The Adventures of Tintin, Vol. 3: The Crab With the Golden Claws / The Shooting Star / The Secret...
The Crab with the Golden Claws is best known for introducing Tintin's best friend and one of the series' most memorable characters: Captain ...
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Apr 14, 2011
Jennifer
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It seems clear that these are aimed at younger readers, but no effort was spared on the art or storytelling. Seeing the beautiful drawings and rich colors, and reading the complex, suspenseful plots of these collected Tintin stories made me wish so many popular cartoons aimed at today's kids didn't underestimate their audience. Slapstick humor, violence, and references to alcohol use abound, so parents may wish to review the comics with their children--but then, shouldn't parents be engaged wi
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Aug 02, 2011
Dan
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The Tintin stories for anyone who has read them and understands their history can't be viewed as anything other than groundbreaking. The beginnings of these stories have been around as long as the Lord of the Rings, the illustration and environments in the Tintin books are accurate and extremely detailed. Anyone who has spent even a little time exploring Herge (Georges Remi) can see the painstaking research and adversity he worked through to compose the world around Tintin. His ideas were ahe
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Nov 11, 2011
Jeff
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This volume contains three of the weaker Tintin stories, most notable of which is The Shooting Star, which is quite frankly pretty silly. Although Captain Haddock first joins the party in The Crab with the Golden Claws, there is little else to recommend these stories over some of the really classic Tintin adventures, such as Tintin in Tibet or Land of Black Gold. In many ways, the present volume is appropriate for Tintin completists only.
Jan 05, 2009
Volume 3 of 7 volume series, each of these contain three Tintin books. I like these books because they're compact and don't take a lot of shelf space. The printing quality is very good: rich color ink on nice, smooth paper. The only complaint I have is with the physical dimensions of the books, which are 45% smaller than the traditional albums. That said, they are no substitute for the original albums if you are a serious Tintin fan or collector, as I am.
Jan 16, 2012
Patrick
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It seems that everywhere Tin-Tin goes, there's always a problem. But there's always a solution to it, which is good. In this volume, Tin-Tin has found an small old antique ship that could cost millions! Just right after the cashier sold the antique to him, two crazy men come barging at Tin-Tin beggin them to sell the ship to them. But he declines saying that it is for his old friend. When Tin-Tin gets back to the Captains place, he shows him it. The Captain said that it was the exact same ship o
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Jan 25, 2011
Starkville Public Library
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Tintin originated in 1929 by Belgian artist Georges Rémi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series frequently misrepresents people using offensive stereotypes and labels, such as calling Native Americans "red Indians." While the use of these racial slurs is inexcusable in any time period, keep in mind that these terms and ideas are those of a culture in a specific time and do not necessarily reflect any personal bigotry on the part of the author. Hopefully, an understanding of th
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Aug 27, 2011
Penelope
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I really liked "The Shooting Star" out of three stories in this collection. Overall, however, I didn't like these stories as much as some of the later ones.
Feb 03, 2012
Sam
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Probably my favourite set of the Tin Tin comics as this is the introduction to Captain Haddock, the best drunk ever. I have always adored "The Shooting Star" just because I adore Tin Tin's reaction to the end results, but "The Secret of the Unicorn" has the origins of Haddock's family and the drunkin' fight scene. Tough call here! :)
Feb 07, 2012
Stien
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Horrible edition. Just because the text and images are still clear when you shrink them, doesn't mean it still works as well.
Aug 07, 2011
i still love the clean art & the straight-ahead adventure stories in tintin books. things i don't like: almost complete lack of female characters, and problematic portrayals of alcoholism and non-white races. a question to others: how much of a pass do you give a work like this that was written in a different era? i suppose it might depend on the context... even though i enjoyed these when i was young, and enjoyed re-reading these as an adult, i don't know if i'd feel comfortable recommending th
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Jun 24, 2011
Elaine
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Judah sat down and read this one as soon as we brought it home from the library - and finished it before lunch.
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