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THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN

TINTIN
AMERICA
 TINTIN
AMERICA
An evening in Chicage in 1931,
OK guys, get this and get it clear... They've pitched Tintin, the ace
reporier, against us. . He's a formidable foe: he scuppered my plans
when gangsters rude the rs040... to control qiamond prodluction in the Congo. A number [™)
of our mates are in the ig darn there Now he's (OOP
come fo clean us up So, here are my orders PD cz
Tintin is not to spendasingle day in Chicago.
Understood?

Take me to the Hote/

Osborne, please...

All right! The shutters are down...

The bird is snared/.
 Hey, what's up?... We're Blast/ What rotten luck/
locked in/... And these A puncture’...
are stee/ shutters/...
Nothing to be done...
! can't bite through them:
far foo fough/

Quick, the spare OK/... We should still get

wheel! Not a moment
to lose/

Have a pleasant trip, my friend/ How annoying to be in the land We're in luck, Snowy. Here comes
He'll flip when he sees I've cut through of the automobile and have fo a police motorcycle...
the door and escaped/ frudge 10 miles on foot!..

ae
Can you catch the car you just At this rate, we'll soon catch up
passed, and arrest the driver? with the gangster...
He tried to abduct me/
 1s that the car there?...

They promised me 500 bucks if

/ got you in this taxi, lovered the
stee/ shutters and dropped you off
at an agreed spot...

The place where | had to take

your... Well... OK, I'll come
clean... I’m ready fo let on

There/ A boomerang /... Thank gol | He's off on our bike/

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Get in the car, quick/ Let's give Here, take my gun... We're nearing town...
chase/... L Don't lose sight of him...

se ey.
Caer}

Tom better be there with h

the crash car, or else I've had it/... [aay

A cab driven by cops was hit side

on by the other car...

| |shocKing accident/ oo

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if WG —

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 Finally back on
our feet. It could have
been much more
Serious...

It's good to get

| some fresh air /feel sorry for Chicago
| again/ dogs wanting fo cross
the road...

OK, that's that... Let the boss

Know, will you?... Take it easy, Kid: I've got you
covered/... Here's the boss...

What happened?...

Take care,
Snowy,
_old thing...

Aha! So this is the famous reporter/ You've done a good job.

The whippersnapper who wants Here's the /oot. And this is for you. Now, get rid
to wage war on eke : of the creep quick...
Al Capone,
King of Chicago
gangsters/...
No way can / get away Quick, there's not
from the rogue/ a moment fo lose/...
This time, it's curtains/

OZZZ
S

Thanks, Snowy/... Once more, Now, let's see what's going on in

you've saved my life/... here... Maybe | can find a way of
KnocKed him out stone rounding up this gang of crooKs..
cold, what/... Did you
Would you like
me to get the
police, Tintin?

A
Jeepers/ Wh... What As sure as my name's Pietro, /'Il get
hit me? my own back/
h~

/ may no longer
have my gun,
but this'/I do
nicely..
Jumping jelly beans/... Some tough’... Good, he's gone/... Now Ican
He's laid low the boss and Pietro/... deal with the other two, before
he returns/...

And now let's tie them both up tightly/... Where the heck is he
it's the turn of the third now!... AK! T can hiding?...
hear him coming back...

And hey presto! The trio is complete/.. Quick, quick, officer, I've just Hello, Sarge? Come along quicKly/
And now let's get the police... captured the notorious I've just picked up a nutter who claims
Al Capone and two to have captured Al
of his henchmen/ two of his hoods...
Well, where the heck is the police Say, officer, what's up? | repeat
van?... Should be here that I've caught Al Capone
and...
Again? /
did he have to
KnocK me our?...

Uh-oh! Another cop. Stop him, Tom/

There's no getting Stop him!.
away

Saved/... Phew/ That was a close shave/

That's got rid of them!

And now, how can I

find Snowy? But, hang on... good gracious,
/ will never recognise the house there's Snowy/
where he was left gm behind... OA! Im dying of
thirst! Let me
have something
to drink first.
Then I'll tell
you everything.
 AA/ Here you are, Mr Tintin/...
Well, another man came along and At last the hotel where I've been
We were giving up hope of seeing
untied them, but plucky though expected these last few days...
you. Your room has been ready for
Snowy is, with four to one, the odds several days...
were against me and / ran off. Yes, I should have been
/ followed your trail and here »| with you earlier but
lam/.. / was unexpected|
delayed. gears
Well done, Snowy.
You're a courageous
hound/

Aha! That's the guy. I'll tip the boss Here's your room,
off immediately... Mr Tintin.

There, Mr Al Capone, that's

what I think ofyour threats/

Hello?... Hello?... Hello... Hello? ?... Strange... They hung up... A wrong
Hello?... Hello?... number, probably... And yet, there was
Perfect/ dust as planned’... whispering at the other end...
That call allowed me to get
in without him noticing...

What do they
want, Tintin?
 Let me congratulateyou, Mr Tintin. You've
captureda dangerous criminal. Will you
accompany us fo the police station fo
complete the routine formalities?...
Certainly, with

Please follow me, Mr Tintin. It doesn't look right/... Luckily,

The superintendent is waiting
for you.. I've taken precautions:
I've got my gunt..

G.. GANGSTERS’
S.— SYNDICATE OF
C.. CHICAGO
How do you do, Mr Tintin?... Delighted [ | head the association opposed to
Get your hands up, you crook/... And
to meet you... Do take a seat, please/... Al Capone. I'm offering you $2,000 5 p
A cigar?... No?... Then, let's get a month to help me in the struggle give me that bit ofpaper!.. |eame
straight to the point/ against him. On top of that, ifyou to Chicago to defeat gangsters,
manage fo eliminate him, there's not fo become one myself...
2 $20,000 bonus. Agreed?
Please sign here...

1'll start 6y having you arrested... A splendid little mechanism, just

‘oot down/...

Oh/... Is that so?

I've been fooled’... But yes, it's a noxious Hopeless/...

Fallen into a trap/... gas! They want to I'm finished.
digh! Smoke?... What poison me/ Quick, my I'm choking...
a strange smell... My chest is burning...

ha
It's like...

There he is, Bill/... That O.X2Z gas And now, to Lake Michigan’... No-one about... It's OK, Bill,
Aas sure done the trick/ Step on itl... you can come...
v
Let's give him a swing/... 7 That's sorted him out... Come, let's
One... Two... Scram...

Dunderheads/ Go right bacK where you came from/ You

used The wrong gas/... It wasn't O.X2Z you gave him

Ifyou see him, be sure

to hitl...
 Put your guns down/... Move an inch and I'll blow your ThanKs/... Much
brains out/.. appreciated...
As | wasn't armeds

Mercy/... Please Gent, What's up? Officers, please take The next day...

Don't worry! I'm delivery of these CHICAGO TRIBLINE/... Young

Just summoning two coves. They're reporter nabs gangster pair!...
dangerous criminals/.... Sensational seizure/... Full details
the cops/...
inside/... Read all about it/.. Get
your Chicago _ Tribune now/...

See? That's him there, sitting in the chair...

with the dog next to him. Aim well and give
him a good burst from your machine gun.
Above all, don't miss...

Yeah/..
iddled You've
hima! No problem/... Hope you're satisfied. Sorry have to
riddled him/... Never miss my rush now, I've got three more jobs
To tackle this morning... Goodbye!

Goodbye!
Well, Snowy, what do you think of
that?... |was right to Keep away from the
And now that they think The nek day...
they've got ridofme, I'm
windows... The dummies | put there have Get a load of this, Bobby, I've just
going to prepare a little
heard that a Coconut gang truck is this
been riddled with holes like sieves/... surprise
for these hood/ums...
afternoon transporting a load ofwhisky
You were right enough, Tintin/.. barrels hidden in oil drums. What do
But... is there no way... these
dummies could continue your Ah yes?...
investigation, in our place?. Hopefully using
dummies?...

I've got a feeling they'll be waiting

for us...

Right. get on out/.. Quicker

than that/... The first to make Stick ‘em upl..
a move...
 Congratulations, Mr Tintin/ Why! What's going on?... See you, sucKers/....
You've done a great job...
Well done/... Thanks to you,
we've made quite a haul. |...

NojoKing/ He's slipping away from The next day...

under my nose/.. And its Bobby
Smiles, the leader of the gang/ These two telegrams indicate
the presence of this bandit in Redskin
Don't worry, I'll City, a small town near the native
bring your Bobby American reservations. Come on
Smiles back/ Snowy, we're off to Redskin City/

But... but... Does this

mean, Tintin, that
we're going into Indian
country?...

Two days of train travel to get Look, Snowy... A real Ive a feeling that our dress is
here/... Well, we're here at last, native American.
attracting attention here, Snowy/. .
that's the main thing/
-—

Wait for me, Snowy. I'll just Yes, it's the very latest style. The cartridge
go in and get some Kit... belt is worn to the right. Last year
If they think I'm it was to the
} going fo converse
with native American
dags/... So, [ma
paleface, haven't you
sniffed one before?
 Yikes/ The boss is going to be Boss... Watch out/
mad/... Tintin's in town/ I'm sure he's on
your tracK/...

Meanwhide... There!... She's a docile filly

She's called Beatrice...
Yeah/ | recKon I'vegot just
the horsefor you...
o> «ee?
‘oom
weyiyCan't wait

Er/... Yes, | like her, yes... But...

er... you wouldn't have the
same... ina lighter colour? This
15) one's coat doesn't appeal fo me
so much/... And then... er...
don't you have a horse with
ge 2 better disposition?.

You'll be /lappy with Go on, Snowy! Lead me to

w! this‘ one... the bandits’ hide-out/

Ri / believe it's less frisky/...

@.
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Oh/ Look, there he is/.. Escaping
OK, buster, you're not getting
away so easily/
on horseback, the rogue/... He must
have been warned of my arrival.

so

There's no escape, my friend/

I'll truss you like a chicken/,

Tintin/.. Watch out/... You've

lassoed your own horse/
(\
Ha-ha/ That'll teach him to
use a /asso/... By the time he's
unentangled, I'll be far away!...

How! Mighty chieftain’... Icome

in peace.

How, Paleface/... What brings

you to the hunting grounds
of the Blackfeet?

Mighty Sachem, I've come fo tell O Blackfeet warriors, a young Paleface comes near... He wants by trickery
you that a young white warrior is to steal our hunting grounds/... May the Great Manitou fill our hearts with
riding here. His heart is filled with hatred and strengthen our arms. Let us dig up the war hatchet against this
hate and he speaks with a forked Paleface with the heart of a coyote/...
Tongue. Beware of him, as he wants
to strip the noble Blackfeet tribe
of its hunting lands. | have warned

As for the Paleface with eyes encircled And now, let's dig up the hatchet
by fortoiseshell, who has warned us of the Holy peacepipe/... | can't remember
of war.
danger hanging over our heads, let him be where on earth we last buried
welcome among the Blackfeet. And let the
Sachem has the tomahawKk/...
spoken well.
Great Manitou heap him with blessings/
I'm afraid, Snowy, we lost valuable time Let's stop here. We'll pick up the trail at dawn
unravelling ourselves. Now, night is falli
ng. tomorrow. We mustn't let the
It'll be better to stop S and camp for the scoundre/ get away...
night. We'll resume >On the pursuit

Just my lucK/... They must at all Rise and shine, Snowy!...

Alas/ The Blackfeet
costs find that tomahawk, or else Time to move on...
still cannot find the
Tintin will be here tomorrow and
tomahawk’...
I'll have to take flight again...

So? It's simple enough:

the Blackfeet clearly To blages with the
cannot go to war against Blackfeet/.. ll have
the Paleface. To flee, as they don't
“ hi

Our hatchet has been found’. Great Manitou/ Great Manitou/ Forward/... Mount the horses/...
The Great Manitou wants war! Bring victory to your warriors/ Death to the Paleface/.

Se) That was a lucky

tumble/
Hello? Here come the Indians/... Well/ Snowy, if | didn't Know Well, what's up?... That's a curious
that Redskins are peaceful these days, / would be worried/... way of welcoming strangers/

I'm scared,
Tintin/...

The savages have Snowy, that was What strange customs you have,
not so great! really/
gone at last/ Boy/
Was |
frightened...
Abandoning The Paleface does not
Tintin! have the heart of squaw:
he is calm and smiles.

about that
later!

O Paleface, you came to the Blackfeet And now, my young braves will practice their
You're just a with a heart full of deceit and hatred,
coward, Snowy/... : / ; skills on the Paleface with a coyote's heart.
Who Knows? Tintin liKe the despicable prairie wolf. But now And let them make him suffer long before his
may be in danger... you are tied fo the torture post, and despatch to the the shadows of death/
will pay dearly for your treachery with
Terrible ordeals. But... He's
bonKers/
What's he on about?
Big chief
speaks well.
 Sachem, the The Paleface dares give Ive got
Joke's gone far orders/... But, by the Great an idea/
enough/ ddntie me Manitou, the Blackfeet are
and let me gol not his dogs. The Paleface
must die/ I have spoKen/

Take that, dirty "papoose"/ What impudence/ Behaving like that to Big They shouldn't let “papooses" play
And if | catch you again shooting Chief Keen-eyed-Mole, our Great Sachem/ | with catapults... PLOP..
at me with your catapult, Naughty little brat/ |
Til scalp you!
e

By the Great Wacondah/...

Sachem strike my brother,
You too dare to show disrespect
Stolid-Bison/ He commit
to Chief Keen-eyed-Mole///
no crime/
 The brother of Stolid-Bison has Death to the cowardly curs who dare
dared hit Chief Keen-eyed-Mole/ attack Bull's- Eye because he defends
Death to Bull's-Eye, brother of his brother Stolid- Bison, unfairly
Stolid-Bison/ struck by Chief Keen-eyed-Mole/

Splendid/... There, that's my And now | need to The cries and

Ieteal!... Let them ||hands free/ Now| |Know who incited the ||clamour have
fight it out! for my feet... Blackfeet against ceased. The
Meanwhile, I can There we are... me... | don't suppose torture must be
loosen my bonds. Now scram... it was the scoundrel ||over. /'// go and
ya I'm chasing? have a look...

Heavens/.. Over there/.. He's escaping/... Help/... They're hot on

And he's Knocked out the whole tribe/... my heels/
What a guy! It's incredible/...

Ashot/.. No, its not the Indians/ It's Bobby Aah... He's taking
| pANG 1itet hope Smiles/... | might have guessed aim aga in/
;- Bias
Tintin has
it! Now I Know why the Blackfeet

iC
es showed such hostility to me...
come fo no ¢
harm!
Jeepers/ What a fall. The canyon Quick/... Quick/...
Well, that's settled that. That little punk
must be af least three hundred / must save Tintin.
won't be putting spokes in my wheels again.
metres deep... One can hardly see
the bottom...
What's he looking at?...
I'm afraid to think... Could
Tintin have fallen over
that precipice?...

Wooah/... Wooah/... Ah/ But... It's that

dratted dog of
Tintin/... He can join
his master/

Well, Snowy? It looks as fyow ve | too tumbled info space. Luckily, But we've only been saved for
come by the same route as me/ | caught on to this shrub. the moment, as | don't see how
It bent back under my weight and we can possibly get away from
deposited me on this ledge, instead here...
of me being crushed at the bottom
of the precipice...

twas
 What are you sniffing at there, Good heavens/ That's curious/...
Snowy?... Have you found It looks like some Kind of tunnel/...
something? Shall we see if it leads anywhere?
Yaa

Where are (i Be very careful, It's goi id Up... Where's it taking us?
we going? llSnowy/... Nothing rash/... it ea alae

Look, a huge cave And here's the other

The Blackfeet probably met here way aut.
decorated with Native
when they were being hunted
American drawings...
down by their enemies...

Its going up again/... Where's this Ah/ Now its going down... And here we're suddenly going
up once more...
tunnel leading us?...

I'm finally rid of that damned young Hey, that's strange/... Must be
reporter. And now before | hit an earth tremor/.. The grounds
the trail, let's have some grub. trembling beneath me...
Cheers, my dear Tintin/

Phew! That was

some weight/...
 Help/ It's Tintin's ghost... My goodness/ What a coincidence/...
He didn't seem foo pleased to see me again/...

Sachem/... Sachem/... I've just seen a ghost... What?... Come out of the ground?... |
The rogue was thoughtful enough
The ghost of the little Paleface/... He was Then he's discovered the secret
to prepare me a delicious meal...
dead, | am positive/... | hit him with a bullet of our cave/... Take us there,
I'm awfully grateful, as I'm quite and hefell into the canyon... And now, O Paleface. We must put an end
famished... he has just appeared out of the ground... To this young coyote/

By the Great Paleface-with-

Manitou! His scalp eyes-encircled-by-
will adorn my tortoiseshell has the
warn.

The worm, he's escaped/ Forward/ Let the young braves follow Go/... Gol... Faster than
Well! You'd their Chief! that!... Good grief, one would
better get think you're afraid to follow
after him/
They've already been down there Ah/ At last, there you are/... Well?... Our great Sachem
more than a quarter of an hour...
/ wonder what's going on... The Great Wacondah has fought him. He brings
granted victory fo his i
braves/ The little Paleface
has been vanquished.

Once more Chief Keen-eyed- There he is/... He will trouble us no By the Grand Manitou!
Mole has proved worthy of his more, the pestilential prairie dog/ Fisn't the young Paleface/
name/ After a desperate fight
in the dark, and with the
help of the Great Wacondah,
/ was able fo overcome the
Paleface. Let my young
braves bring him up...

I've an idea/... Let's leave the little On this side big boulder: at other end,
Paleface there: he will end up the abyss/ What can Paleface do?...
starving to death in his hole... He cannot escape death...

Do what you like, but make

sure you get rid of him. This
jas gone on long enough’...

Never fear, my dear Snowy. We're Wait a moment, Snowy. I'm going
not going To rot away down here. That's it/.. Mind/... You're
to place my charge... going to hear a big bang/..
They think they've trapped us, but
we'll get out. Look, I'm emptying my And the rocK will pop away
Take care you don't like a champagne cork/...
cartridges and making a pile of the
blow us all up/ In a minute, we'll be free/...
gunpowder. Good, that's done... And
now, let's blast away their boulder.

You think
it'll worke...
 Dash/ There wasn't enough
powder!/... What are we to do now?
I'm out of ammunition/...

That's it... right... Slowly but surely,

Come on/ Courage, Snowy!... We have
that's right... We'll get there, Snowy,
to get out of here. To work/ Let's try
you'll see... Now come on, a little extra
and dig out another exit/... effort... Hmm? The ground feels damp...
I'm happy To,
myself... But ifyou
think it'll be done You're telling me/...
in five minutes... And it smells funny
Too...
Good heavens/... Oil/... Hi, buster/... Here's the contract. Just sign it/ H...How on earth did you Know
And nobody to fap Im offering five grand for your oil well/...
there was an oil well here?... It only
this liquid fortune/ started gushing ten minutes ago..

And | thought Flair, old boy/... An American

petrol came businessman's intuition is
second to none/

Don't listen to that bounder/... Don't sign, buddy! I'm offering I'm awfully sorry, gentlemen, but this
Sign here/.. Ten grand for your you 25,000 bucks /... oil well doesn't belong to me. It's the
oil well/... property of the Blackfeet Indians who
100,000 live here.
dollars/
Couldn't ‘you have said
that before?..

Here's 25 dollars for you,

Hiawatha/... You've got half
an hour to pack up and
clear out/...

Is Paleface
made...

CROOSEES

What's the Hey, you, don't you Know that fancy dress isn't allowed
hullabaloo? in fown?... And mind the traffic/... Do you think you're
out in the Wild West?/
Missed our chance/. Curse/... I thinkherecognised
me!.. |
As a result of all that, Bobby
Smiles has given us the slip.
How are we going to pick up
his track now?

What now, trainspotting?...

Counting the trains go by.

mae
echt?
Station-master/ Station-master/ That's that/... The bounder Oh/.. Th ere/.
When does has got away from Look/.
Next train?... Why, | me again/... dénless... he Great heavens/
the next train ))
leave? tomorrow, at the My engine is going
by itself/.

Hurray! We're gaining on them/.

Bye-bye/. / can see the smoke from the
We'll send you other train/..
a postcard/.
 Dike shoal Geapiral igh Cees.
oe Block 1522.
jere's a runaway Here comes the
locomotive on the line... chief! Express, with the
Yes... It mustn't catch
You can
runaway locomotive
the Express... Switch Aard on its fail...
the points to Track #. =

Drat, drat and drat again/... We've Quick, let's stop and put the engine That's blown it/ The brake lever
been switched to another track... into reverse/ Then we can get bacK has gone! Now | understand!
on the right track. The engine was in for repairs’...

There's only one way, buddy, to clear the track: dynamite.

We've got plenty of time: a train doesn't come through
Till tomorrow morning...
Sure was lucky, Slim, that we found this great
boulder on the track. Imagine if tomorrow morning's
rer Express smashed into it?... What a disaster/.
Slim/.. A locomotive/... Quick/ Horror! We're finished... There's an
Light the fuse or it'll crash into enormous boulder on the track.

Boy! Was that close/ My God, Bill/... The wagon with

The dynamite went off just our fools and the spare dynamite/...
in time/ Two seconds later and It's still on the line, five hundred
the train would have been metres from here/... I'll be
smashed to smithereens, = a catastrophe/..
 What a disaster/... Look, Bill/... This is all
It's terrible/... Ghastly/... What a calamity/.. I've found of them...
They must have been
It's awfull...
blown to pieces/.

ber
pe

Excuse me, Sir,

Your dog? Can't say,
could you fell
me where
son. We've found
nothing.

Come on, let's search/. Ah/ There

you are at last, my dear Snowy/ Hey! You planning on leavin'?..
Snowy can't just have 1 Knew that |would end up finding you, You can't just go like that...
disappeared. my trusty old friend/
Yes, I'm afraid
Ihave
But I've looKed ‘ [fell
A you,; Tintin, it wasn't exactly to go immediately. I’m on
Jolly being stuck under that
the Trail ofa dangerous
x cheese-bell.. outlaw...
And now, let's go! Thanks to the
provisions these friendly fellows
supplied me, | can venture into
the desert without fear.

Yep, that's all | Know... When | arrived at the bank

48 usual this morning, Ifound the manager like that, seria mae
and the safe wide open... | raised the alarm... Seven blacks
the footprints. They're distinctive:
were hanged immediately, but the culprit got away...
there's only one row of nails on
the right boot...

We'll soon catch him, thanks to Madre de Dios/.. These footprints

those tracks... are geeving me away...
fs

Caramba! Un hombre/... If he sees me, j ;

il be caught!.. Aha! ef sleeping!... Weil! ||If he move, if he That's eet/.. Pedro now
By Pedro, | theenk I've got veery good ide: wake, | shoot heem... not worrying...
Aaaah/... Come on/ End of siesta Hello/ That's extremely strange/ It's really strange...
These aren't my boots/...
They're studded and fitted with spurs.
Well, that's extraordinary)...

Look at the tracks, there... It looks

as if he's tried to cover them up...
But it doesn't work/... We'll soon
have him...

In the name of the law,

- / arrest you/ AR] You protest, do you?.
What about Western Bank, then?.
And its ranager?... And the loof?...

There they are/.. There they are/... Nothing to be done, Fred/

They've arrived with the bank robber! They're going to lynch him.
Lynch him! aS
ors
 Go on/ Laugh’... It could happen
Heave... Hol...
to anyone, couldn't it?...

And here are 44 blacks have been Breaking news: we've just heard that
yesterday's figures, lynched... 150 gallons of the noforious bandit Pedro Ramona has
according fo Professor bootlegged liquor have been been arrested trying to cross the frontier.
seized by police: the coroner He has confessed fo the recent
WR. Law, director of
and 29 police officers are Western Bank robbery.
the Statistics Office:
in hospital... Bp, By Jove/... And what
24 banks closed down,
about the other chap?..
24 bankers were The one that they are
arrested. ) Iynching?.. He must be
A fofal of 35 babies
were Kidnapped.

He's gotta be saved/... Quick, another glass, Let's get going/... Boy, is Go and stop... the... er...
No-one's gonna say the last... let an innocent man this whisky good... OK, let's the hanging.
the Sheriff... hang... Especially as I'm the gol Just one for the road...
only one here who Knows
he ain't guilty...

Just a final little

snorter: that'll give me
the strength...

-Must arrive in time To... hic... stop And I'm saying that... hic...
the innocence of a man being hanged... the culprit is innoshent/... VOLSTEAD ACT
hic... no... the hanging of an innocent It's... hic... the radio which. A DRUNKEN STATE.
man... How funny/. qj er/... It's the whisky-sky...
nothing... he'll be... hic... that's. guilty. a peor
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eo,
 This time, buddy,
no mistaKe/ My
reputation is on the line...
Let me do
the he hanging/...

Ill do the No, I'll have a go/

No point trying
to explain that I'm
innocent/ Let's get
away! And quickly/..

Yikes/ They've twigged that

I've got away. They're giving
chase/...

Trust Jimmy to get away so quickly Hey? Where's he gone? Can't see him
on that Trusty mustang of his. You see, no more... Though he was near this tree
he'll be the lucky guy to catch him... when | spotted him last/... Anyway,
L a sure as my name is Jimmy the Kid,
TU get him!»
Well, he didn't It's getting dark. We'll camp here,
have much Snowy old chap, and tomorrow we'll
Saved/... They've
to say/ make a fresh start.
given up the chase/...

And a stag/... Since But... but what's going on?...

when do deer chase
 Well, Tintin old chap, one must admit
By gum, Snowy, we hada large slice of luck/...
that was a close shave/...

| think we'll soon be reaching You see? Here we are/.. We only have now As soon as we get there,
the rail track again... to follow the track to the next station. we must try and picK up
the trail of Bobby Smiles.

I'm sure it won't be easy, but too Uh-oh! A sleeper across the track’... No mistake, somebody wants to derail
bad/ We'll see/. And right on the bend/... Someone the train/..
means mischief/ I've smelt this
scent before...

Well, well... what a pleasant surprise/...

Our dear friend Tintin/... What brings
you here/... I'm sure you were looking
Well! I'm pleased that I've spared you Yes, I'll let it pass. | prefer
too long a search’... By the way, | was that the train should continue
planning to derail the Express. The mail | |on its way. Decent of me,
carriage is carrying some 250,000 don't you think?... But, of
bucks, get if?... But on course, / will make sure that
consideration, I'll let it go
What's he
2

Dirty cur/... He's as vicious as Good work, Bill... As you see,

his maste
my young friend, he sure
Knows his Knots/.

| So /ong, buddy /.. The Express is Alas/ Nothing to be done/...

due in fifteen minufes/ That leaves ||The rogue Knew it: the Knots
you a quarter of an hour fo reflect ||are sure... Tintin, old boy, this
on the fate of little squits who get || time / believe the game is up!
in the way of Bobby Smiles/...
 What's going on?... Someone
has pulled the alarm..

Yes, guard, I did/... It's unacceptable/. : What?... And that's Hey/ A whistle... So I'm not
|just saw a puma attacking a deer. why you stopped the
I'm a member of the Society for the dead, yet...
Express?... That's a
Protection of Animals, and | demand that
something is done immediately fo stop
$50 fine!
this scandal/

Now what's going

My word/ You can
on?... Where did that
thank your lucKy stars/
cry come f from?

And how! Without that providential stop, The next day, 3

my career would have come to an abrupt MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
end/.. Thanks a lot! Let's see/ What have the papers
got?... By now they should have YOUNG REPORTER CHEATS
found the body of that young DREADFUL DEATH
whippersnapper. From our Special Correspondent
Q

Oh no/.. Back to
square one/.
 Our friend Bobby Smiles will have Now the country is becoming A cabin, up there/... Could he be
quite a shock when | reappear mountainous... there?... It's a brilliant hideout:
in front of him! a real eagle's eyrie/.

The trail is still quite

‘resh, Tintin. Do we have
To climb all
the way up?

Aha! There he is/.. So he's

tracked me down/... Well/

We haven't so far got to do much You Know, Tintin, some people do

this fornopleasure/...
Careful!... He's almost there... My dear
mountaineering. Now here's a chance, friend, we're going to have the last laugh.
Snowy/...

There! That's it/.. And now, Tintin,

this is a scoop you will not get...

Heavens/ He's blown

up the rock face,
the bounder/ We're
} lost, Snowy/...
Of course, | had fo take | [So here's to my dear ||pny cheers A ghost/.
extreme measures, departed friend, To you/.
but, by thunder, Tintin, cheers/..
I've achieved

Back from the dead, indeed. .. I'd no longer

If | hadn't been protected by be of this world!. ie of
an outcrop of rock...

Neat shooting,
eh, Mr Smiles?

Believe me, you'd be better giving up/ Three days later, in Chicage.
You've seen, / never miss my goal.
Hello?... Yes... Superintendent speaking,
‘yes. Yes, still no news of Tintin.
No sign of him for two months?
It's becoming really worrying/... Yes..
 You the top cop round here?... We've a crate What's that
for you and its darned heavy. you've got there?

Hele PressAgency?, Cet The next day... Hi! Mr Tintin? I'm the director of World Vaudeville Inc.,
pele
leeote Hifi aif and I'm signing you up for 1,000 bucks a week.
MNES, INE ELT You stay here, Snawy. Im just Here's a cheque for 5,000 dollars to cover your
gangster, has been captured after popping over to police headquarters,
2 hunt lasting several weeKs by initial exepenses.
the young reporter Tintin. Smiles Til be straight back.
has just been delivered fo police
headquarters
oy special See you soon.
parcel post.
Yes, parcel
post, you can
print that.

Mr Tintin, the General Broadcasting Corporation has Paranoid Productions have asKed me to sign you up for
instructed me to offer you 2,000 dollars a weeK a starring role in their latest Hollywood production!
To speak on the radio. 10,000 dollars To allow
us To use Snowy's name
and image on our new

with the slogan: Im

top dag, thanks to

Mr Tintin! Mr Tintin/ Listen/ Let me

convert you fo the new religion Neo-Judaeo-
Buddho-/slamo- Americanism and profit
from the highest dividends
in the world.
Hello?... Hello?... Reception?... What am I to do? What?... If | don't
Tintin here/... Yes... My dog has been accept, its condemning Snowy To
Kidnapped... Don't let anyone leave the| |death/ On the other hand, giving in
to threats, never/... So?... My goodness,
what shouldIdo?... :

Say, you're Tintin... OK/.. They've taken your pooch. Ransom Can | start detecting?... Right!... Here's the scene... Your dog's
You're hesitating, what? Am Iright?... Good, you see nobody sleeping. Someone comes in, chloroforms
can hide anything from me... Let me introduce ae | Aim and bundles him in a sack. The abductor
myself: Mike MacAdam, hotel detective. is 33 years and six weeks old. He speaks
English with an Eskimo accent. He smokes
Paper Dollar brand cigarettes. He wears
flannel underwear and
matching garters. He's easily
recognisable by the tattoo on
Rng is (eff shoulder-blade/

The dognapper has a slight limp in his right foot I'll be back in an hour... What powers of deduction/...
after injuring himself cutting a corn, the day { With your dog, of course/... What is of
confidence/... aa
before yesterday. Ah/ Another detail: he snores A veritable Sherlock Holmes’...
in his sleep/... When I tell you that his grandfather
Really, | thought such
was scalped by the Sioux. forty years ago, and
defectives existed only
that he has a profound aversion to swallows’ nest
in novels/
sauce tartare, you Know everything that Ive
picked up affer a superficial examination...
Boy! That matron packed her Absolutely certain/.. This time,
Matron?... What matron?... The assailant he can't escape me. Your dog will
punches/
who struck me with a Javanese cosh be returned within
was a man, still young, but missing two the hour/...
molars. He was wearing rubber-soled
shoes and reads The Saturday Evening

One of the best Well, look here/ I've brought back seventeen/...
investigations I've ever And each is pedigree’...
underfaken/... You lost

Very good. Thank you. But we've Chicago Tribune/... Aha! The white handkerchief is in
already wasted enough time. New York Herald! the window/... He's paying up/...
New YorKer/...
/ would prefer to continue the search |
=

Give me The Chicago Tribune, The New Still nothing in the papers/... All's
Yorker, The New York Herald and well: he hasn't called in the cops/...
All the same, | shall Careful! That's him
leaving... Oh/ Heavens/ I'm sure that's Snowy/
continue to Keep
(x= |
a watch on the building... That package...

|]
Oh/ He's hiti ting it/ And here's a stick
lll head round the Now, careful/.. Calm and
This time, | must do something... that'll be useful...
block and wait for him precision is required...
on the street corner...

Hell... What's going on?... Crikey! What a clanger!

If I'm found here, they'll Better exit pronto/ If they
want me as a witness/... catch me, I'll have some
Quick, scram/... explaining/...
You, there, baby-face/... Here's the youn Name? Occupation?...
Yes, You/... Come with me... hoodlum, chief:

Tintin,
reporter...

I do apologise, Mr Tintin, | am so sorry for That little episode has made me lose This is where I laid! low
Keeping Br you so ong... track of Snowy's abductor. | better go the unfortunate policeman
back to where | last saw him and try by mistake. I'll go on,
and picK up the trail/... | think it's the right
direction.

Excuse me, officer, have you noticeda Sure, | noticed him. He did pass
man wearing 2 cap and carrying 2 large by here. Then at the corner of
package under his arm? He must have the road over there, he got into
a red limousine that seemed to be
waiting for him and went off
in the direction of Silvermount.

s
CANS
Come in handy /

The red car/... It just drove past the

park gates...
 So, you've accomplished your third Kidnapping.
Excellent. | propose turning this business into a
One moment, please,
and / will submit To you
A xX
Sounds as if he's
limited company. We'll promote a line and distribute the regulations of our fallen over/...
a prospectus: for your abductions call "Kidnapping future corporation. gx
Inc.", guaranteed speed and discretion. Silence
| of victims assured. Available town
What's

|He must have hada stroke...

| Quick, run and fetch a glass of water/...

Well! That's good work/... Phew/... And now that they're out of action,
/ was starting to steam up in This outfit... let's look for Snowy.
 z
| GOODNEWS [> ;| sNowy
Senator Dog
Kidnapped
June 20 | Kidnapped June 25
* anacm
———
$ 00.00 Ransom $50,000

&
4 ’

‘oof |/'s me. Snowy!... Hold on a What happened?... Ooh, have

moment longer! I'm going to I got a headache/.. But [ only
had one glass of whisky...
| wonder...

Here | am, plucky Snowy/...

please’... You see, Tintin didn't
abandon you.
I

SHH... lean hear some noise/.. One of He's here somewhere... |give you ten minutes
sell the gangsters upstairs must have given To bring him to me bound andgagged... Go, get
D] |the alarm. A whistle. We better be careful cracking! Seram/...

oN s
y

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And Ithought | would
never see you again...

[\. be
At least a dozen of them
are affer us/... |can hear
the sound of their footsteps...

Lf é I wouldn't
a - a
L lag a like to fall MaKe sure you don't
] “i into their choose the wrong door,

He went this way... Look, the door's The idiot/... He's hiding
been left open... in the Keep. He'll be
pped like a rat...
——

There/ They've all Well, Snowy, how's that?... And now that Half an hour/... They've been
gone through. Now we've got them gone half an hour, damnation!
Nobody noticed that the signs
/ve got them under locK and And I've heard nothing... Quite
had been switched/... Now they're
Key, lets tackle
all cooped up in the Keep/... ex.traordinary/. :
the other three...
~
LON

Neat piece
of work/...

How on earth? Him?... And my

fifteen bodyguards, what's he done
with them?.. Still can't worry
about them, 7

Ha! Ha/
Sorry to
 The next day... The subject of extensive police The next day...
It is reported that ace reporter Tintin has just inguiries/... Ha! Ha/ The “subject”
will
captured and handed over To police a gang of eeemake a mocKery of youraoa
dangerous criminals specialising in abductions | |inquiries/.. He has more tricks in his
and Kidnappings. Documents of extreme bag, yet/... Hello? Hello?... Tom?...
importance and sensitivity were also seized. Only| |Yes... In person... Still with Grync
the gang leader managed to get away. He is
currently the subject of extensive police
inguiries...

Yes, to combat the economic crisis, we maKe trade offs. The automobile manufacturers send
Well, well/ An invitation to the
us their scrap vehicles and we turn them into new cans of quality corned beef. For our part,
Grynde canning plant. | think that we provide them with used cans which our agents collect from around the world. Their plants
could be very interesting. | think material for a super-sports model that has had considerable success...
Tl go. 1 SiS le

We'll go,
you must mean

r
You see that huge machine? .. and they come out the other side, Now, ifyou would like to follow
Well, the cattle arrive this end as corned beef, sausages, cooking me, | will show you how
by conveyor belt, nose fo Tail... fat... It is allfully automated. the processor works.

Jfyou fell in, you would immediately Ha! Hal Hal Ha/
be crushed by the enormous mixers = ==
that you see there, beneath your
Ha! Ha/ Hal Hello? Yes... Hello?... Yes... Tom?.. All the same, if Grynde realised
Really, calls himself Sorted out? Ah/ Very good’... Perfect/. the ingredients that went into their
a reporter, how As corned beef?... You're quite a guy/...
could he be What?... 5,000 dollars?...
Agreed, you'll get it...
so naive/..
The boss will be
pleased.

Well, you lot, what's up?... Don't you What's going on?... Were on strike/.. But what about Tintin?...
have any work to do?... And besides, who The management has cut the p rices We Jeepers/ Let's hope the strike
allowed you to turn off the machines?.. get for dogs, cats and rats we bring didn't KicK in too soon/...
in to make the game pate. So we've

Heavens be praised! We've been OA! ty goodness! What a relief to find .. and believe me, dear Mr Tintin, | am
spared/... If the machine hadn't been [you safe and sound, my dear sir! | had mortified over the accident which, apart
stopped immediately, we would have all the machines halted immediately, but [from the shock, must have given you
emerged from here as corned beef/... what anxious moments | went @y 2 poor impression of our plant.

/ wonder how
often accidents
like that

That all seems pretty fishy to me... Hello?... Hello?... Yes, it's me boss...
The invitation, the over-friendly 1... it's bacK fo square one/... Bungling idiot/... When such an opportunity
manager, and then the strange While | was speaking to you earlier, presents itse/f, one can't afford to miss it...
accident... a strike broke out and all the Well, now |Know that in future | can't
Yes, and what's more, machines were shut off/... rely on you... Enough... And forget your
that man gave me Yes, unfortunately! Lénscathed/... 5,000 dollars...
the creeps. What... What could
|do?... I...
Hello... Look, boss, don't Aha/ Just as well I'm really in Hello?... Hello? Yes... You again?
put the phone down... 1... / came back. One can the doghouse’. Now what do you want?... Ah?...
Hello?... Hello?... Hello?... pick up interesting Aha/... Good/... Excellent/... Early/
Blast/ He's hung up/.. titbits here/

a
Great idea/... I'll be with you in five
minutes... See you soon...

What's he
up To now,
Tintin?

What?... Is this some sort a joKe?...

Mr Tom Hawake You say you didn’t call?... Do you
is expecting you, sir. take me for a complete sucker,
by any chance?... Huh?... Answer/...

GRYNDE
ARP, Golly! What a row
in there/ Your
phone call, Tintin,

There! That'll teach you not to play games You shouldn't leave your
with me, imbecile/ pistol lying about,
my dear chap...

A mistake?... You think?... But here is 2 much superior .. Which I shall use fo cure you once and for all
Not really. The Browning
weapon: my Trusty swordstick... of your irritating habit of meddling in matters
isn't loaded/
that don't concern you...

He's making
2 poin t/
 Il nail you to the floor, vermin/ Just you wait, pipsqueak/
T1l turn you into
a pin-cushion/

Crumbs/ Now I'm in a spot...

Snowy,
poor Snowy/...

Golly/ What's going

one... | did well
to take cover/...

Don't worry, its not serious: you'll

be quickly healed... And even if it
6 And now that the whole gang has been rounded up,
we can taKe a well-earned rest/
was necessary fo cut off your fail,
it wouldn't after all be so terrible,
would if?...
OA/ You think so, do you?
But it would be dreadful/
¢ And ruin my looks/
 h ‘ Gentlemen...

IRS
KY
fe a A,(

The situation has become untenable for our profession. In the space of a few months, two of
our most noted leaders, as well as some of their best associates, have paid with their liberty
for daring fo attack him. Gentlemen, this has to stop. Soon it will be as dangerous for us to
profession as gangsters as to be an upstanding citizen! In the name of the
Committee of the Association for the Assistance and Relief of Needy
Gangsters, I protest against such a state of affairs. | call on you to forge? your private
feuds. and form a united front against the arch-troublemaKer Tintin, the reporter!
Let us unite then against this common enemy and swear to taKe no rest
until the mischievous journalist is six feet underground... or drowned
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like a rat!.. | thank you!

er

.. And | propose a toast to this young and modest hero, a reporter without fear and beyond reproach, who through
his quiet courage has managed, in a short time, to strike fear into the heart of every gangster...

They're not exactly jolly,

you Know, these official
banquets...

Rest assured, Ladies and Gentlemen, that | shall take away

from this too short stay in America an unforgettable memory.
And it is from the bottom of my heart that I say...
And to cap it all...
hic... I. I've... hie... yy
I've got hic... hic...
hiccups...
 Look, sir, over there/...
MyJ goodness
I? gracious/ The power has been
What's going one... switched off! ;

Wooah!
Please Keep ca: Im/.
It's probably only a fuse
that has blown...

It's incredible,
gettlemen! Tein Thank you for responding
so quickly to our call... This is what
been abducted/... happened. Our guest of honour,
Send round your Tintin...
best defective
immediately. OK! / OK/ / I recognise
‘

and catch the

Kidnappers/...
 Hello, my dear Snowy! | must
admit | never thought I'd see you

Tintin! Tintin!

Watch out/ Someone la/... Hil How you're

is coming... doing Mr Tintin?
Yep, boss, I've got
the dumb-bells here...

So clever clogs, here are some No, no, you'll be swimming/... Yes/ Ha/ Ha! As for your mangy cur, he can go
nice qumb-bells that we're going Ha!... Great joKe, huh? See this trapdoor?.
with you. Perhaps he can give you
fo attach securely fo your Well, below’ is Lake Michigan... You get if?...§ 2 helping hand... Ha! Hal Ha!
feet!... Obviously Ha! Hal Ha/... And it's a dozen metres
walking won't be too deep/... And we'll see ifyou can make J
M easy with these trailing it to the surface/... You... and,
behind you! Ha! Ha!) of course, your dumb-bells/..
BM) Ha/... But walking

!
won't be required!
SS Ha! Hal Ha/.

py ON
My circular to the members of our
association should end so: We certify that,
in front of us, the reporter Tintin
was thrown into Lake Michigan,
leave you, his feet weighted down by
Tintin/ 100 Kilos. There. Please have
10,000 copies printed/...
Ladies and gentlemen/ It's my great privilege and pleasure The single-handed snatch,
to present to you the strongest man in the world... / give you the speciality of the Great
the Stupendous Bolivar! Before your very eyes Mr Bolivar Bolivar... that he'll perform
will perform some feats of amazing strength. with a smile... Let it go,
Mr Bolivar...

You're making It's not my fault, sir... L.. | don't

2 fool of me, understand it... Someone's faKen
what's the game? my wooden dumb-bells/...

Can you make any sense None at all/.. All | see

of this, Tintin? is that the dumb-bells
are happily floating on
the water/... 4

What the heck! That's amazing’...

1 get it/ The dumb-bells
Quick, officer, call for
I've never seen that before’... reinforcements/... [was thrown
are made of wood/... into the lake by gangsters/ | Know
There's a guy out there tied to
dumb-bells... and they're floating... where their hideout is/... They must
be arrested D immediately.
Hey/ One moment... | recognise you’... Quick, Tintin, quick/... Hurry/...
You're that troublemaker Tintin, aren't
‘you?... Well, my friend, you're out of Hang on a second, Snowy,
luck this time as this boat is disguised
and I'll be with you!
as a police launch, and we're part of the
mob that chucked you into the water/..

Bring them on/...

I'm ready and waiting/...

OK/ You, the pilot!... What's your choice?

To take us to the nearest police post...
Or to get a taste of this?
Sensational new developments in
the Tintin affair. The well- Known and
popular young reporter, who vanished
mysteriously a few days ago in the midst
of a banquet given in his honour,
has just reappeared and led police
to the principal hideout of the Central
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Syndicate of Chicago Gangsters
Altogether 355 arrests were made
and numerous documents seized that are Hecag
expected fo lead fo further detentions.
This amounts to a major crime clean-up
for the city of Chicago. In statements
to the press, Mr Tintin said he had come
across ruthless, crue/ and desperate men
and that, pitted against them, his life
had been in peril on a number of
occasions. Today finally he has triumphed
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its gratitude to the reporter Tintin and
to his faithful companion Snowy,
conquerors of the Chicago underworld/.

After a series of receptions

and parties, Tintin and Snouy
embark for Europe.

What a pity... |was

sey Just starting to get
a used fo Things...
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