THE ADVENTURES OF REPORTER FOR “LE PETIT VINGTIEME..FOREWORD Tintin au Congo first appeared as a serial from 5 June 1930, over a period of a year, in “Le Petit Vingtieme", the children's supplement to the Brussels newspaper “Le Vingtiéme Sacle". In 1931 the story was published in book form by Les Editions du Petit Vingteme and a few months later by Editions Casterman of Tournai. It is from the former edition that the present book is presented in English translation. In his portrayal of the Belgian Congo, the young Hergé reflects the colonial attitudes of the time. He himself admitted that he depicted his Africans according to the bourgeois, paternalistic stereotypes of the period, The same may be said of his treatment of big-game hunting and his attitude towards animals. LoL. MT “Yanslate by Ledie Lonsdale-Coeper and Micha! Turner Les aventures de Tin roporer du * Pet Vegteme “au Congo © 1962 by Castorman Srsetne Fest puoished o Great Brann 1993 Fit puatshed inthe US.A in 2002 by List Gasp ol San Francie, ? Ponda Sree ‘San rarest CA 98110 - USA won asigasp com Excuse rghis er thw USA" Last Gasp of San Fanosco A igs reserved under inernatonl Par Aeean anc Universal Copyright Conventions ini ela Chaat oaTHE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN REPORTER FOR “LE PETIT VINGTIEME., IN THE CONGO -BY HERGE- gcorned PY . ‘eon a casterman'M SAILING FROM WHO IS HE ? ANTWERP, ON BOARD THE iTS MA TINTIN, THE REPORTER FROM, "THYSVILLE" ! : | —— )E) CE PETIT VINGTIEME "| HE'S LEAVING FOR THE CONGO. 3% 2D ga VGG, I'M GONG ALTER UN. EA COURSE, THAT SORT OF HUNTING HOLDS NO SECRETS FOR ME / GoopByYEe GoopBYe THIS YOUR CABIN, MASTER THANK YOU MUCH, SMASHING ! THIS IS VERY POSHTINTIN'S LEFT ME ALONE WHILE HE HAS. A WALK ON DECK HE DOESNT Give A THOUGHT TO THE BAGGAGE... OH! A SPIDER ! "A SPIDER IN THE MORNING, TERRIBLE WARNING!* x : Pee # ANYWAY, LET'S START CHECKING ALL THIS STUFF! FIRST: A MIRROR A LOVELY MIR... OH! * I'VE DROPPED ‘IT, HELP !... IT'S BROKEN /. I'M NOT SUPERSTITIOUS, BUT ALL THE SAME, EveRY- ONE KNOWS THAT MEANS SEVEN YEARS’ BAD LUCK !/r . AN EVIL OMEN / AHA !... THERE'S MY MOSQUITO TENT, ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T WANT TO ENCOURAGE 4 POPULATION EXPLOSION OF MOSQUITOES. BESIDES, TINTIN TELLS ME SOME REGIONS ARE SWARMING WITH THE BEASTS. Ln ma Nant WHAT HUGE CARTRIDGES /.,. OBVIOUSLY MEANT FOR HUNTING ELEPHANTS / 4H /., (FEEL AS BOLD as Brass, KEEN AS MUSTARD /_. ALL HANDS ON DECK /... ABANDON SHIP /// 2..WE HAVEN'T EVEN SAILeD YET, AND WE'RE SINKING ALREADY /QUICK, QUICK, A LIPEBELT / EVERY, MAN FOR HIMSELF f every MAN FOR HIMSELF / AL THAT LIFEBELT NO USE TO ME. ON DECK I... L HANDS aS ABANDON SHIP! EVERY MAN FOR... SOFALL THAT SCREAMING 1 WAS JUST A PARROT, BELONGS TO ONE OF THE CREW , | SUPPOSE { Every MAN FOR HIMSELF / STUPID CREATURE !... WITH THAT SORT OF RACKET, ANYBODY NERVOUS COULD BE FRIGHTENED TO DEATH, AND START A PANIC /GOLLY !. THE PARROT'S BITE HAS GONE SEPTIC /... LET'S HOPE IT ISN'T PSITTACOSIS £14. OH, MY POOR SNOWY Ff... THAT COULD BE VERY SERIOUS //... WE MUST SEE THE SHIP'S DOCTOR DO YOU THINK... TIN TIN, DO YOU THINK I'M ‘GOING TO DIE? HMMs HMM f INTERESTING Case! A AN aR 'M_VERY MUCH AFRAID YOUR DOG NEEDS A LITTLE SURGERY. ‘O) THIS IS MY FAITHFUL SNOWY, DOCTOR. HE Was, PECKED By A parRror! DON'T BE AFRAID, SNOWY! YOu'LL SEE, IT ISN'T SERIOUS / DON'T WORRY, TINTIN, ULL BE NO, NO, NO, A THOUSAND TIMES NO! t CAN'T STAND BEING TORTURED WITH ALL THOSE INSTRUMENTS /BUT SNOWY, THERE'S NO NEED TO BE FRIGHTENED. THAT BLACK IS JUST THE SHIP'S CARPENTER, AND HIS "INSTRUMENTS" ARE JUST HARMLESS TOOLS 1 | DIDN'T RUN AWAY BECAUSE | WAS FRIGHTENED, JUST... JUST... THAT MAN LOOKED SO TIMID HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN, AFRAID OF ME...AND I DIDN'T WANT TO STARTLE HIM You'lt SEE, IT WON'T HURT AT ALL. THERE YOU ARE, THAT DIDN'T TAKE VERY LONG! 7 [ru oF acans? | a { HIP HIP, HOORAY! rm CURED S COME ALONG, SNOWY, WE'LL GO ON DECK. I THINK/—>-STHE SHIP ISGRRR... THAT PARROT'S STILL GETTING AT ME / WATCH OUT, OR I'LL DOIT A MISCHIEF F piety 006! DIRTY Doge DIRTY Dog, MY FRIEND, MLL MAKE YOU PAY FOR THOSE INSULTS.SEEING AS I'M A STOWAWAY , | DON'T WANT THAT DOG GIVING ME Away. THE ONLY WAY TO AVOID THAT 1S TO PUT HIM QUIETLY To SLEEP. x WHAT'S THAT CHAP DOING DOWN HERE IN THE 7%.) HE'S QUITE BaRMY ¢ WELL, THAT'S HIM LIQUIDATED, THE LOUSY TYKE! go HELP Vu BE ROWNED / mS i aksq | QUICK, THIS WIRE ROPE ON THE DECK ML THROW IT TO SNOWY ¢SHOCK /. OD! Y ELECTRIC “eee 65 t aw 6 ae CATCH MASTER DOG! THIS HERE REAL GOOD LIFEBELT / =MASTER /... THAT NO GOOD / SHARKS DOWN THERE /LOOK OUT ! THE SHARK'S COMING UFEBELT KEEPS TUMMY- ACHE BY HIM Happy f THIS EVENING. LET'S HOPE _THE vt THINK HE'LL HAVE nee a a No, No f DO YOU THINK HE'S DEAD, DOCTOR?... 1S. TAKE MY DOG IS HIS HEART STILL BEATING 777 GET IN, GE FIRST! DOCTOR, ANSWER ME !! IN... QUICK f JUST BE QUIET, | CAN'T HEAR ANYTHINGHEAVEN BE PRAISED ! HE'S ALIVE! WE'LL GIVE H His HEART IS BEATING. RESPIRATION 1M ARTIFICIAL "YOU THINK |E'LL SOON COME To ? THERE, HE'S ALL RIGHT / gen were am iS WHERE'VE | BEEN??... WHERE OID 1 COME FROM Te? NOW, A QUICK CHANGE OF CLOTHES, THEN WE'LL TAKE Rest! A WELL-EARNED BUT WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING SINCE 'GOT THAT BUMP ON THE HEAD? THEN THE SHARK SWALLOWED THE LIFEBELT, AND TOOK HIMSELF OFF. AND THEN, WE WERE RESCUED. HOW BRAVE YOU WERE, TINTINeeassis- eal Ce Aco tes mc) Wedel LOOK, SNOWY, THAT'S TENERIFE, THE LARGEST OF THE CANARY ISLANDS. AS | EXPECT YOU KNOW, THE CANARIES LIE NORTH WEST OF THE SAHARA. OVER THERE, THE PORT, THAT'S SANTA CRUZ. SEE, SNOWBALL, THAT IS "THYSVILLE", AND ON THAT BOAT MASTER TINTIN AND SNOWY. TINTIN REPORTER FROM "PETIT VINGTIEME® LIKE YOU KNOW. YES, OUR REPUTATION HAS GONE BEFORE US... | EXPECT THEY TALKED ABOUT US ON THE WIRELESS / MATADI ! EVERYONE PREPARE TO DISEMBARK /"MA REAL CELEBRITY f NOW THEY'RE CARRYING US IN TRIUMPH - HOW KIND THOSE NATIVES QOOAAH f.._ I'M GOING TO SLEEP LIKE WERE , CARRYING US TO THE A_LOG... NOTHING TO BEAT TERRA FIRMA HOTEL SHOULDER HIGH / FOR A PROPER REST. NOW, IT'S TIME Gy, FOR SOME GOOD THAT SOUNDS : NIGHT, LUIKE_A GOOD snowy’ y 10EA OH !0H !... SOUNDS LIKE BUT THE MOSQUITOS THEMSELVES MOSQUITOES. LUCKILY MOSQUITOES DON'T SEEM TO HAVE HEARD / DON'T BITE DOGS... EVERYONE KNOWS THAT. _ we oe (% Jp, _z22 ol tye OUCH! fete ||, ee ga LEX 2TS HELP! TRYING TO EAT MY NOSE! HELLO? SNOWY? DID YOU HAVE A GOOD NIGHT 7 MY POOR SNOWY , YOU'RE BITTEN ALL OVER f... 1 CAN) SEE YOU SLEPT WITHOUT A MOSQUITO NET f WE MUST GET HELP FOR YOU RIGHT in qe AWAYMR TINTIN 7 THAT'S ME MR_TINTIN, LAM INSTRUCTED BY THE “NEW YORK EVENING POST ", NEW YORK, TO OFFER YOU $1500 FOR YOUR DISPATCHES FROM THE CONGO. THIS IS. OUR CHEQUE, AND THIS iS OUR CONTRACT. SIGN HERE / MY DEAR MR TINTIN, THE “LONDON DAILY" OF LONDON, WHOM | REPRESENT, OFFERS YOU £250 STERLING FOR YOUR DISPATCHES. YOU ACCEPT 7 4 SENHOR, | REPRESENT THE "DIARIO DE LISBOA" OF LISBON. IF YOUR EXCELLENCY WILL DO US THE HONOUR OF BEING $0 GOOD AS TO PERMIT US EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS IN YOUR DISPATCHES FROM THE CONGO, WE WOULD BE MOST TO PAY YOUR EXCELLENCY SUM OF 20.000 EScUDOS ! THIS IS, LOOK, GETTING TOO EXPENSIVE / QOUBLE: $ 3000! SIGN HERE oy £500 STERLING wHaT ABOUT IT? WHAT SHALL WE 00 777 Yes, WHATWHAT 1S YOUR TOP PRICE 7 HAT'S SETTLED THEN ? O'YOU REALLY ER FROM RUSSIA, WeE'O BE WILLING TO ACCEPT SUCH MINGY SUMS / | REFUSE. YOUR OFFERS ARE WELL BELOW WHAT "LE PETIT VINGTIEME” 'S PAYING ME. AND EVEN IF THEY WERE HIGHER, I'VE GIVEN MY WORD. IT'S USELESS TO PRESS ME FURTHER NOW THAT THEY'VE GONE, WE MUST MAKE OUR PREPARATIONS. WE NEED A "BOY" AND A CAR. AND A ELSE, FORGET My MOSQUITO NET! BOVE ALL DON'T A CAR?... | HAVE AN EXCELLENT TRANS-SAHARAN MODEL. 1CAN RECOMMEND IT f $0 THAT'S AGREED, COCO. YOU'LL ACCOMPANY ME THROUGHOUT MY Y IN THE CONGO! JOURNE' HE DOESN'T LOOK VERY BRIGHT fYOU WAIT HERE , COCO, AND TAKE GOOD CARE OF THE CAR. I'M GOING TO'GIVE SNOWY A BATH AND LOOk FOR GAME. AAH !... 1M SUCH A GOOD SWIMMER. I'LL HANG ON TO THIS IT'S LOVELY IN TREETRUNK AND WAIT THE WATER! FOR TINTIN, HEY !... WHERE'S THAT LAZY OLD TINTIN GOT TO? Lp! SAVE Mey CROCODILE / A... IMUST BE SEEING THINGS /... SNOWY A PING-PONG BALL FOR A CROCODILE / HOW CAN | SAVE HIM FROM THAT FRIGHTFUL MONSTER... WITH- IM ? QUICK, TINTIN, MAKE UP YOUR DON'T HIT SNOWY /. EEK !... MY SHOT HAS RICOCHETED OFF THE CROCODILE'S in ™ SCALY SKIN! ett XN YU te — Ba Ee uence,HEY 7... WHY HAS SNOWY BOLTED LIKE THAT 727... ALMOST AS IF HE WERE AFRAID OF ME[ NOT A MOMENT TO LOSE.. | MUST SHOOT THIS CROCODILE AT POINT- BLANK RANGE... TAKE AIM... FIRE #11, P?... NO" MORE CARTRIDGES ! SINCE HE'S SO FOND O OPENING HIS JAWS, I'D derter TAKE ADVANTAGE OF It THAT'S THAT / NOW | MUST FIND SNowy HE PANICKED, AND HE'S. DISAPPEARED... OH | SO THERE YOU ARE, SNOWY? WHY DID YOU RUN AWAY ??, WHAT THE DEVIL 7. WHERE | LEFT UNLESS I'M VANISHED !1/ I'M SURE THIS WAS THE CAR... NOW, DREAMING, IT'S SEEMS VERY PECULIARTHAT YOU, MASTER TINTIN 2. B00 HOO !... THIS WHITE MASTER S0!...A WHITE MAN STOLE OUR CAR /.. COME AND BEAT LITTLE BLACK BOY. WE MUST FOLLOW HIS TRAIL... COME ON / THEN COCO IS FRIGHTENED AND IS JHEN THIS WHITE master 1S GOING AWAY WITH LET'S HOPE HE HAS A BREAKDOWN... OVER THERE !. THE CAR'S STOPPED. IT'S OUR ONLY CHANCE OF CATCHING WE MUST BE VERY CAREFUL. HIM f COCO, YOU STAY HERE.STF TT 7 cosy RATTLE i TRAP! IMPOSSIBLE I'VE SEEN THAT ba FELLOW BEFORE. Teer! LL TRY TO KNOCK HIM OUT... THROW THIS COCONUT AT HIS HEAD / WE MusT TAKE CARE HE'S ARMED, VE GOT ITS... HE'S THE STOWAWAY FROM THE "THYSVILLE ".., T — | MONKEYS !!1.. Vs, aj THEY Saw ME THROW Yj, ) Vg THAT COCONUT AND 0 THEY copiep Me... { WITH BETTER LUCK!WE'LL TIE UP THIS FELLOW AND RIGHT, COCO, YOU PUT UP THE DELIVER HIM TO THE FIRST POLICE TENT WHILE | LOOK FOR SUPPER STATION WE COME TO /.. AY] Look Over THERE)... E AN ANTELOP!| DON'T UNDERSTAND ! THE CREATURE MUST BE INDESTRUCTIBLE /. NEEDS A BIT OF TARGET PRACTICE. | W ANYWAY, WE'LL HAVE FRESH MEAT THIS EVENING J... KS > y y (EAL HUNTERS, HATS US / fs| WHAT A FUNNY LITTLE ANIMAL THAT ANTELOPE WILL BE JUICY! | SIMPLY MUST SHOW THIS TO MY PALS f NO... | MUSTN'T SHOOT!... | CAN'T RISK KILLING POOR SNOWY... IF_1GO AFTER HIM HE'LL RUN AWAY, THEN (teave me ! LL NEVER_CATCH TINTIN’ DON'T [afd | MUST FIND. SOME OTHER way.{to START WITH | NEED A MONKEY FROM THE SAME FAMILY AS THE FIRST ONE f GOOD !... HE'S WELL AND TRULY DONE FOR. THAT WAS 4& GOOD SHOT. NOW FOR MY PLAN. | MUST SAY, THIS COSTUME ISN'T MADE TO MEASURE STILL) NEVER MIND. LIKE THIS | CAN AT LEAST GET TROUT AROUSING SUSPICION... HE stint finent SEENEXCHANGE FOR THIS ANIMAL ¢ i Pee} Now WHAT DOES AN [TA He wan ?... 7. > VTy 2 f “\ CR r4 1 AFRAID, SNOWY, yTINTIN ! GNOUF ... BRAW... BRAW /. (Translation: WHAT A PRETTY GUN f SwaP IT FOR THIS NOT ON YOU LIFE / ANYWAY, THAT HAT BELONGS TO ME / STOP IT, YOU OLD MONKEY / D'YOU THINK I'M STANDING FOR THAT ??AND THE NEXT TIME, MLL GET CROSS / TINTIN, / WHAT ACARD f SUPPER, | HOPE SO TOO. 'M ABSOLUTELY FAMISHED, | HOPE NOTHING ELSE IS GOING TO DELAY OUR BAD f BAD! TALKING MONKEY / HIM EAT TINTIN & HOw CaN YOU BE AFRAID OF A MONKEY 77 YES, 1'M TINTIN AND YOU'RE GOING TO. COOK THIS ANTELOPE AND, MAKE US A DELICIOUS DINNER, You Nor MONKEY ?... TINTIN 277 YOu MASTER ae WHAT ABOUT _ |. OUR PRISONER?YES, MASTER , PRISONER HIM STILL ALL TIED UP. OH WELL, LET HIM GO... WE'LL CONTINUE OUR YOURNEY,f MASTER !... MASTER /. PRISONER HIM ALL GONE / THAT'S ANNOYING ! THE WHEELS ARE SPINNING AND WON'T GO OVER THE TRACK /HELP! WE'RE DONE FOR / WE'LL BE CRUSHED By THE TRAIN f SO TERRIBLY ORRYBE Quiet /... WE'LL MEND YOUR ROTTEN LITTLE ENGINE FOR YOU ! ROTTEN LITTLE ENGINE !f Ee = 4 ‘OME ON Lhe a acYOU "BOULA MATARI", ALL- POWERFUL, GOOD WHITE MAN. YOU STAY HERE AND TOMORROW YOU HUNT NOBLE LION WITH THE BA BAORO'M / THE NEXT MORNING.. I THINK THIS SHOULD BE INTERESTING / ALION?. 1S A LION AS BIG ASA RaBBIT ? SSH !...NO NOISE, SNOWY /... THE LION CAN'T BE FAR AWAYOH!...GOLLY !... THE LION IS TAKING TINTIN TO ITS DEN TO EAT HIM! NO /... COME ON , SNOWY / YOU CAN'T ALLOW ITS... YOU MUST SAVE HIM FROM THAT WILD BEAST ! + INTO BATTLE! artes TO TI| MUST HOLD ON TIGHT /... PL,OH SNOWY, HOW DID YOU DO THAT 7... YOU ARE BRAVERY ITSELF f... WITHOUT YOU I'D HAVE BEEN EATEN EATEN ?.. EATEN ?. HOW CAN YOU BE EATEN BY LION 7? LET'S REJOIN THE OTHER HUNTERS YES...AND LET THAT LION WATCH OUT / ITS ROARS ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE FEROCIOUS WHITE MASTER , YOU COME QUICK! LION Him GET MAD NO MORE TAIL / “im ALC RIGHT, WE'LL COME.YOU WON'T BE A BAD LION AGAIN, BECAUSE, IF YOU BEHAVE LIKE THAT ONCE MORE | SHAN'T HESITATE TO REMOVE THE REST OF YOUR TAIL f PERHAPS WE COULD TAME HIM ?. LITTLE WHITE, HIM GETTING TOO MUCH BIG BOSS HERE ME OUT, ME, maN ‘must. = DISAPPEAR ! US nk? woJUD MNT... DONT WORRY: 'VE GOT] A PLAN TO GET RID OF THAT WHITE MY WORST HERE'S MY IDEA........... JUJU MAN... BIG BIG TROUBLE // SACRED FETISH, HIM DISAPPEAR / GREAT SPIRIT TELL ME YOU 1S STEALING SACRED FETISH! Ci rE; J HE'S.THERE /... SEARCH MY HUT / HORROR ! SACRILEGE /... WHITE MAN THAT WILL CONVINCE YOU HOW SPLIT SKULL OF FETISH WITH AXE /.. paLSe YOUR ACCUSATIONS GREAT TROUBLE E! WELL, WE'RE IN A FINE OLD MESS , NOW... TOMORROW, WHEN SUN RISE AGAIN, BA BAOROY)M PUT YOU TO DEATH... SNAKES ... HOW DID THAT WRETCHED FETISH GET INTO MY THINGS 7... IT'S INEXPLICABLE...SAVED !...OUR "BOY "COCO HAS COME TO RESCUE US AND QUICKLY, TOO. THERE /,..1'VE PUT A STOP TO THAT CLEVER LITTLE WHITE AND HIS THREAT TO YOU! NOT A BAD STUNT WITH THE FETISH.. THAT DIDN'T TAKE LONG... LUCKY, THE WHOLE VILLAGE IS ASLEEP /... NO, THERE, A,HUT STILL SHOWING A LIGHT.. $0... THE WITCH DOCTOR AND MY CAR THIEF PULLED THAT TRICK /..ALL RIGHT! | HAVE A SURPRISE OF MY OWN FOR THEM... BACK TO MY HUT ! NOW WHAT'S HE YP TO, TINTIN THE BOLD ?... WE MUST HURRY , BEFORE THEY'VE INTERESTING FINISHED THEIR CONVERSATION! & WHILE | FILM THEM, MY PHONO- GRAPH WILL RECORD THEIR | VOICES, AND 1, WITCH DOCTOR OF BA BAORO'M , | KEEP THEY IGNORANT AND STUPID PEOPLE IN MY POWER.CURSES AND Geoat PRISONER... THERE /... THERE /.. DEATH TO WHITE MAN /. AND SO?. PRISONER ?. CALM DOWN , WITCH DOCTOR. CALM DOWN! aa — IF ANYONE WANTS TO GET NEARER, COME ALONG... I'M WAITING... NOW, | WANT YOU TO KEEP: QUIET... YOUR WUJU MAN HAS SOMETHING TO SAY f... PAY ATTENTION /. WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN !«AND 1, WITCH DOCTOR OF BA BAORO'M, | KEEP THEY IGNORANT AND STUPID PEOPLE IN MY POWER... HA SHA !... NOT GI NOW, COME INTO THIS HUT. | WANT . IVE ONE COCONUT FOR Wy, THEIR TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING MORE FETISHES /f.. INTERESTING! 4SACRILEGE /... "} THEY INSULT ETISH { MAKE "UM DEAD‘.I'VE SCARCELY STARTED ENOUGH, YOU GOOD GOING ROUND "MY " VILLAGE. ENOUGH! | WHITE MAN... |] AND 1 FIND THEM FIGHTING YOU CHIEF OF HERE LIKE ANYWHERE USE f. HIM ! HIM, STEAL MY, STRAW HAT ! $0 !... YOU'RE FIGHTING OVER A STRAW HAT /... | WILL SETTLE IT FOR YOU /... AND UNDER- STAND ONCE AND FOR ALL, | WON'T HAVE QUARRELLING HERE! WHITE MASTER VERY FAIR... f HIM GIVE EACH ONE / HIM VERY TINTIN, EXERCISING THE JUDGEMENT OF SOLOMON /WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOUR HUSBAND? HIM DYING! HIM SICK !...800 HOO! HIM NO LONGER STAY WITH US... BAD JUJU LIVING IN .. 1SEE WHAT IT IS OH NOTHING SERIOUS /. YUST A TOUCH OF FEVER. THAT'S SOON CURED, WITH THIS DOSE OF QUININE f ia WELL ?... DOES THAT FEEL BETTER 2, ME NO LONGER ILL... MEN BETTER... ME GO HUNTING) a WHITE MAN VERY GOODS... BIG MASTER I!t HIM CURE MY HUSBAND WHITE MASTER IS, BOULA MATARI 117 WHAT TO D0?... ME NOT JUJU MAN | HAVE ANOTHER IDEA. HE WON THE NO MORE f FIRST ROUND, BUT ULL TAKE THE SECOND! (7g derceLISTEN, WITCH DOCTOR THIS IS WHAT WE MUST DO Pe TA i YOU'RE QUITE SURE HE'S CHIEF OF THE 'M 'HATAVU TRIBE, THE ENEMIES OF THE BA BAORO'M ? "The M'hatanu ane chicken bearts! The Ba baote'm declare umn upon them, The ate ot if ba tere y OHO !.., WE CHICKEN- HEARTED f FORWARD !... DEATH TO BA BAORO'M AND THEIR CHIEF /. ME ORDER MOBILIS- aMY ARMY , TRAINED AND EQUIPPED LIKE EUROPEAN ARMY, WE EASILY GET BETTER OF BA BAORO™M /... aaa WHAT ?... WHAT'S THAT YOU'RE SAYING 7°. HOW SILLY OF TINTIN TO GO WELL 1. WHERE ARE THEY, THE OSTROGOTHS 7.IT'S AMAZING...TINTIN DOESN'T TAKE COVER, EVEN I'M JOLLY SURE THEY CAN SEE MES ME NOT UNDERSTAND NOTHING / 1S YUIU !... BRING UP HEAVY ARTILLERY /...WE BOMBARD HIM / CHIEF !.. WHITE MAN | HIM TABOO # HIM NOT HIT AT ALL BY OUR ARROWS / READY !... TAKE AIM ON WHITE MAN... RANGE 43.60 METRES !DISASTER f... OUR ARTILLERY DONE FOR!. 1 ME MYSELF MAKE THE WHITE MAN DEAD! CURSES ON WHITE DEVIL / YOU NOT ESCAPE MY ASSEGAI ! THERE /.. ANOTHER WEAPON IRRESISTIBLY. ATTRACTED TO THAT TREE. COME ON, TINTIN, TELL ME WHY ALL THEIR WEAPONS BA BAORO'M, OR MY WRATH / YOU GREAT JUJU (MAN, YOU ALL- POWERFUL, GREAT MUGANGA... WE MAKE YOU CHIEF OF 'M'HATAVU f ASSEGAIS... TREE. IT ATTRACTED THE IRON TIPS OF THE ARROWS AND THE (Uj ARE HITTING {\ “THat Tree, rm INSTEAD OF’ MAKING HOLES ic IN YOU? EXCELLENT! | HAD THE IDEA CURSES ... THE IM! HATAVU,, | GF PUTTING A POWERFUL (RBTAVU HAVE Gone | 7 Ney Beave ELECTRO-MAGNET BEHIND THE || OVER TO THAT LOUSY “WHITE-MASTER- WE ALWAYS SAID YOU'RE AN ARTFUL ONE ! fp WHITE / WERE BACK TO] UNTOUCHED. BY. WS " THEIR KING / 4 BEGINNING] ARROWE'RE GOING HUNTING THIS: EVENING, sNowy ! POOH !.. LION HUNTING, | SUPPOSE... WHY NOT RABBITS ? THEY SAY A PT) LEOPARD HUNT we HeaRrD 1S THRILLING... ENOUGH / LEOPARD HUNT ?... HIM SIGN HIM DEATH- WARRANT /.. You KNOW... NO, NO, SNOWY. TONIGHT WE ARE GOING AFTER LEOPARD... MUGANGA !... GOOD NEWS !...YOUR WHITE 1S GOING ON A LEOPARD- HUNT, TONIGHT, ALONE. . 1AM TELLING YOU THERE IS SECRET SOCIETY, CALLED "ANIOTA". THEY ORGANISED TO STOP CIVILISATION BY. WHITE MEN /... ANIOTA KILL BLACK CHIEFS WHO SUPPORT WHITE MEN. ANIOTA WEAR SPECIAL COSTUME, LOOKING LIKE LEOPARD SKIN. ON THEY FINGERS THEY WEAR STEEL CLAWS, LIKE THOSE OF LEOPARD. WHAT IS MORE , THEY CARRY STICK, WITH END CARVED LIKE LEOPARD'S PAW. TO KILL THEY VICTIM, ANIOTA CREEP UP ON SLEEPING NATIVE, TEAR OUT Him THROAT, AND ARE RUNNING AWAY. BUT FIRST, BY MEANS: OF STICK, THEY ARE COVERING GROUND WITH LEOPARD FOOTPRINTS...1 HAVE ANIOTA DRESS..."—— YOU SEE /. WHAT A = TONIGHT WE TERRIFYING | aang NIGHT WE, ' ULD BEA costume f ano Kit / | | SeOU0 BE A A LEOPARD | FOR HUNTIN CAN'T BE VERY DANGEROUS /.. AFTER ALL, IT'S ONLY A BIG CAT. HIS LORDSHIP THE LEOPARD COMES HERE EACH NIGHT / PATIENCE, SNOWY YOU THINK THE LEOPARD WILL COME, __TINTIN ? per IT SHOULD 2 COME AROUND MIDNIGHT ¢ OOAAHH !. 1'M FALLING ASLEEP /A BOA CONSTRICTOR, ATTACKING A NATIVE 4 QUICK, | MUST SAVE THE POOR FELLOW / TAKE AIM... WHO 1S THIS CHARACTER ? WHAT A RIDICULOUS OUTFIT # 7. THE Ba BaoROM WITCH DOCTOR fSEE! NOW TELL ME $0, ME WANT TO MAKE YOU PR iene to FIND YouR DEAD. ME PUT ON ANIOTA HE WAIT Fe ACCOMPLICE 7. COSTUME AND WAIT TO ME ON EDGE STRANGLE YOU. WHEN BOA | OF FOREST, UNDER PUT COILS ROUND, ME DEAD | BAOBAB TREE f IF YOU NOT SAVING ME. NOW, ME YOUR SLAVE , ONOBLE WHITE MAN WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THE VILLAINS WE'LL SURPRISE HIM, TAKE HIM PRISONER, AND TURN HIM OVER TO THE Law. CAREFUL, THERE'S THE BAOBAB / ODD, EVEN PECULIAR f. HE ISN'T HERE AM | IN THE WRONG PLACE 7 OR DID THE WITCH DOCTOR LIE TO WHAT TO.D0 NOW ? .. WAIT 7... WAIT FOR WHAT 7 L HAVE A FEELING WE'RE IN DANGER, TINTIN fCOME ALONG, LITTLE DOG WHAT'S HAPPENED? TINTIN /..TINTIN S. WHY... HAVE YOU PASSED OUT ? : Se ano THAT's IRST, LET'S TIE TI Othe OTHER FIRST, LET'S TIE THIS ONE SECURELY... THEN FOR THE OTHER ONES +. THAT'S FIXED HIM... TUL FETCH THE 906 NOW FOR MY REVENGE! || wHere am 1 LATER... UNLESS THE AND Wate ig [WLC BEASTS HAVE SNowy ?DuMP THE NITWIT HERE, ON THE RIVER LOOK CROCODILES / YOU TO IT! THOSE ARE FEROCIOUS DANGLE YOU FROM A TREE OVER- HANGING THE RIVER, AND LEAVE I'M GOING TO IN AN HOUR'S TIME THE TIDE WILL COME IN. THE CROCODILES WILL CLOSE IN, SLOWLY... AND THEN, THE JOKE'S over! 1 SUPPOSE YOU FIND THIS VERY v REALLY THE END 7. AMI GOING TO DIE, EATEN BY STUPID CROCODILES? | MUST Say, VVE DEFINITELY BEEN IN MORE CHEERFUL SITUATIONS /, AND WHAT'S MORE, THE LEVEL OF THE WATER IS RIGING!WELL, | CAME IN THE NICK OF TIME, EH, MY SON! ME KNOW THAT WHITE MASTER / BUT... NO MISTAKE 7. IT'S TINTIN ©. WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE 7... ULL EXPLAIN LATER, FATHER FREE ME, QUICKLY /LET'S HOPE [iM IN TIME TO FIND SNOWY ALIVE / THE GANGSTER J... HE'S SNEAKED OFF AND LEFT ME TO THE WILD BEASTS. — HELP /. A BOA CONSTRICTOR !f courage, SNOWY J. I'M COMING f, TOO LATE !... OH, GOOD HEAVENS ! TOO LaTE!.My POOR HOW EXTRAORDINARY /. IT'S THE FIRST TIME 1 NOTICED | Have PAWS / STi ALIVE / stop /... SNOWY !. stop /... IT'S ME! IT'S TINTIN / MY OLD FRIEND / | THOUGHT YOU'D BEEN CRUSHED TO A PULP LONG AGO |Hey NO MORE FUNNY ), STUFF, MY FINE FRIEND AH f YOU'RE HUNGRY /SO/ YOU WANT SOMETHING TO aT ! FINE / EAT AWAY. NOw, BON APPETIT | NEVER KNEW THAT BOA WAS SO FULL OF ITSELF / ULL TAKE YOU TO VISIT OUR MISSION COME ON, LET'S FIND THE GOOD FATHER FROM THE MISSION STATION / GOING BY TRAIN 7,AND THIS 1S OUR THE HOSPITAL... THE FARM SCHOOL —— TT'S MARYELLOUS / Sn OG cp THIS 1S THE SCHOOLROOM , AND PAPA !... PAPA SEBASTIAN THERE, IN THE MIDDLE, ISTHE HIM SiCk /.., HE NOT KNOW CHAPEL. WHEN WE FIRST ARRIVED HOW [TO GIVE US LESSON IN MISSIONARIES ARE THE TOPS / HOW VERY TIRESOME... | MUST 90 MY HOSPITAL VISIT, AND THE eae OTHER FATHERS ARE AWAY / THe ceseon, WHAT NOW ? You wOouLD? OH, 1AM SO VERY GRATEFUL ! HE LOOKS, VERY BOTHERED,HIM REPORTER FROM “PET! VINGTIEME THIS 1S YOUR CLASS, MY DEAR FRIEND. YOU Tum masren]| SAN-TALK TO TINTIN? (Leeroy. Me LOOK veRY a FRIENDLY £ BELGIUM f BELGIUM IS WHAT IS CALLED... A LEOPARD / MY DEAR FRIENDS, TODAY I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR COUNTRY : BELGIUM /, CAREFUL, TINTIN, YOU MUST PROTECT THE CHILDREN, WHATEVER THE COST TO YOURSELF / WHAT A NIGHTMARE... HEAVEN GIVE ME THE TO SAVE THEM !AN IDEA /... QUICK, THE SPONGE / OH, MY SPOTS / IT'S HARD TO SWALLOW / THROW IT THE SPONGE / ALL LEOPARDS ARE HUNGRY, SO IT WILL SWALLOW IT STRAIGHT DOWN WHAT ARE YOU DOING? NOW LET'S GIVE HIM A DRINK TO COMPLETE THE MEAL / fo} ad swarer ! tHis TA CHAP THINKS OF EVERYTHING I OOH, THAT DOES ME A POWER OF GooD WHAT'S GOING ON ? FEEL MY TUMMY SWELLING UP f|GET IT... THE WATER HE SWALLOWED HAS SWOLLEN THE SPONGE, AND THE POOR BEAST HAS STOMACH- ACHE / NOW TO GET RID OF OUR UNWELCOME Guest f NOW, OUT YOU Go, YOU BAD ANIMAL ! HIM OUT, TINTIN f BRAVO / THROW AND THAT'S THAT f...WE WERE SPEAKING OF BELGIUM! BELGIUM |S... JUST LET HIM TRY THAT AGAIN | GREAT AMERICAN CIRCUS ! NILLAIN f... YOU BEEN ILL- TREATING MY TAME LEOPARD! MY GENTLE, INOFFENSIVE LEOPARD WHO EAT OUT OF MY HAND...NOW SEE HIM WEEPING AND GROANING... YOU PAY FOR THAT / YOU ANSWER TO ME, JIMMY MAC DUFF, MANAGER OF THEHe 1S TAME AE, HE'S A TAME LEOPARD 7... RIGHT, MY FRIEND, THE CURE IS QUITE SIMPLE YOUR LEOPARD HAS SWALLOWED A SPONGE] NOW GET HIM TO EAT A BLACKBOARD. FROM FORCE OF HABIT, THE SPONGE WILL START RUBBING. EVENTUALLY, THE SPONGE WILL WEAR OUT, AND YOUR LEOPARD WILL BE CURED!... OK 7 NOW, ABOUT TURN, AND LEAVE US IN PEACE ! NOW YOU BE QUIET! AND PAY ATTENTION 70 WHAT 1 SAY... Mm) ei FOR THE THIRD TIME | MY DEAR FRIEND, | DO THANK YOU FOR REPEAT, BELGIUM IS ta) GIVING OUR LITTLE ONES SUCH A GOOD IDEA OF OUR FAR- AWAY COUNTRY. NOW YOU MUST REST, AND TOMORROW | INVITE YOUE TO AN ELEPHANT HUNT. IT PROMISES TO BE EXCITING / HE CAME THIS WAY, NOT LONG AGO! THE TRACKS ARE QUITE FRESH / WE MUST TAKE Cage / YOU. THE TRACKER WILL GO AHEAD AND FOLLOW THE, ELEPHANT ‘SPOOR(We DONT LIKE SCENES OF BLOODSHED ! SSH /... NO NOISE! THERE HE IS f curses / HE'S ONLY WOUNDED! HORRORS | wed IT'S GOING TO EAT ME, LIKE = Gaye ats, IF THIS GOES ON , THE ELEPHANT WILL DEREOT | THE TREE. AND IF Tear HAPPENS, FoRHE SEEMS TO HAVE DECIDED NOT TO LEAVE ME. HE'S MOUNTING WHAT TRICK CAN | USE TO MOVE HIM ON ?... LET'S SEARCH MY BAG.. OH, A MAGNIFYING GLASS /... DEA f. AHA f | HAVE AN ae IDEA... A BRILLIANT |) -7 cd AinHE'S CERTAINLY WOUNDED SPOTS OF BLOOD BESIDE HIS TRACKS ARE PLENTY OF PROOF / THESE LITTLE BEASTIES WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING HIM ALL DAY, AND WE STILL HAVEN'T CAUGHT UP WHAT CAN | DO NOW ? IT'S DARK... I CAN'T FIND THE TRACK BACK TO THE MISSION. I'LL HAVE TO SPEND THE NIGHT HERE! SPEND THE NIGHT HERE /. AMONG ALL THE WILD ANIMALS f dlenctWHAT'S GOING ON 7 THE MONKEY FIRED A SHOT!...IT MUST HAVE HIT SOMETHING , | CAN HEAR A NOISE IN THE UNDER- GROWTH...WHAT WAS THAT NOISE ? IT SOUNDED LIKE A WOUNDED] ANIMAL... MY ELEPHANT /... DEAD // AT DAWN TINTIN SETS OFF FOR THE MISSION , HAVING FIRST REMOVED THE PRECIOUS ELEPHANT TUSKS. THEM HOW | KILLED AN ELEPHANT _ #3 Aa ms SO TINTIN ESCAPED THE CROCO- DILES. WITH THIS DISGUISE, I'LL GET HIM THIS TIME. | SWEAR HE WON'T GIVE ME THE SLIP AGAIN! GOOD MORNING, MY DEAR FRIEND ! IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU... WE WERE BECOMING ANXIOUS... 2| WILL SHOW YOU A SHORT CUT TO THE MISSION. NOW, HANDS UP, MY FRIEND /... SO, I'VE GOT YOU AT LAST /. YOU HAVE SUCH A HEAVY LOAD. GIVE ME YOUR GUN. I'LL CARRY IT <> | WOULDN'T TRUST HIM, TINTIN, WHILE HE'S OUT COLD: I'LL SEARCH HIM... MAYBE I'LL FIND SOMETHING TO SHED SOME LIGHT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THIS SINISTER ROGUE !HELLO ?... WHAT'S THIS 7 “INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THE REPORTER TINTIN"/... THAT'S THE LMIT/ LET'S SEE WHAT IT SAYS... OHO! THIS LOOKS INTERESTING COME ON, LET'S READ IT... THE STRANGER TIES UP THE UNCONSCIOUS TINTIN, DUMPS HIM A_QLUGOUT CANOE , AND PUSHES. ae CRUMBS ! HEAVEN PROTECT ME /.. A WATERFALL ! |'LL BE SMASHED TO BITS ON THE ROCKS / WHERE AM | ?... WHERE AM | ?. AND WHAT'S THAT DULL ROAR? IT SEEMS 70 BE GETTING NEARER AND NEARER...HURRY !... HURRY f... TO THE MISSION f | SIMPLY MUST SAVE TINTIN’ AND B CAPTURE THAT GANGSTE SAVED! BUT FOR HOW LONG 7. 1 CAN FEEL THE BRANCH GIVING WAY ALREADY UNDER || MY WEIGHT /. WHAT ?... WHAT IS IT?.. SNOWY HERE, ALONE 7 TINTIN Must HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT UST GO AND FIND “iMLET'S HOPE IT ISN'T A SERIOUS ACCIDENT /.. IF TINTIN HE'LL HAS FALLEN IN THE WATER BE SMASHED ON THE BELOW THE FALLS. PLEASE GOD HE IS STILL ALIVE. TINTIN f.., WHO HAS DONE ULL FIX TWO ROPES BETWEEN THIS 7... HOW CAN WE SAVE THE RIVER BANKS. THAT WAY, PER HAPS, 1 CAN GET HIM OUT OF THIS” AWFUL PREDICAMENT / COURAGE,] , TINTIN & \v 1 yj \\ KEEP QUITE STILL. 1M GOING TO RELEASE YOU. I'M GOING TO DO THE —————— RELEASING / SSS BE aGOSH !... WHAT'S THAT ?... THE ANOTHER FEW MINUTES... AS SOON AS GANGSTER 1S GOING TO CUT THE THE PRIEST RELEAGES TINTIN, ILL RESCUE ROPE! CUT _THE LINE AND SEND THEM BOTH lags TO THEIR DEATHS / BY GOLLY /... HE SHAN'T DO IT! UP, THE RIVER, THEN INTO THE WATER THE CURRENT WILL CARRY ME, SO | COME OUT ABOVE THE ROCK WHERE THAT BRUTE IS HIDING /THAT'S DONE IT. ‘NOW YOU'RE SAFE ONCE MORE / YES , FATHER, THANKS TO & YOUR SELFLESSNESS.. SURE AS MY NAME'S TINTIN, TLL GET RIO OF HIM ONCE AND IT'S HIM £.. MY ATTACKER f I'M Goines AFTER HIM. DLL GET HIM, OR ALIVE / NOW, SNOWY, WE WON'T REST... UNTIL THAT BRUTE IS NO LONGER ABLE TO DO US HARM / SNOWY F YOU TOO / YOUR INTERVENTION SAVED ME, YOU WONDERFUL DOG f WELL SAID/ (FIXED (SEE MT COURAGE IS CATCHING| NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S IN THAT. HE ESCAPED ME AGAIN. THIS FAMOUS LETTER... THE ONE THE TIME , I'M GOING TO RAISE ALL VILLAIN HAS THE TRIBES IN THE AREA THE SCENT | 1S QUITE OH! HIM AGAIN ! ('LL_ KNOCK HIM OVER LIKE & RABBIT!S fy Lily Ge “ae TE ee ° Curses ! curses fcurses! OUT OF CARTRIDGES / LL SMASH You, WHIPPERSNAPPER / TINTIN /... STOP f., pos ay él Goss a -?CRIKEY ? ILL CRASH ON 2 "WHAT THE ..? THE ROCK'S TAUCK oe *" MADE OF RUBBER!OF Course !...1'M FORGETTING SNOWY f., WHAT'S HAPPENING TO HIM UP THERE ?... AND WHY'S HE BARKING SO DESPERATELY 7... SNOWwY'S DISAPPEARED | FOOTPRINTS ... SNOWY'S PAWS, AND ALSO BARE FEET... NOW | SEE SOMEONE'S KIDNAPPED: snowy fLUCKILY , THE TRACKS Age RECENT, AND EASY TO FOLLOW. QHO! THERE'S A WARRIOR ! HE COULD _WELL KNOW ABOUT SNOWY'S ABDUCTION / ( MUST SLITHER TOWARDS HIM, LIKE A SNAKE HEY THERE, SONNY. HAVE YOU SEEN MY DOG? BUT... BUT IT IsuT A WARRIOR , IT'S A Boy IT ISN'T A Bor... IT'S AN OLD PYEmY #HEY, LOOK , DON'T RUN AWAY / (DON'T MEAN ANY HARM NO WAY OF CATCHING HIM, THE SILLY FELLOW GOOD HEAVENS ! WHAT'S THAT NOISE ? 4H #1 KNOW / IT'S THE TOM-TOM ! HE'S TIMID, LIKE ALL HIS RACE...MY PYGMY 1S SOUNDING AN ALARM TO HISTRIBE f..AND | THOUGHT PYGMIES. WERE PEACEABLE / ll AW \ x WHOA THERE, TINTIN / RUNNING AWAY ? THAT'S UNWORTHY OF You! TURN AND FACE THESE BLACK FELLOWS, SELL YOUR LIFE DEARLY!OH! THE LETTER !! THE GANGSTER'S i FAMOUS LETTER !. w 2 3 a a 9 9 8 & e & 3 ° 2 Cc, w 2 ON RIVER BANK, SO WE BRING HIM HERE f YOU COMING WITH US. YOU HAVING A SURPRISE SNOWY, WHERE ARE ..77 APPROACH , MY LOYAL SUBJECT ! I. UIAC?... ACP? AC 777. WHO 1S THIS CHAP, AND WHY DOES HE WANT ME DEAD? HOW DO | FIND OUT? AHA ! TINTIN IS NEVER SHORT OF IDEAS, AND HE COUNTERS AN ATTACK WITH AN ATTACK f HERE'S MY PLAN, SNOWY : OH !0H!... YES! EXCELLENT! AH! TERRIFIC! GOOD MORNING, TOM /... AND TINTIN ? GOOD MORNING, SiR! TINTIN 7..HE'S DEAD!GOOD WORK, TOM ! 1, GIBBONS, EXCELLENT /... WE'LL BEGIN RIGHT PROMISE YOU : THE BOSS, Won't AWAY. I'LL CABLE TO AL f FORGET THIS. THANKS TO YOU, fs NOTHING NOW STANDS IN THE WAY LET'S TRY TO OF HIS "CONTROL " OF DIAMOND PRODUCTION IN THE BELGIUM CONGO. GET RID OF HIM. TELL ME, HOW DID YOU WELL , | DISGUISED MYSELF AS ONE OF DISPOSE OF TINTIN ? HIS FRIENDS. | WAS TALKING TO HIM HE'D PROPPED UP HIS GUN BY A TREE. TURNED HIS BACK ON ME FOR A MOMENT, SO | GRABBED THE GUN T HELD IT BY THE BARREL. 3 ; \ STEPPED FORWARD THEN 7... THAT WAS THATTHAT WILL BRING WE'LL HAVE HIM ROUND ! ALITTLE INTERROGATION. AC. IS Al CALPONE , SCARFACE , KING OF THE CHICAGO GANGSTERS. ONCE HE'D TAKEN OVER _MOST OF THE BUSINESS IN THAT CITY, HE DECIDED HE NEEDED TO INCREASE HIS REVENUES... BY "CONTROLLING" DIAMOND: PRODUCTION IN THE BELGIAN CONGO. AL CAPONE FOLLOWED THE STORY OF YOUR EXPLOITS IN RUSSIA. WHEN HE HEARD NEWS OF YOUR CEPARTURE FOR THE CONGO, HE THOUGHT YOU MUST HAVE GOT WIND OF HIS PLANS, SO HE DECIDED TO ARRANGE FOR YOU TO DISAPPEAR HE PUT ONE OF HIS GANGSTERS ON YOUR TAIL. HIS JOB WAS TO SHUT YOU UP ONCE YOU WERE OUT OF THE WAY, WE'D BEGIN TO SPREAD TERROR HERE. ES, TINTIN HIMSELF, ORDERING You TO TELL HIM WHO IS "AC", AND NOW, TO THE POLICE STATION.. AND NO TRICKS f WE'RE MEETING THIS EVENING, AL'S THREE (IEUTENANTS, IN THE LAST HOUSE IN THE VILLAGE.Lopee AN Dama ANN ITAL AT SOM TAKE HIM AWAY, AND DON'T LET HIM ESCAPE. MY GOODNESS f TINTIN REPORTER FROM “LE PETIT VINGTIEME "f GOOD MORNING / I've BROUGHT YOU AN IM- THAT'S THE STORY SO FARSI... IF YOU LIKE, WE CAN CATCH THE OTHER THREE 1 * CERTAINLY, THAT'S A, GOOD IDEA!AHAITHEY'RE | ALL THERE... - IFIRST OBSTACLE HAS BEEN q %. REMOVED: | MEAN TINTIN, PEATE. TO MY: MING ne REO Ren Slots GENTLEMEN, THAT REPORT IS : ss f| DEFINITELY PREMATURE. fl)GOOD, GOOD ! WICKED. MEN DO NO MORE BaD TO TINTIN... ALL GO IN PRISON AL CAN 225% Ni B T AGO COLONY? NKS TO SKILL, e HE AFRI NGO BE CHIC: a THWARTED THA! ND BRILLIANCE FULL STORY P. 34) DIAMOND MINES WILL PETIT VINGTIEME REPO] ee OF REPORTER WELL, SNOWY MY LAD, WE'VE HAD A WEEK HERE LOUNGING ABOUT IN LUXURY IN THIS PALACE IN xX... VILLE. I'VE HAD ENOUGH f TOMORROW WE MOVE ON /| WHAT'S HAPPENING ? WHY HAVE ALL MY 2 PORTERS RUN AWAY 7... rl Vi EN oS WAIT! MAYBE IT'S JUST ANOTHER TAME LEOPARD... WHILE | REACH FOR A WEAPON, LET'S TRY TO CALM IT DOWN ! PRETT LEOPARD /... NICE LITTLE LEOPARD...(CAN'T FIND MY GUN, SO MAYBE THIS SIPHON WILL DO... TO COOL HIM DOWN f, A GUN f... QUICK, A GUN /... WHAT. CAN 1 FEEL? OH 1 A MIRROR THAT GIVES ME AN IDEA! HORRIBLE Beast!HELLO... GIRAFFES f (MUST FILM THEM... QUICK, LET'S FETCH MADDENING /. THEY'VE RUN AWAY! LET'S TRY NOT TO ALERT THEM f., [Tif] Y MEI THE CAI RAS N | BOTHER AND BLOW! THERE'S NO way TO FILM THEM...é HOW TO GET NEAR ENOUGH TO FILM THE WRETCHED ANIMALS 7 ewer,THIS*LE MAKE A MARVELLOUS DOCUMENTARY GIRAFFES IN THE WILD / WE'RE GOING TO BAG THIS LITTLE A PRETTY FING RHINOCEROS: (T MAY BE FINE, BUT IT'S NOT | PRetry f... | DON'T LIKE THESE MOSQUITO BITES... NO GOOD... MY RIFLE ISN'T POWERFUL ENOUGH FOR THE BULLETS TO PENETRATE SUCH A THICK HIDE. WHAT A MONSTER / IMUST TRY SOMETHING ELSE.. HE'S ARMOUR. PLATED?G4 DNOBAS OL 41D 7 SUM 39z0HD ue BHI ANIL "3 * 09 3M AUMY ONY | be HOLUW W 304 MON 3104 ) 330E 1SBId . Y as)WHY , LOOK # 1 COWS f SNOWY, BE CAREFUL ! IT'S A BUFFALO !. THEY'RE VERY Fiekice t HELP f THE BUFFALO HAS LEFT SNOWY AND IS CHARGING AT ME / YOU MIGHT HAVE SAID $0 SOONER /TVE KNOWN MORE DOCILE STEEDS THAN THiS. HANG ON, TINTIN , I'M COMING J... ME, TINTIN, BATTERED BY A ROTTEN BUFFALO! NEVER ! MY REPUTATION IS AT STAKE ! A RUBBER TREE! THAT GIVES ME AN IDEAS LUCKY | CAME ALONG. WITHOUT ME HE'D HAVE DROWNED, JUST A TREE LIKE ANY OTHER. DOESN'T LOOK ASIF IT'S MADE rs, OF RUBBER! heTHE TWO STREAMS. OF RUBBER HAVE JOINED UP. WE'LL LET THEM ney. Is THAT REALLY RUBBER??? iP THERE # ALL READY! if AN) NOW SIR BUFFALO, | CHALLENGE YOU TO SINGLE ComBat f fl COME ON IF You DARE, MIGHTY BUFFALO fLOOK OUT! HERE HE COMES /... MY CATAPULT'S READY / T THINK THIS WOULD MAKE Al JUST ONE MORE SHOT. A GOOD STATUE :" DAVID EXCELLENT! CONQUERS GOLIATH"!NO! THIS TIME IT'S TOO MUCH ! ONE BUFFALO IS Ok, BUT FIFTY... NO! OH! A WHITE MAN BEING CHASED BY BUFFALOES /BUT | CAN'T JUST ‘SNOWY? YOU REALLY SalD SNOWY ?] ABANDON SNOWY... THEN... YOU MUST BE TINTIN THERE'S BEEN NO NEWS OF YOU, GO MORE, We BeoNy | SAY, OLD CHAP . ABOUT TURN AND SEARCHING EVERYWHERE, TO TAKE LAND. THE PASSENGER WE JUST L PICKED UP IS TINTIN. WE'RE GOING YOU BACK TO BELGIUM. DOWN TO LOOK FOR HIS DOG, SNOWY.NOW We HAVE TO SEARCH FOR SNOWY DISAPPEARED SOME- WHERE HERE POOR SNOWY !.... DID THE BUFFALOES GET HIM?HERE'S THE GENTLEMAN WHO SAVED | THINK THERE'S AN ME. HE'S GOING TO TAKE US BACK TO IMPORTANT JOB LINED UP FOR BELGIUM YOU. THAT'S WHY WE WERE SENT TO TRACK YOU DOWN... 0 BELGIUM 7 TERRIFIC IO GOODBYE, CONGO... THERE'S SO MUCH MORE FOR ME TO SEE HERE Late | ebay? $0, THAT ENDS OUR REPORTING FROM THE CONGO... WHERE IN THE WORLD SHALL WE BE HEADING FOR, AFTER WE GET HOME ?The news of Tintin's departure echoes all over Africa. TINTIN HIM BIG CALAMITY, ye ace TO MASTER TINTIN GONE. BELGIUM. MY LITTLE SNOWY, HIM GONE /) alAn African village has just heard the news by Tom-Tom Special THEM SAY, IN BELGIUM ALL WHITES LIKE ME JUST, FIND. TINTIN: MACHINE TF TINTIN NOT BACK IN 1 YEAR = 4 DAY; 1S FOR YOU! AND IF YOU NOT GOOD, YOU NEVER B) BE LIKE TINTIN / ME NEVER BEFORE SEE "BOULA MATARI", ALL- POWERFUL, LIKE TINTIN, THAT SNOWY... SOME DOG /