The Adventures of Tintin, Vol. 7: The Castafiore Emerald / Flight 714 to Sydney / Tintin and the Picaros

Tintin #21-23

by Hergé, Michael Turner (Translator), Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper (Translator)

Join traveling reporter Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy, along with well-known friends such as Captain Haddock, as they embark on extraordinary adventures spanning historical and political events, fantasy and science-fiction adventures and thrilling mysteries. These full-color graphic novels broke new ground when they were first released and became the inspiration for countless modern-day comic artists.

This repackaged hardcover volume contains 3 classic Tintin stories, including: The Castafiore Emerald, Flight 714 to Sydney, and Tintin and the Picaros.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Fiction, Adventure, Graphic Novels Comics, Childrens, Mystery

192 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1997

About the author

Georges Prosper Remi (22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist.
His best known and most substantial work is The Adventures of Tintin comic book series, which he wrote and illustrated from 1929 until his death in 1983, leaving the twenty-fourth Tintin adventure Tintin and Alph-Art unfinished. His work remains a strong influence on comics, particularly in Europe.

"Hergé" is the pseudonym of George Remí, making a game with the initials of his name inverted. Throughout the evolution of his star character, Tintin, we can see the progress of this author: from the first titles marked by the ultraconservative doctrine of the director of the newspaper Le Petit Vingtième, to the breaking of conventions embodied from The Blue Lotus , as well as the evolution of the society of his time. The research carried out by Hergé to historically contextualize his Adventures, as well as his implicit social criticism, have made Tintin a masterpiece of the 20th century.

Series on Goodreads:
* The Adventures of Tintin
* Quick & Flupke
* The adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko

Reviews

[Stewart Tame · Rating 4 out of 5]

Three more tales featuring everyone's favorite adventurer. I vaguely recall that Tintin is a reporter by trade, but we rarely see him do any actual reporting. Just about the entire cast seem to have all the free time they need to travel around the globe, or even spend long stretches of time wandering the grounds of Marlinspike Hall–they don't even have the excuse of having one of the team be the world's richest duck.

That's fine, because we read these books for the cast and their adventures. We don't want to see Tintin at his typewriter agonizing over a deadline.

Even without seeing the copyright data for Flight 714, the story is obviously a product of the late 60's, with its Aristotle Onassis wannabe and nod to Chariots of the Gods? I particularly love the cover, which has just the right air of mystery about it.

This late in the series, Hergé had his pacing down to a science. You can almost hear the audience bursting into applause when older characters–like Jollyon Wagg or Bianca Castafiore–make their entrances. Probably best to start with earlier tales, as part of the pleasure of these later stories is the reappearance of familiar faces.

[Belinda Vlasbaard · Rating 5 out of 5]

4,5 stars - English Ebook

[Savannah B · Rating 5 out of 5]

If I ever get a dog, I'm going to name it Milou.

[Liilaa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tintin is my guilty pleasure.

[Cyndi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thus, the end of the Tintin lexicon has been reached.

[Nipun Fernando · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great read! Flight 714 to Sydney is my favourite story in this omnibus.

[Katelyn Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A classic from my childhood

[Darius Ostrowski · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not the best collection, these later Tintin adventures seem a bit of a stretch.

"The Castafiore Emerald" involves gypsies taking residence outside Marlinspike Hall, right when Bianca Castafiore decides to pay a visit to hide from her public, while also inviting reports and tv crews to document her every move (including an engagement to Captain Haddock?!?). When her emerald goes missing the chaos gets even worse.

In "Flight 714 to Sydney" a simple trip to Australia is derailed by a chance encounter with billionaire Lazlo Carreidas. What ensues is kidnapping, held captive on a hidden island, fights against Tintin's arch enemy Rastapopoulos, and finally UFOs and alien spaceships with mind control. A bit too much for my tastes.

Finally we end with "Tintin and the Picaros", which I believe is the last Tintin adventure completed by Hergé. This is back to a classic Tintin type of adventure: the gang is tricked into coming to San Theodoros by General Tapioca, who has deposed General Alcazar and is running the country as a dictator. Tintin finds out his old enemy Colonel Sponsz is behind the conspiracy as revenge for past wrongs. The gang escapes and joins Alcazar and his Picaros guerrillas to restore freedom (maybe) to the country. The best of the three, even with a silly anti-alcohol pill subplot.

[Mitchell Friedman · Rating 4 out of 5]

The last of the collected volumes. As with the earlier volumes, there are no extra materials. Still it is a pretty good form, and these, the last three stories are pretty good. The characters definitely remain the same throughout, though we see less and less of Snowy, and by the end story we have air conditioning and surveillance cameras and two-way glass. The art and writing of the collected volumes have been consistent throughout. The first 2 stories are definitely make sense not being in the collected works and are certainly different. 3.5 of 5.

[Charles · Rating 4 out of 5]

The worst part of this book Is now I have no more Tintin to read.

While yes this series had its ups and downs I really thought most of it was fun, maybe I should give Alph Art a go so I can see how these were made.

[Laurie Sand · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not the best of Tintin but still, y'know, TINTIN.

[Meta · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading for nostalgic sense for Tintin’s 95th anniversary. Still as good as before 💕

[David Schwan · Rating 3 out of 5]

The last volume. Herge seems to have run out of ideas, hence the stories in this volume will OK, are less interesting than previous volumes. Still worth reading.

[j]

he was on coke for this one !!!!!!

[PottWab Regional Library]

SM

[Indri Juwono · Rating 5 out of 5]

Di bundel ini, Flight 714 penerbangan ke Sydney, adalah salah satu favoritku di serial Tintin. Sewaktu kecil aku belum pernah membaca judul yang ini dan alangkah senangnya ketika melihat latar di halaman pertama adalah Djakarta! Wow! Bangga juga punya negara yang masuk ke buku Tintin.
Dan untunglah aku membaca dalam bahasa Inggrisnya sehingga ketika sampai pada dialek berbahasa Indonesia, lha kok.. Rupanya Mr. Herge memasukkan bebarapa percakapan lokal di sini ketika pesawat ini dibajak dan mendarat darurat di suatu wilayah yang kukira adalah Flores. Soalnya, di gambarnya ada binatang Komodo yang Indonesia punya itu lho.. (eh, mungkin juga di pulau Komodo) Pertemuan Tintin dan musuh bebuyutannya Rastapopulous yang dengan liciknya berebutan harta karun dan trik-trik pintu rahasia, banyak mengundang tawa. Seperti biasa Tintin selamat dengan cara yang ajaib dan beruntung. Petualangan Tintin selalu membuatku ingin berkelana melihat negeri-negeri yang ia jelajahi.

[Tomi Pakei · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not the Tintin I knew
(This review is for the 'three-in-one-book-size edition')

I love Tintin, when he's still mag-sized. But I hate this book-sized edition. It takes away the good old Tintin I knew. With everything's got zoomed-out:

1). The funny-yet-intriguing contrast between Tintin's simple face and the rest of the universe's detailed graphics is GONE.

2). The (now) way-smaller letters give the book some [annoying] serious ambiance--TOO SERIOUS for its own good.

[Phil · Rating 3 out of 5]

These ones dip down a bit. Castafiore is a bad side character to focus on, and there isn't any real mystery. Flight 714 takes a bizarre turn with aliens. Not that they exist, but that they wrap things up to get rid of the old Tintin nemesis. The last one gets rid of the last few of Tintin's rivals, but it's too bad it doesn't do much to wrap up his own story (or that of the captain and professor). They're left to keep adventuring for another day.

[Esha Nas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Flight 714 to Sydney was eh. Amnesia and flying saucers? Not my favourite, by far. However, TinTin and the Picaros was a good finish, though seemingly the concoction contra whiskey and Calculus and the Picaros didn't go anywhere?

[Luca · Rating 5 out of 5]

That one was still really good.

[Mike · Rating 2 out of 5]

I knew that "Flight 714" would be rotten, based on the terribly dull title, but I didn't guess it would be nearly as bad as it was. Alas & alack!

[Helen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gotta love that Tin Tin....! (and Snowy, and Captain Haddock, and the Professor. :))

[Pratip Aditya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very Good series

[Isaac · Rating 5 out of 5]

tons of action

[Bekki Fahrer · Rating 3 out of 5]

These stories were kind of meandering. Not the usual Tintin caliber, such as it is.

[Sean · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 really.

[Helen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is another fantastic Tintin volume! I really enjoy these thrilling stories, like "Flight 714 to Sydney" in this volume! Tintin is a lost wonder!