Experts are confused by a series of spontaneous car engine explosions, apparently caused by tampered fuel supplies. Political tensions heighten, le...
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Dec 12, 2010
Mariel
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There are problems with all of the Tin Tin comics that I don't really care about because Snowy, Captain Haddock and the twins Thompson and Thomson (Dupont and Dupond in French. Or Hernández y Fernández in Spanish) make me happy. Sure, it's a bit ridiculous that Herge travelled to distant lands and researched to get the details in his drawings as correct as can be, yet failed to pick up on anything real about said cultures. I don't care 'cause I'm not reading for a post card. I love it when Haddo
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Jul 29, 2011
Catherine
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With the completion of The Seven Crystal Balls and Prisoners of the Sun, Herge finally saw an opportunity to resurrect The Land of Black Gold, a story he had originally concocted nine years before but was forced to abandon due to the wartime shutdown of Le Vingtieme Siecle. As Michael Farr points out in his formidable book "Tintin: The Complete Companion," in 1948 German villains were no longer taboo; thus Herge could introduce this tale complete with the nefarious Dr. Muller, last see
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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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Jul 25, 2011
Yves
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Dans ma jeunesse, c'est un des Tintin que j'ai le moins lu. En le relisant, je me suis rendu compte qu'il n'était pas aussi ennuyant que je le pensais mais c'est loin d'être le meilleur de la série. Dans ce tome, le monde est sur le bord de la guerre et il y a un sabotage étranger qui fait que l'essence explose pour rien.
Ce que j'ai moins aimé, c'est l'absence du Capitaine Haddock pour la moitié de la BD. C'est lui qui amène l'aspect comique de Tintin. L'histoire quant à elle est plutô More...
Ce que j'ai moins aimé, c'est l'absence du Capitaine Haddock pour la moitié de la BD. C'est lui qui amène l'aspect comique de Tintin. L'histoire quant à elle est plutô More...
Jan 03, 2012
Paula
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This was my first Tin Tin adventure and it was hilarious. I haven't taken much to the current graphic novel craze, but Tin Tin works so well it's irresistible. The characters are strong -- I love Snowy and Captain Haddock. This story was full of explosions and gunfire and intrigue, all untouched by modern-day correctness requirements. Felt like a real, cut-loose entertainment.
I'm going to give the same book a go in French. That'll decide whether I keep on in French or take the l More...
I'm going to give the same book a go in French. That'll decide whether I keep on in French or take the l More...
Jul 17, 2009
Sarah
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Someday I hope to read the Tintin comics in French. So many of the puns just don't translate to English. My local library has a bunch of Tintin comics and I selected one of the volumes at random. It contained Land of Black Gold, Destination Moon and Explorers of the Moon.
Land of Black Gold focuses on an oil crisis. Oil isn't running out here but it isn't working right either. Automobiles, planes, ships and anything else running on oil based fuels are suffering from exploding engines. More...
Land of Black Gold focuses on an oil crisis. Oil isn't running out here but it isn't working right either. Automobiles, planes, ships and anything else running on oil based fuels are suffering from exploding engines. More...
Aug 27, 2010
Maninee
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when cars start to burst mysteriously due to fuels, tintin sets out for arab, the heart of all oil wells and finds himself knee deep in a mystery-- which includes potential outbreak of a war.
this particular adventure was better than 'tintin in america' but captain haddock's prescence was sorely missed in the begginning of the mystery. the mirage joke, though great at first, began to get a bit stale in the end, the same can be said for abdullah's tricks.
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this particular adventure was better than 'tintin in america' but captain haddock's prescence was sorely missed in the begginning of the mystery. the mirage joke, though great at first, began to get a bit stale in the end, the same can be said for abdullah's tricks.
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Sep 09, 2011
Anna
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Déjà évacuer le capitaine Haddock au début et ne le faire réapparaitre que dans les 5 dernières pages est un énorme sacrilège. D'autant plus que Tournesol n'est pas là non plus.
Le départ de l'intrigue est original et assez contemporain : l'essence, le pétrole, le Moyen Orient, tout ça. On retrouve plusieurs personnages rencontrés dans les albums précédents, ce qui est toujours sympa (impression d'avoir à faire à un univers cohérent). L'émir est amusant, avec tous les surnoms qu'ils donnen More...
Le départ de l'intrigue est original et assez contemporain : l'essence, le pétrole, le Moyen Orient, tout ça. On retrouve plusieurs personnages rencontrés dans les albums précédents, ce qui est toujours sympa (impression d'avoir à faire à un univers cohérent). L'émir est amusant, avec tous les surnoms qu'ils donnen More...
Nov 01, 2010
Sammy
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My review, as published in Tintin Books:
After working on six straight apolitical albums, Hergé decided to return, in 1948, to "Land of Black Gold": a work he had been forced to abandon in 1940 with the onset of war. Much more varied in tone than its lacklustre predecessor, Prisoners of the Sun, "Land of Black Gold" is not perfect 'Tintin', but moves along at a nice pace with a complicated enough plot to keep interest, and a nice array of characters on both sides of More...
After working on six straight apolitical albums, Hergé decided to return, in 1948, to "Land of Black Gold": a work he had been forced to abandon in 1940 with the onset of war. Much more varied in tone than its lacklustre predecessor, Prisoners of the Sun, "Land of Black Gold" is not perfect 'Tintin', but moves along at a nice pace with a complicated enough plot to keep interest, and a nice array of characters on both sides of More...
Nov 09, 2011
Patrick
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Scientists are baffled by whats causing the fuel explosions caused by sabotage.The world is teetering towards war and Captain Haddock is called away.Following different leads, Tintin and Thomson and Thompson set off for Khemed on a petrol tanker.Nearing their destination, they are arrested and confined. The Thompson twins are released but Tintin is kidnapped by Bab-El-Er's men.They abandon him in the desert,where he encounters an old enemy Dr.Muller. They fight and Mullers runs with both horses.
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Jul 29, 2011
Mathieu
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Un Tintin qui, par son côté politique prononcé, m'est longtemps resté obscur... L'histoire est pourtant bien menée, et les personnages toujours aussi réjouissants. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah ce cher Abdallah ! "je vais le dire à mon père ! Et mon père, il est émir !" Un des rares personnages capable de faire perdre son calme à tintin...
Là où c'est très fort, c'est que le bouquin date d'avant la crise pétrolière... Un génie cet Hergé. Ou un visionnaire ?
Là où c'est très fort, c'est que le bouquin date d'avant la crise pétrolière... Un génie cet Hergé. Ou un visionnaire ?
Nov 26, 2011
Harish Kumar Sharma
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Another wonderful adventure of tintin!! This used to be one of my favorite toons during my childhood!!
In this adventure, tintin has got more of physical than his holmes' style!! Haddock was as usual!! Snowy has got a bit lesser role!! Thompson n Thomson are always a comic relief!! But the role of abdullah was hilarious! It will create a serious of troubles n laughters in this episode!!
On the whole this can be rated as one of the best episodes of the entire adventures of
In this adventure, tintin has got more of physical than his holmes' style!! Haddock was as usual!! Snowy has got a bit lesser role!! Thompson n Thomson are always a comic relief!! But the role of abdullah was hilarious! It will create a serious of troubles n laughters in this episode!!
On the whole this can be rated as one of the best episodes of the entire adventures of
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Jul 05, 2009
Grace
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Just finished this book, which I read in short segments over the past week or so. Feel a little pathetic, posting it on goodreads, but these Tintin books! They mean something different each time, largely because you start reading them as a kid and later grow to understand them better, or at least differently.
Anyway, this one is interesting because it's about... oil! And war over oil! Sound familiar? Anyway, always fun, as Tintin is.
Anyway, this one is interesting because it's about... oil! And war over oil! Sound familiar? Anyway, always fun, as Tintin is.
Apr 06, 2009
Paul
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I don't know why I keep reading Tin Tin books. Obviously it's not the content of the books that keep bringing me back but Herge's masterful use of the comics language. Although he is so precise with his line and methodology I don't think he is capable of truly expanding his style or comics grammar. Which isn't to say that his comics grammar isn't in and of itself expansive and more than adequate to tell these limited yet charming adventure stories.
Aug 03, 2011
This excellent comic book about Tintin, covers the Black Gold, Oil. It starts with the exploding of engines, and Tintin, curious as always, hunts down the organized crime gang that is sabotaging fuel supplies.
Sep 27, 2011
Patrick
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A weaker Tintin effort, with an obnoxious kid character that reeks of Cousin Oliver syndrome. It's a weird entry in the series, as it's in the middle of a run when the books were at their strongest. Not terrible by any means, but not great either.
Sep 09, 2010
Grade5
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I really enjoyed this book. It is about this mystery where cars are going boom! It is also about the kings child being kidnapped.
Jun 18, 2011
Biogeek
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More fun to read when living in the middle east ...wait, is that Abdullah making that noise outside?
Jul 27, 2011
Pour moi, n'importe quel des Tintin, c'est une portion heureuse de mon enfance...
Dec 11, 2010
Selin *MCR FAN and BVB FAN FOR LIFE!*
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I like tenten (and yes America, thats the proper way you write it)
Oct 23, 2011
Pam
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Not as amusing as the cartoons and I typically find books to be better than on film.
Oct 12, 2009
Michael
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This was my first Tintin book and I found it to be an excellent choice. Not only did I get to meet almost all the classic characters (the Thompson Twins are a new favorite), but I also got to see some of Herge's trademark slapstick humor. The art is fantastic, the writing top notch. Everything about this is classy.
Oct 18, 2008
Desiree
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One of my all-time favorite Tintins, this one has all the Herge humor intact plus a thinly-disguised stab at the Middle East oil industry. The smartest political commentary is always the one bubbling under comedy.
May 15, 2008
Palsay
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sumpah, pas baca ini jaman kelas 3 SD dulu, saya ga tau apa artinya negeri emas hitam...
ternyata negeri minyak yak...hahahaha..dungu sekali...
ternyata negeri minyak yak...hahahaha..dungu sekali...
Feb 21, 2011
Megan
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You can tell this book is good: it has people growing absurd blue beards on the cover! This is technically a comic book, but still...
