The Broken Ear

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Fast paced Tintin adventure - Rated
Fast paced, with much of the usual stuff in it, it is another of the straightforward crime/adventure thriller for children type stories which make up the majority of Herge's works. I'm one who prefers the slightly offbeat or creative stories that I think he should have made more of, TT in Tibet, The Shooting Star, Flight 714 for example. This is a well detailed, fast paced adventure taking Tintin to another exotic location so it's still a good read, better than most pre-Haddock books but not as good as The Black Island.

Tintin and the broken ear - Rated
The storyline of theis book is both very action packed and exciting but still manages to find room for a few jokes, it starts with A fetish being stolen from a museum and then mysteriously being replaced with a fake, and as with most Tintin stories he travels long distances (spain this time) to recover it, and places great personal risk upon himself and along the way meeting a new friend (general Alcazar) and being arrested and nearly shot sevaral times eventually he discovers the wild Arumbaya tribe and meeting and old scientist missing and presumed dead years ago, all the while being chased and chasing two spanish criminals but in the end (as always) he reaps his reward and the original fetish is returned in less than perfect condition... to the museum- this story is a must have for any Tintin collector and definately one of Herges better books in regard to the artwork.