE CARE AND SAY GOODBYE
r<EADERS AND KEEP THEM UP BE SURE TO TO THE
TO OATE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS. KEEP INTOUC.H . GENTI..EMEN.
WE HAVE THEREFORE SENT
TINT IN
ONE OF OUR TOP REPORTERS,
TO SOVIET RUSSIA. EACH WEEK
WE SHALL BE 5121 NGING YOU
NEWS OF HIS MANY ADVEI\J-
T-UQES.
1'-J.B. THE EDITOR OF • LE" PETIT
XX"" GUARANTEES THAT ALL
PHOTOGQAPHS AQE ABSOLUTELY
AUTHENTIC, TAKEN BY T INTI N
HIMSEI..F, AIDED BY HIS FAITH-
FUL DOG SNOWY !

I'LL SEND YOU SOME


POSTCARD$, AND VODKA,
AND CAVIAR! SO LONG!
I THINK THE Dlk!TY
LITTLE BOU~GEOIS IS THIS IIV HEI2E
ASLEEP. TIME FOR WILL STOP H I M
ACTION ! HE MUST FOR A LONG
NEVER GET TO RUS- WH ILE ... IF NOT
SIA : HE'D REPOR T FOQ KEEPS!
WHAT'S GOING ON!

ONE OF THE BEST I ' VE GOT JUST ONE


QEME:D I ES YET MINUTE ... TO QEACH
DISCOVEI<ED FOr< SAFETY AT THE FRONT
CUR IOSITY. OF THE TRAIN ... HAPPY
LANDINGS, MY YOUNG
FRIEND '
SOMETHING FUNNY
MUST HAVE
HAPPENED!

WHEI2E AI(E FELLOW-


HERE WE AQE PASSENGE~S ?? WHAT HAVE
IN BERLIN,SNOWY. YOU DO E WITH THEM ?? ...
WE CHt.NGE
TI<AINS HERE .

LET'S HOPE NO
ONE PINCHES OUR
SEATS AGAIN.

WHE12E 15 THE I<EST


OF THE RAIL WAY
CARRIAGE ?WHERE
A12E THE SEATS ?
WHY DID THE
AlAI2MS GO OFF 7
NAME?....
OC.CUPATION ?...
ADD~ESS ? ...

CHAI2GED WITH M ISAPPI20PI21AT ING


COACHES AND CAVSING THE PIS· I AM INNOCENT!
APPEARANCE OF 218 PEOPLE ! WHAT DO lAM T INTIN THE
YOU SAY TO THAT?!..... . . O. N'i &. IZEPO~TEIZ FROM
• LE PETIT
VINGTIEME " .'...
LET ME OUT AT
ONCE, YOU
BEASTS f

• 0

• •
• •
I I<EALLY CUT A DASH IN THIS
UN IFORM f
A MOIOI< BIKE ! HERE'S HOPING WE
JU51 WHAT WE DOf.J'T MEET AGAIN f
NEED! ... MOSCOW, HEI<E
WE COME!
WHERE IN
THE ....?

WE MUST
HUQQY !THEY'RE
AFTEQ US FOR
SURE!

HE'S A O NE!
ALWAYS SOME-
THING UP HIS
SLEEVE.'
IT LOOKS AS
IF HE 'S DEAD.'

POOI2 THINGS ... NOT


TE:l2l2113>LY B>RIGHT .. .
STILL, THEY'j;?E DOING
THEIQ BEST.. .

THEQE ! ... AS EASY


AS THAT ! ... NOW,
AWAY WE GO TO
MOSCOW!
HELP ! HELP ! HE'S GOING
TO DI20P A N OTHEI2
BOM B ... ~··
~~~
WHEI2E HAVE
I BEEN ?

THEI2E YOU At2E 1


FI21END... BUT WHAT
ASTATE YOU'I2E IN!

I'LL CATCH MY
DEATH 1 AFTEI2
GETTING 50 HOT!
WHAT DOES THE
PEOPLE'S COMM ISSA!<
WANT WITH ME ?

WATCH OUT ... HE'S A FOREIGN


JOURNALIST ... I ALREADY
TRIED TO SILENCE H IM! HE
MUST DISAPPEAR ...
ACCIDENTALLY!!!
HERE ARE YOUQ PAPERS
... ALL IN ORDER .'...

THE PEOPLE'S WE'LL TAKE THE CHEKA


COMMISSA~~ A WALK ISWATCHIN
... WHAT .AN AROUND You,
TINT IN/
UGLY MVG .' WHILE WE
WAIT FOR
THE TQAIN.

HEY, WHY
DON'T I BUY
SOME MORE
CLOTHES.
THESE AAE
A SIT
WO~N.'

NO-
TH ING WHAT'S
THEI<'E T INTI N
FOR A GONE IN
DOG'S THERE FOI< ?
DINNER !
I'LL HAVE TO WAIT ...
I rvtUSTN'T LET H IM
GET AWAY/

SNOWY WON'T gECOGNISE ME !


I'LL PUT THE BANANA SKIN THAT'S DONE IT . .. TI:N TO ONE
ON THE DOORSTEP .. . WHEN HE HE'LL CRACK HIS SKULL ...
COMES OUT. .. SHUT UP, FILTHY AND
CUR (

... I SHALL RECEIVE THE


IT'S A BANANA SKIN ... AND ORDER OF THE HA
A BANANA SKIN IS SLIPPERY AND SICKLE I IN TIN
... AND IF IT'S SLIPPERY,
TINTIN WILL FALL ,AND HUJ<T
HIMSELF .. . AND WE DON'T
WANT THAT ! ... SO WHAT
SHALL I .DO? ... HOOI<A'(!
I'VE GOT IT !.'!

I CAI-J'T WAIT TO SEE


THAT WHIPPERSNAPPER
COME A CROPPER.'

•••
'

. I
?! ... FUNNY . IN
FACT, MOST PECULIAR .
HE DIDN'T SLIP ... ANV THE BANANA
SKIN HAS DISAPPEARED I'LL
HAVE TO GO ON FOL-
LOWING HIM .

I.., --=:?1...
'I
..
Q. 1 .,.
·.

THAT BLASTED "FALL MADE ME


LOSE H IM ... BY TROTSKY, HOW
D ID THAT BANANA
SKIN GET ITSELf
UNDER MY FEET
???

WE'LL GO AND CRUMBS ! OUR TRAIN! WE MUST GO


HAVE A STRAIGHT BACK TO THE STAT ION.
NICE, TASTY (i .
MEAL ...
LET'S HOPE THE COME ON,SNOWY,
TRAIN HASN'T GONE! WE'LL CATCH IT
ALL K'IGHT .'

THIS TROLLEY WILL EASILY CATCH UP WliH


THE TRAIN. COME ON, SNOWY.'

SO WHAT HAPPENED
DINNER?...
FULL SPEED AH~AD ! ... WE'RE GAINING ON HIM !
IN TEN MINUTES WE' LL.. IN THE
~ESTAURANT - CAR. ~-------------

THIS SPEED
TEI<I<IF IES ME
... I'D RATHER
NOT LOOK!

?•
I'VE ALWAYS TOLD YOU, SNOWY, YOU MUST NEVE~
GET OUT Of A MOVING VEH ICLE ... AND CERTAINLY
NEVER JUMP OFF BACKWARDS !

BEASTLY MACHINE ! ONCE IT


MADE ME FALL, IT STOPPED .1
I HOPE IT'S SATISFIED r

DON'T BOTHER ME, MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING


SNOWY. I MUST THINK ON THE SCRAP- HEAP ...
HOW WE' RE GOING TO
CONTINUE OUR JOURNEY. - - - -....{·
.. A tviOTOR CAR ENGINE ... IN GOOD
SHAPE ... AND SNOWY HAS FOUND
50 ME .. . NOW fOR SOME FUN!

HIP f HIP~ HOORAY _f I'VE GOT


ALL I NEED FOR MY
PLAN ·'

IT WORKS ALL RIGHT! . ..


I'LL HAVE TO PATENT MY
DESIGN .1
GOT A TELEGRAPH MESSAGE
ABOUT SOME JOURNALIST
.. . THEY WANT ME TO
VERAIL HIM ... SETTER
GO ANV FIX THE
TRACK.'

THERE HE IS.'... QUICK 1


ANOTHER FEW MINUTES AND
WE'LL BE READY TO I MUST HIVE;_·--~~--
RECEIVE HIM ...

WHAT A DREARY COVIIITR'(.


THIS JOURNEY IS
GETTING MONOTONOUS
WHO'S THIS
CHAP?. .. BETTER
PLAY DEAD.

BETTER TAKE NOT EASY TO


THIS STIFF HOME SHAM DEADIN
AND WAIT FO~ THE THE CIRCUM·
COMMISSAR STANCES!
F~OM STOLSTZY.
NOW TO TELEPH YE5 ... THE PLAN SUCCEEDED...
STOLBTZY. .. HE'S HERE ... HE'S WELL AND
TRULY FINISHED...

OHO ! FINISHED, AM I ? ... O. K. , YES ... YOU'LL OR::::SS IT UP AS A


WE'LL JUST SEE ABOUT THAT !
GENUINE ACCIDENT WHILE I PUT
THE RAILS BAC
THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS YOU ONLY GOT A
SMALL DUSTING IN RETURN FOR TRYING TO
KILL ME!
NOW , SEST FOOT FORWARD WE MUST HURRY. IF A TRAIN
TO THE NEXT STATION.'... CATCHES US HERE WE'RE DEAD
AS DOORNAILS !

TINTIN KNOWS I
SIMPLY LOATHE
HIKING.
PHEW ! THAT WAS A NAI<QOW A TOWN AT LAST... SUT
SQUEAK(... WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE ?

... (ONTQA~Y TO THE TALES PUT OUT BY THE


BOURGEOIS NATIONS, OUR FACTORIES
WORK TO FULL CAPAC IT Y !

LOOK ... ENGLISH


COMMUNISTS ~I:ING
SHOW N THE
BEAUTIES OF
BOLSHEVISM .

?f
L
GI<EAT SNAKES !...
JUST STAGE EFFECTS!
.. . THEY'RE SIMPLY
.BURNING .BUNDLES
OF STRAW TO MAKE
SMOKE COME OUTOF
FALSE CHIMNEYS !

AND THAT'S WHAT THE


GUIDE CALLED" SOUNDS OF
MACHINERY '' f.!

THAT'S HOW THE SOVIETS FOOL NOW, WE'LL HAVE DINNER ...
THE POOR IDIOTS WHO STILL WE'VE EARNED IT!...
.BELIEVE IN A r-~~----------~
"!ZED PAI<ADISE ·~
COME AND EAT WITH US...
SORRY, I HAVEN'T ANY CHANGE
TO GIVE

DOt-v'T WORRY ABOUT THAT . . .


JUST GET US A GOOD M EAL.'

LET '5 HOPE HE DOESN'T


SWALLOW THE PLATE !
AH, LIFE IS SWEET !
THESE BONES Al<E THE
BEST I'VE EVER EATEN !

THE OGPU AGENT.. .


HE MUST BE PLANNING
THE SECRET POLICE-
ANOTHEQ DIRTY H~ICK ...
MAN Fl<OM STOLBTZY'...
1HAVE TO WARN TINTIN .. ·
THE ONE WHO TRIED
THE STUNT WITH BUT HOW??
THE BANANA
SKIN ...
I THINK. THAT MIGHT BE
A GOOD IDEA! ...

... CAN'T TELL YOU ALL


THE PAIN I SVFFE12ED
AT THE HANDS OF THE
OGPU 1 FOI2 DAYS
ON END ...

WHAT DOES THIS


LITTLE COMEDY MEAN?
WOt\J'T YOU HAVE 50ME
MORE OF THIS EXCELLENT
CABBAGE SOUP?
NEXT TIME 1 YOV WANT TO GET
VP A B IT EARLIER !

ELECTIONS FOR
THE SOVIETS .'
WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN?
COMRADES, YOV HAVE THREE LISTS BEFORE
FIRST IS THAT OF THE COMMVN 1ST PARTY ...

ALL THOSE WHO OPPOSE THIS LIST RAISE THEIR HANDS!...


NOW 1 WHO SAYS "NO" TO THIS LIST?
WHAT'S ALL THIS ABOUT?

YOlJ AQE A SPY ·'

JUST WAIT A
MOMENT .. . AND
YOU'LL SEE WHAT
IT MEANS TO
THREATEN TINTIN.

c)'~IJ
. }t
~
•• 0
I MV'5T DO A GOOD I WONDEI< IF THAT'S
ARTICLE ... ENOUGH COPY ?
THERE, THAT'S DONE. E>UT HOW
CAN I GET THIS BACK TO THE
OFFICE?

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TINTIN .~ ..TINTIN .1 HELLOr
WAKE UP.' WHAT'S
GOING ON?
THEY HAVEN'T NOTICED MY KEY
IS STILL IN THE LOCK.

HELLO, THEY'VE STOPPED


FIDDLING W ITH THE LOCK ...

Cr2UMBS .1 THEY' ~E
THIS TIME I BREAKING THE OOOQ
KNOW HE WON'T DOWNf
ESCAPE ... HE'S
CORNEr2ED !
I'LL JUST CHECK
THERE'S NO ONE
UNDER THE E>ED!
BEAI<D! THIS FULL
TIME 11 M
GOING IN .1

NOTH ING BUT A BRICK WALL


CAN STOP ME. ..

THERE WE ARE I NEVER THOUGHT I WAS SO FAR


THE DOOR'S FROM THE DOOI< ! .. .
OPEN ...
WELL, A BRICK WALL CERTAINLY DID
STOP HIM.

TEN THOUSAND KNOTTED


KNOUTS ... I'LL STRANGLE
HIM WITH MY
BARE HANDS ~

HURRY UP,
TINT IN I THEY'RE
RUSHING THE
DOOR!
MICROBES, WHAT AI<E YOU SE
IN THIS ROOM ?

HELP! .. . HELP !f.l

DO I 5TILL HEAR YOU ?


SHALL I TAKE YOU DOWN
TO THE INFEQNAL
DEPTHS?

WHAT'S GOING ON?... WHAT'S


THE MEANING OF ALL THIS
NOISE IN MY INN ?
WE'D 5ETTER MAKE OUR WAY
5ACK .

I'M GETTING A BIT FED UP WITH


PLAYING AT GHOSTS !

HAVE MY
EYEHOLES
GOT TO?
WE' QE IN A SEWEQ ...
COME ON 1 WE MUST FI ND
THE WAY OUT.

SEE OVEQ THEQE I


SNOWY ... DAYLIGHT!. .. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY
TO PEIZSUADE THIS GQILLE
TO OPEN FOQ VS .1

NOTHING I CAN DO ... I'LL HAVE


TO CALL FOQ HELP .. .
NO ONE COMING ... OH WELL 1
I'LL CATCH UP ON MY LOST
SLEEP. BETTER COVER UP
WELL, IT'S CHILLY DOWN
HERE ...

TINTIN, I'M
FED UP WITH
THIS.'

I SIMPLY MUST GET OUT


OF HERE! ...
HUH !

HUH!
NOTHING TO BE DONE ... I'M
CONDEMNED TO DIE IN THIS
I<AT- HOLE ... YOU GO, SNOWY...
SAVE YOURSELF . . . YOU CAN
GET OUT.

LOSING I'LL NEVEQ


YOUR LEAVE YOU ,
TEMPER TINT! N .
WON'T HELP,
TINT IN.

THIS .. . IS .. . THE ... LAST... THAT'S ALL I NEED .. .


WILL ... AND . . . TESTAMENT . . . NOW I'VE CAUGHT A COLD ...
OF . . . TINT IN .. . AAA ... AAAATCH ...
GLUG ... GLUG! CONFOUND IT ! ... BARELY 40
CENTIMETRES DEEP.

... SCOUNDREL !
GET MOVING! TO THE I WILL, ONCE YOU STOP
POLICE STATION ! SHAKING ME LIKE A RAG
DOLL .

NOW WE'RE IN
A FINE MESS.

A ROUBLE ... WHAT NOW I'LL JUST KICK A


LUCK! PENALTY!

HELLO?

GOAL! SEE WHAT THIS SAYS ? CAN'T


YOU READ??" .BATHING STRICTLY
PIZOHIBITED ''... DON'T BLOW 50
HARD, YOU'LL BURST A
BLOOD VESSEL !

·HERGE
THEY SHOOT LIKE A SOUAD
OF ROOKIES !
f!>Y DIMITRIEV SOLOVZ-
TENXOPZTZKI . .. I'LL HAVE
HIM HANGED !

--
IN FIVE MINUTES WE'LL HAVE HIM
AT OUR MEK'CY.

WE'RE SHAK ING THEM OFF,


SNOWY.
BANG ON TARGET .. . I THINK OUI2 NUMBER'S
UP, SNOWY .. .

! WE'VE GOT HIM.' DON'T WORRY, SNOWY. SOME-


TH ING TELLS ME THEY'LL
GIVE UP THE CHASE:: ...

KNOW VERY THAT DIDN 'T


FORBIDDEN TO
BATHE ...
IF HE REAPPEARS I 1 LL FINISH HIM INSTANTLY.'

------....
--~~) I )

--
- ~~

IN YOU GO !

FOQGIVE ME IF I DON'T GIVE YOU A LIFT.'


]]]
TO 'PINCH MY CAI< FQOM .JUST YOU WAIT I MY FQI END...
UN DEl< MY VERY NOSE! A MATCH TO THIS TI21CKLE OF
THAT'S THE LIMIT ! PETI<OL ...

/
IN A FEW HOURS WE'LL BE IN MOSCOW .

TINTIN .'. .. TINTIN !.. .


WOOAH ! ... WOOA ! ...
IF THE BURNING
PETROL CATCHES UP,
IT'S THE END OF THE
I<OAD FOR US !
ONLY A FEW MORE
SHELLS TO GO AND
THE MANOEUVRES
Al2E FINISHED.
HELP ! THE FLAMES UP.' WE'LL BE BLOWN SKY
HIGH!

a
c:9------~~
NO M012E PETROL ... HAPPILY! IF THERE
WERE, WE'D HAVE BE!;N ROASTED ALIVE !

WE'LL HAVE TO PUSH THE CAR


TO THE NEAQEST GAI2AGE.

I'M BEGINNING CON FOUND IT! NOW


TO GET USED A BI2EAKDOWN !
TO THE CAR.
15 IT THE MAGNETO 012 THE
PLUGS? HAVE I BI20KEN A
TI2ACK 120D I 012 IS THE
CARBUI2ETTOI2 CC2ACKED?

I'LL GET TO THE BOTTOM THEI2E Is NOT


OF IT... THE
WHAT
BI2EAK-

NOW I SEE WHAT IT IS ...


}
TINTIN I YOU DON'T
SEEM TO BE MUCH OF
A MECHANIC.

--·
WE DON'T HAVE A PUMP ...

THIS FELLOW COULD HELP.. . WE'LL


ASK HIM POLITELY.

IDIOT ! ... FOOL .'. ..


ANIMAL ! ...
A LITTLE EXET<CISE IS GOOD
FOr< YOU AFTEr< A LONG CAT<
DRIVE.

PON 'T WOT<RY I OLP CHAP,


I'LL BE WITH YOU RIGHT
AWAY ! .
THANKS V EI<Y MVC THAT'S THE WHEEL IN PLACE.
FOI2 LEND ING NOW 1 LET'S SEE ... WHAT
ABOUT THE ENGINE?
A HAND!

HMM ( IT SEEMS A BIT POOH . HEI2E GOES .. . GEl


COMPLICATE THEM BACK IN QUICKLY.'

VEI<Y ODD!... THE BONNET IS


ALI<EADY FULL AND I STILL HAVE
SOME BITS OVEI2 .. .
THAT'S IT .' THE ENGINE
IS 12UNNING .. .

ALL RIGHT!...
I'M STOPPING ! ...
YOUQ PAPERS A12E NOT IN
Or2DEI2 ( COME WITH US !
MY PAPEQS NOT
IN 012DEQ?
THAT E;XPLAINS THE DAMP (OME .1...
IN THIS CELL .1 HUI2QY UP .1
THE PRISON
GOVERNOr.?
15 WAITING
FOI2 YOU.
GET GOING !... TO THE T012TUI<E
CHAMBEI2 .

WE'LL BEG IN WITH THE RED-


HOT POKER ...
WE CAN'T LET THIS
HAPPEN !.'
VILE DOG .' YOU'LL PAY FOQ THE POKEI2 WASN 'T HOTTED
THAT ! UP IN VAIN !

THOSE SHRIEKS
ARE 12EALLY MOST
UNPLEASANT !
I MUST PQETEND TO BE STAQT THINK ING!
EXHAUSTED BY THE TORT URE ! 012 WILL B>E HEQE
HOUQ TO IN TER-
QOGATE YOU .1

YES ~ ... STAQT THINKING!... r


HELLO THAT LOOKS LIKE
I MUST BE OLJT OF HEQE IN A DIVING-SUIT.
AN HOUQ!

HEY ! THIS OUTFIT COULD BE NOW I LET'S PUT ON THE


.JUST WHAT I NEED TO WATEQPROOF SUIT!
ESCAPE!
NOT EASY TO SCI2EW IT ON, NOW, TO WOI2K .
e.UT I'LL DO IT ALL THE WE HAVEN'T
SAME . MUCH TIME.

THERE 1 THE FIRST STEP


TOWARDS FI2EEDOM !

SNOWY, YOU PADDLE UP TO THE WAY CLEAQ


SURFACE AND WAtT FOI2 ME .
THE12E !... NOW 1 I ONLY HAVE TO
CROSS THE I21VERBED AND CLIMB
OUT ON THE OTHER BAI\JK .

.

0

----
THERE'S SNOWY HEADING
THE SAME WAY.

TO PASS THE TIME, WE'LL TIE THAT'S IT! GOOD


A STONE QOUNO THE STI20NG COIW, NICE
NECK OF THAT MONGQEL HEAVY STONE .. . ALL
WE HAVE' TO DO IS
CHUCK THE LOT IN

TINTIN ... f
SAVE ME.

B~UTES ...
HE HASN 'T MOVED AT
SO QUICKLY ... QEADY..
AIM ...

WEGOT HIM!.. . CHARGE !


ALL THIS WET HAS GIVEN ME
A COLD ... I THINK ... AAAH .. .
I'M GOING TO SNEEZE ...
AAAAI-I ...

LUCKY I KNOW HERE'S A LITTLE STONE TO


HOW TO SWIM REMIND THEM OF ME (
UNDEI2 WATEI< f
THAT'S HOW I.
ESCAPED THEM .'
IT ISN 'T HUMAN ... IT'S A
DEMON . .. NOTHING WE CAN
DO AGAINST IT !
LOOK WHAT THE SOVIETS HAVE DONE
TO THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF MOSCOW :
A STINKING SLUM!

WHAT'S THAT QUEUE OF


WQETCHED CH ILDI<EN ? ... OH I

THEY' QE D ISTIZIBUTING
FQEE BI2E.AD TO THE
MOSCOW P0012 . LET'S
SEE HOW THEY
OPEI<ATE .. .

YET ANOTHEQ THE QEAL


IWSSIA . TROOPS OF ABAN-
DON£1) CHILDIZEN, I<OAMING
THE TOWNS AND _ _..._ THE
COUNTI<YSIDE 1 LIVING
BY T H IEV ING
AND BEGGING
COMMUNIST?. .. NO?... THAT'S WHAT YOU GET . .. DOG!

JUST WAIT TILL I FIND THAT


MONGI2EL AND HIS MASTEQ ~

TAKE THIS LOAF


... DON'T CI2Y
ANY M012E!
WHAT'S THAT MEETING ABOUT? I'LL HIDE HERE AND LIE
I MUST GO AND SEE ... 13LJT HOW IN WAIT . . .
TO GET IN ?....-~-----

SOMEONE COMING ... HE CAN


CEQTAINLY PROVIDE A WAY IN
FOR ME!

······
IT'S ALL

COMI2ADES .. . WE AQE SH012T OF


WHEAT ! THE LITTLE WE HAVE IS
NEEDED F012 OUI< FOI<EIGN
PIWPAGANDA! WE SIMPLY MUST
FIND SOME, OTHEQWISE WE FACE
FAMINE ! ... THE ONLY SOLUTION IS
TO 012GANISE AN EXPEDIT ION
AGAINST THE KULAKS, THE QICH
PEASANTS, AND F012CE THEM AT
GUNPOINT TO GIVE US THEII2
COI2N . 1 HAVE SPOKEN !

I'M GOING WITH THAT


EX PEDIT IOt.J I
; TO SEE WHAT
'=TAKES PLACE .
WH 1LE THE'!' DISEMB AIZK I I ILL
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CON,
FUSION AND GO TO THE VILLAGE.
I'LL WAIZN THE INHABITANTS THEY
AQE ABOUT TO BE go BBED.'
EUREKA!... I'VE GOT IT! ... YOUR
MATTRESS, GO AND FETC H ME
YOUR TTRESS.

REFI LL 1' LL 12E.JOIN MY COMPANY . ..


THE YOU WAI2N YOUI2 NEIGH80UI25 !
MATTRESS
GI2AIN
~-_..,.._ . .. THAT'S
, ~~~~mm~. DONE.
THEY'LL
12TAINLY
NEVEI2
FIND IT (
YOU SAY YOU HAVE: NO ... WE'LL.
500N SEE Af>OUT THAT

MUST BE: GK'A IN HEK'E ...


IS KULAK AND T012TUI2E
HIM.
LUCKY FOR US 1 ON THE JOURNEY NOW 1 WE MUSTN 1 T HANG
IN THE TRUCK I TOOK THE POWDEI2 AIWUND HEI2E ... IT'S AN
OUT OF THE CAI2Tl21DGES AND UNHEALTHY SPOT~
12EPLACEO THE BULLETS WITH
WADS OF CA12DBOAI20 f

IT'S GETTING DA12K, AND SNOW TRAMPING IN THE SNOW IS


IS STAI2TING TO FALL ... EXHAUSTING.

OOF ! I CAN'T GO ANY FUQTHEI2 ...


DO I HAVE TO DfE HEI2E ?

-
THE OGPU MIGHT HAVE CHOSEN
ANOTHER DAY TO SEND US OUT
AFTEI2 THAT .J()UI2NALI$T
SPY, TINTIN!

NOT THE MOST


AGREEABLE COMPANY (
BETTEI2 MAKE MYSELF
SCARCE.
TAKE PLENTY OF TIME ...
MUSTN'T t.-\155 HIM !

YOU'I2E GOING SO
FAST, T INTIN I I
CAN'T KEEP UP !
\
I' M FQOZEN STIFF f HELLO 1 LUCKY ''LE PETIT XX " TAUGHT
THE12E'S SOME DEAD WOOD. ME HOW TO MAKE FIQE WITHOUT
LET'S Tl2'r' TO A FII2E . MATCHES , JUST LIKE THE
POLYNESIANS!

SEEMS TO ME
THE SNOW SOUNDS
HOLLOW.

TINTIN HAS D IS- DO ENJOY


APPEAI2ED ... BUT PLAYING HIDE-AND-
WHAT'S HAPPENING
,.._.,..,,.,,.., 7 SEEK, TINTIN r

.....
HOC2C20125 ! ... HEC2E AM I I TURNED
INTO A~ ICICLE ! ... FROZEN
SOLID!
ANOTHEI2
OF TINTIN ·s
SILLY OLD
JOKES.'

SOMEONE'S COMING, AND I TINTIN ! WHAT LUCK .'


CAN'T LIFT A FINGER TO DE FEND ALL MINE 1 QUITE
MYSELF ! DEFENCELESS ! .. . I'LL
GET THE 12EWAQD
PQOMISED BY
THE OGPU!

IT WASN'T EASY TO CUT HIM FC2EE, BUT NOW I'LL TAKE


HI M TO MOSCOW , NO Tr20U~LE AT ALL !

- -
THIS TIME I'M
WELL AND TI2ULY
TI2APPED .1

- - ...,-

HELLO, THEI2E'$ A BOX


BVI21ED IN THE SNOW .
LET'S SEE WHAT'S
IN IT!

BUT I WONDEI2 IF THE SALT


COULD BE USEFUL ...
I'LL SPRINKLE THE SALT 0VEI2
THE ICE COVEI21NG TINTII\J ...
PEI2HAPS THAT MIGHT MELT IT .'

--~
--=
- --=:::::.
-

THE SALT JUST WAIT ( YOU'QE GOING TO


WOQKS !TINTIN GET TO KNOW ME BETTER,
IS THAWING.' QOTTEN BOLSHEVIK r

COME AND TACKLE ME NOW 1


UI\ILESS YOV'I2E A COWAQD !
COME ON, THEN r SVQE AS MY NAME MAYBE I SHOULDN'T
IS TINTIN, YOU WON'T BOAST HAVE PC20VOKED HIM.
ABOUT NG ME! AFTEl2 ALL I HE
--------------~ DIDN'T HUl2T ME .'
JUST LET ME
TAKE OFF MY
COAT AND I'Ll SE
WITH YOU.'
1. .. 1... YOU ...
I G·GIVE IN!

HE PUNCHED 50
HAQD HE KNOCKED
A BIG BQANCH
OFF THE Tl2EE .
'THE COSSACK. HAD SOME LITTLE GOT THE COAT
POUCHES ACQOSS HIS CHEST. THEY RIGHT . NOW, TO
SEEM TO H VANISHED. HORSE!

IF YOU ASK Mb:


THAT COAT IS
ON BACK. TO
FI20NT.

IS REALLY MUCH

-----
I'D LIKE TO MEET THE CHAP
WHO SAID MAN'S MOST NOBLE
CONQUEST WAS THE H0125E!

YOU WO~' T CATCH HELLO . .. F00TPQINTS. PLL


ME GOING QtDING FOLLOW THEM . THEY MAY
AGAIN! SHOW ME THE QIGHT WAY TO
GO.

.. .

,,
WHAT A PECULIAR HOUSE . . .
AN.D 50 GUIET .

WHAT
THE ...???

OH! ... ONLY THE


WIN.D BLOWING THE
oooe OPEN!
I PON'T VNDEQ-
5TAND ... THAT
CLOCK STJ(UCK
THIRTEEN!

I ... I THINK
TH-THAT I .. .
I'M .. .
POSSESSED!
NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT, I'VE PE:K'HAPS WE ·cAN FIND
STUMBLED ON A HAUNTE:D HOUSE ... SOMETHING TO EAT.
AND .BEC~SE OF THE: STOK'M I'LL
- \ HAVE TO STAY.'
!. .. WHAT1S THAT ? I'LL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS.'

THAT GHOST MUST HAVE A


FI<IGHTFVL COLD TO HAVE SUCH
A HOAR ICE ...
--------1

VERY MODERN GHOSTS


THEY PUT THEII<
VOICES ON
GRAMOPHONE
REcoe '
DON'T GO DOW~ THEI2E, TINTtt\.1,
LOOK 1 I'VE UNCOVEI<EV A
METAL LADDEQ LEADING DOWN
TO THE CELLA!< . .. HOW VEI2Y
...
IT 'S TOO DANGEI20U5 .'

INTEI<ESTING ...

I'VE BEEN TIZYING TO OPEN


THIS 00012 F012 MOI<E THAN
AN HOUI2 ...
TAKE HIM TO OUR LEADEQ !

TIE HIM
5ECUI2ELY,
AND LEAVE
US. I WANI
IOTALK
TO HIM.

YOU'QE IN THE HIDEOUT WHEQE


LENIN, TI20TSKY AND STALIN
HAVE COLLECTED TOGETHEQ
. WEALTH STOLEN FROM THE j
' ~ PEOPLE ! ALL AROUND ~-
12ATED 'n ~'i'~dtvgd5eouT WHEI2E
:eeT.L so LENIN, TI20TSKY AND STALIN
/ILL tsE HAVE COLLECTED TOGETHEI2
:o. .. WEALTH STOLEN FROM THE
-=-"...,..IPC PEOPLE ! ALL AROUND
THIS PLACE A~E IMMENSE,
EMPTY STEPPES, ALMOST
IMPASSABLE . SUT IF BY
CHANCE A PEASANT
~NDE2ED ltJTO THE
HAUNTED ROOM WHICI-4
(0VEI25 THE ENTI2ANCE
TO 0UI2 VAULTS, HE'D
BE FA12 TOO SCAI2ED
TO PUI2SUE HIS
OUCH ~... IMPOSSIBLE TO BI2EAK
THESE 120PES. IS THEI2E NO
.
Mt:ANS OF ESCAPE?
' '

WHAT ' S THAT NOISE?

CUCKOO ! ... IT'S ME. J


TO SNOWY.. .
TH~OUGH F~OM
OUTSIDE.

HURRY, TINTIN 1
NOT SO MUCH
TALK. SOMEONE
MIGHT COME.
IN THE DARKNESS WE'LL LEAVE THIS CELL
THEY KNOCKED AND EXPLORE THE
EACH OTHEQ OUT. ROBBEQS' DEN.

I REALLY CAN 'T


BEAI2 IT ... SUCH
AN AWFUL
SIGHT~

WHAT CAN BE BEHIND ALL


THESE D00125 ? GRAIN
RESERVES
SOVIET
EX PORT

-
PK'OPAGANDA

WHILE TH~ RUSSIAN PEOPLE AI2E


CAVIAR DYING OF HUNGER 1 IMMENSE
VODKA QUANTITIES OF WHEAT ARE
SOVIET BEING SENT ABROAD TO .PI20VE
EXPORT THE SO-CALLED WEALTH OF
~ ...
P~OPAGANDA
THE SOVIET PAI2ADISE.

I THINK THAT
WE'I2E RUNNING
INTO BIG
Tl20lJBLE!
I'LL PICK UP
HIS CIGAI<.
THAT'LL MAKE
HIM CI205S.

HE' S 12UNN IN G... AND


HAS FOLLOWED 1 WITH
MY LIGHTED CIGAI2.
THAT'S DONE IT ! THE PHEW! NOW WE' RE OUT OF
SAl< IS IN PLACE .1 DANGEI2 F012 THE MOMENT !

TINTIN WILL
BE FVI210V5
WHEN HE
SEES ME
SMOKING!

NOT A MOMENT TO
LOSE ... WE'QE GOING
TO BLOW UP.'

QUICK ·'··.QUICK ! ... AND THE DOOI2


WON'T OPEN!!
THAT'S IT 1 I'M DEAD ....
AND I CAN HEA12 THE
HELP! HELP!
HOWLS OF THE DAMNED.
I WANT TO DIE(.. .
I'M IN AGONY!

YOU SEE HOW DANGEROUS IT


IS TO PLAY WITH FI£E !
THE FUSE BLEW UP
THANK GOODNESS ! IN YOU~ FACE !
... IT WAS ONLY A
FUSE EXPLODING!

THERE ... NOW VON'T START NO ONE IN THE PASSAGE :


ANYTHING ELSE. WE 1 VE GOT TO ALL'S WELL!
GETOUT!
SSH ! ... N O NOI S E .'
NO
ENTRY

M GO I"JG TO
SGUISE
MYSELF AS
A PILOT.

TINTIN!
YOV AI<.EN 'T
12EALLY
GOING 1"-l
AN AE120 -
PLANE!
THEY DIDN'T
12ECOGNISE ME .
ALL'S WELL!

JUST OUI2 LVCK !


~·"i'A':T..I WE' 12E 12UNNING
INTO A STOI2M .
I TOLD YOU 1 TINTIN!
TI-llS TIME WE SHAt.J'T
MAKE IT!

HHP r. ..
THE ENG INE HAS BEEN
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING !

I'M SURE YOU OUGHT


TO DESCEND MORE
GENTLY ...
..-,..,..-;--:->,?!!
I'M BEG INNJNG TO TH INK
I LANDED A SIT TOO
HEAVILY!

THERE YOU
AI2E I SNOWY! ...
YOU AI2EN 'T
HUI2T?

HOLD THE 120PE, SNOWY , BUT DON ' T PULL TOO


HA12D f I'LL COME DOWN AND HELP YOU TO
BRING DOWN THE TAIL OF THE MACHINE !

HELP ME ! ... I
SUPPOSE HE THINK5
I CAN'T DO rr BY
MYSELF.

OQ
FOQ THE UMPTEENTH TIME,
5NOWY I YOLJ MU5T TQY TO BE.
OBEDIENT AND NOT DO THE OPPO-
51TE TO WHAT I 5AY !

NOW WE ' RE IN FIX! NO


P~OPELLEI<. HOW DO WE GET
AVVAY FROM HEQE?
A KNIFE ISN'T PE12HAPS THE
BEST TOOL F012 FELLING A TIC?EE ,
SVT STILL .. .

l<ATHER MOQE DIFFICULT TO CUT I CAN'T UNDERSTAND THE


THAN SUTTEI<! ! PLEASURE SOME PEOPLE SEEM
TO FIND IN W00DCA12VIIIJG!

BY THE LIGHT WELL ... IT LACKS A


OF THE SILVERY BIT OF POLISH I
MOON ···[.11) 11 Jj THAT'S ALL!
/__.,.~. OFF WEGO !
'

?. .. WHAT'S HAPPEN ING?.. . THE


PLANE IS GOING BACKWARDS.'

*


CRUMBS'·· · 1 UNDERSTAND... JUST MY 120TTEN LUCK ( .. . NO


I CARVED THE PITCH ON THE ALTERNATIVE BUT TO BEGIN
PQOPELLER BLADES THE ANOTHEI2 PROPELLEI2 ...
WAY IWUND ! ~~~~----------~
I'VE HAD ENOUGH
OF BEING SWATHED
IN BANDAGES ...
OH I OH ! . .. WHAT'S HAPPENING?. ..
THE FVEL GAVGE IS DI20PPI NG
ALAI2M INGLY...

Tl NTI NI WHEN
WILL YOV STOP
FOOLING AI20UN
DON'T YOU KNOW
IT'S VEI2Y SILLY
TO 00 THAT?
OH! THE PLANE
IS GOING TO
SMASH INTO
THAT FACTORY
CHIMNEY!

YET ANOTHER BRUSH WITH DEATH ! HAVE YOU QUITE


FINISHED Y0Ur2
ACI20SATICS '?. ..

IT ~EALLY 15 TOO BAD I TIN TIN'


CLOWNING AROUND L IKE T HAT AT
YOUI2 AGE!

PHEW ...
SAVED!
WE AI2E GO ING TO LAND. .. BVT
WHY ALL THE PEOPLE?

... WE SALUTE YOV ... GLOI210U5 ... THE F I ~ST LEG IS


HEQO OF THE SOUTH POLE TO N012TH HAVE TO ACHIEVE THE
POLE FLIGHT, ON YOUI2 TOUCHDOWN WISH YOV GOOD LVCK
IN BEQLIN I
WHICH OF THOSE
THI2EE IS
TOA~TING ME
NOW?

IT'S O.K. TO HAVE FOUND MY HOTEL 1


BUT NOW I HAVE TO FIND THE
KEYHOLE TO MY 00012 ...

IF THEY'I2E
8121NGING MOI2E
'r.wt-...u..-ll CHAMPAGI'VE, I'LL
TEAI2 THEM INTO
LITTLE PIECES (
1'-!t+«"-~l..-.,._,,......

·HERGl·
GET DI2ESSED AND PECI THAT HE'S BACK
WITH US TO THE OF THE OGPU ... WHAT
POLICE STATION ~ t--_....,,.11111':1_,:-;a,•' - A GOOD IDEA TO
DISGUISE OUI2SELVES
AS POLIZEI.
TAKE HIM DOWN ... CHAIN HIM, AND RE·
VIVE HIM QEADY F012 MY itJTEfCr<OGATION.

A HUNDRED THOUSAND I'LL GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES


EE TO JOIN THE TO REFLECT ... AFTEQ THAT, I
, DEATH f ... 00 YOU SHOOT YOU ! .. .
TWENTY SECONDS MORE ... AND THAT'S
THE LAST ANYONE WILL HEAR OF
TINT IN I THE 12EPOI2TEI2 ~

IT MUST BE A TIGEI2 ESCAPE[/ FIZOM A ZOO 1


COMING TO lv1AKE A MEAL OF ME .. . IT DOESN'
TO FANCY THE UNCOIIJSCIOUS BOLSHEVIK ..
NONE OF THOSE GANG-
STERS WILL R.ECOGN ISE
SNOWY VNDER THIS
TEI2121FYING DISGUISE!
LUCKY I .JUST FOUND
IT IN THAT OLD CUP-
BOARD ... THEY'LL BE
SCARED TO DEATH .'

HELP! IT' S
GOING TO EAT
ME!
~
oo '
~~.

' II /
YOU'I2E GlUITE:: ABSOLUTELY CE12TAIN!
SUI2E THE IT FLED TOWARDS
TIGER HAS OPEN COUNTRY. IT
GONE? SEEMED SCARED OVT
OF I IS WITS !

-J-JOOAH{
WOOA.!-f_,
·-

I FEEL AS IF I
REALLY AM A TIGER !
MY FEQOCITY KNOWS
NO BOUNDS!

HERG
JUST MY LUCK ~ .. . OOOH.'. ..
CHASING ALONG A WOLF-TK~AP ! ...
LIKE THAT I NEVEI2 I' M CAUGHT .. .
PAID ATTENTION
TO WHEI2E I WAS
GOING, AND NOW
I' M LOST.'

AT LAST ! ... THE MAIN THING IS,


I'VE KEPT THE TIGEI2- SKIN IN
ONE PIECE!

"'""'_,__... ""'""'A#J'tz\
_....,.or.,.._.,..._ ·- ~--
0.---=-----
--

~
GI<Q ! ... Gl<l< !... (I BET
THEY'LL BE ABSOLUTELY
TERI21FIED!)

..
ALTHOUGH D~QSTAND!
I DON'T UN
DISGUISED I M ALL ...
THEY DON'TAS A TIGEQ
LEAST &IT SEEM THE
BOTHEQED!
HOW L,UCKY .. . I ' VE FOUND THE GOLLY! I'M ONLY WEARING HALF
HOUSE AGAIN WHEQE TINTIN A TIGEQ·SK.IN ! NOT SUI2PQISING
IS HELD PQISONER f THEY LAUGHED AT ME ... I'LL TAKE
OFF THE !<EST OF THE COSTUME
AND THEN 1 WATCH OUT !

QUICK ~ I MUST SNOWY, YOU!... I THOUGHT 1'0


12ESCUE TINTIN · NEVEQ SEE YOU AGAIN !
I'VE BEEN TOO
LONG ALREADY.
THE BOLSHEVI K WHO COLLAPSED AT THE
SIGHT OF THE TIGER CAME ROUND. IN -
STEAD OF EXECUTING ME , HE LEFT ME: HE:QE,
CONDEMNING ME TO DEATH BY STAI2VATION.

LVC.KY THE
IDIOT FOI2GOT
TOTAKE HIS
KEYS .1

FREE ! .. . THI2EE HOUQ5'


HEE ! .. . WALK .1••. THAT'S
NOTHING
FOI2 US!

f:9o
HEQE WE AQE IN BERLIN ...
BVT WHY 1'5 EVERYBODY
LOOKING AT VS?
QUICK ... WHILE HIS
BACK IS TUI2NED
LET'S POUQ OUT A
FEW DQOPS OF
THIS SPECIAL
LIQUID...

WHAT WAS HE
POUI<ING OVEIC?
THESE FLOWERS?
WHAT A FUNNY
SMELL!

,,
SNOW Y .... . tl I BUT ... WHAT ' S ...
SNOWY ... Ill HAPPENING TO ME?
SNOWY •. ••• 1••• 1 FEEL. . .
SLEEPY.. .
A IR f ... I NEED All2 ~ ... IF I AT LAST 1 I CAN BREATHE ! ... THAT
DON'T GET TO THE WINDOW SMELL WAS CHLOROFORM ... SOMEONE
I'M DONE FOR ! WANTED TO KNOCK M E OUT. BUT WHO
IS" SOM "?

OH r... WHAT'S THAT NOISE? ... WAS HIGH QUALITY


THE DOOR HANDLE MOVED... . .. HE'S OUT FOI2
SOMEONE'S COMING IN .. . WELL, MOSCOW
QUICK I PLAY DEAD! BE PLEASED.

YOU'VE ESCAPED FROM EVERY


TRAP, TINT IN. BUT t-.10 ONE
ESCAPES FROM ME, &)J2SCHTISOV!
... NEVER !
AHA! YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD ME! THEI2E YOU AI'2E MY FI21END,
... NOW, LET'S FIGHT IT OUT, TINTIN ISN'T EXACTLY A PUSH·
BORSCHTISOV ! OVER ! ... NOW, YOU WORK FOR
THE OGPV I DON'T YOU '?

OHO ! WHAT'S 11\l THAT LETTEI2 IT'S CEI2TAINLY AN IMPORTANT


STICKING OUT OF YOU!( WAISTCOAT?' DOCVMEI\JT, BUT I CAN'T VNDEI2-
STAND IT. IT'S WI21TTEN IN
CODE.

COME QUICKLY I OFF


ARRESTED A DANGEI2-
CI21MINAL!
THIS IS THE MAN ... AND THIS IS
I 5ELIEVE HE'S
SNOWY... HE WAS CHLOI20F012MED!
AN' AGENT OF THE
OGPU!

NOW WE HAVE HIM l)NDEI2


LOCK AND KEY, LET'S LOOK
AT THIS FAMOUS PAPEf2 ...

DOCUMENT 12EVEALS THAT YOU HAVE SAVED EVI'ZOPE ! AND


IS A BOLSHEVIK, AND HE HEI2E IS THE l2EWAI2D OF ZO.OOO
INTENDS TO BLOW UP ALL MAI2KS, OFFEIZED FOI2 THE
THE CAPITALS OF CAPTUI2E OF THAT GANGSTEI2 !
EUf20PE WITH
DYNAMITE.'
WELL 1 SNOWY 1 NOW WE HAVE THE I'M GOING TO BUY A CAI<
MONEY,AWAY WE GO ... TO IWSSIA! TO MAKE THE JOUI2NEY.. .
WE STILL HAVE PLENTY TO DO
THEI<E" ! ..

YOU'LL BE VEI2Y HAPPY WITH THIS


(AI< . ON THE FLAT SHE'LL DO
1?0 KM/ H .

OH~
I'D COMPLETELY
F012GOTTEN TO BUY
SOME M012E 12USSIAN
CLOTHES!
COME -ON 1 OLD FRIEND...
INTO THE CAR ...

NO! ... I'VE HAD


ENOUGH . I'M
NOT GOING ON
ANY MORE
(f<AZY
ADVENTURES.'

AND DON'T LET ME HEAR ANY


WHAT'S THE MEANING OF
THIS ?... DISOBEDIENCE ?! SUCH THING AGAII\I .'GOOD DOGS
COME ALONG, GET IN .' AI2E ALWAYS OBEDIENT !
HELP! A LEVEL CROSSING!... AND MY &12AKES
WOIIJ'T HOLD ON THE SLIPPE~Y ROAD!...

THIS IS NO WAY TO BEHAVE!... l'fv\


BOOKING YOU FO~ .JUMPING ON TO
A MOVING TRAIN .

HERGE
IT'S P~OBABLY BETTER NOT TO PUSH OU~ LUCK. WE'LL
GO BACK HOME. I CAN TAKE A WELL- EARt-JED REST
BEF012E SETTING OFF ON OTHEI2 ADVENTURES ...

GOODBYE, DANGEQ f OUQ


DAI2EDEVIL DAYS ARE OVEI21
THANK GOODNESS!

i L -- -. NAC.l-1 .. se
&IZU •
I WONDEr< IF ANYONE WILL MEET 1400RAY! THERE'S THE BELGIAN
US AT THE STATION ... FQONTI El< ! !

IT'S LOVELY TO BE BACK IN WELL, I'D BETTEr< SPRUCE MY-


P>ELGIUM , ISN'T IT SNOWY'? .. . SELF UP : I MUST LOOK TIDY TO
TQA ... LALA ... LA ... ARRIVE IN BQUSSELS.

NOW 1 A LITTLE THAT TINTIN! FULL OF HIMSELF .1


BQUSH UP ... WANTS TO BE THE ONLY ONE TO
AI2121VE LOOKING SMAQT IN OUQ
PROBABLY HOME TOWN!
THINKS HE'S THE
ONLYONE TO
COMB HIS HAll< .
SNOWY! ... SNOWY! WE'QE
PASSING LIEGE ...

WHOOPEE .'
LOOK, LOUVAIN!
WE'RE NEAI2LY
THEI2E!

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