3.96 avg rating — 12,095 ratings

"Possibly a controversial choice since fans either love or hate it. I adore it. I always wondered what our intrepid friends do when they're at home; here's the answer. Their brushes with the media are hilarious."

4.16 avg rating — 13,063 ratings

"Tintin goes le Carre!

When Professor Calculus is kidnapped (an occupational hazard, it would seem), his two BFFs go to rescue him. How can the Prof be a threat to international security?"

4.29 avg rating — 17,858 ratings

"The first Tintin I read and still one of my favourites. The stuff of Boys' Own adventure. Sees the introduction of one Cuthbert Calculus, thus completing the Tintin family"

4.21 avg rating — 15,213 ratings

"What horrible fate has befallen the members of the Sanders Hardiman expedition? Does this have anything to do with Calculus's sudden disappearance?"

4.23 avg rating — 13,641 ratings

"While the prequel was a bit jargony at times, this doesn't put a foot wrong. The gang's greatest adventure - but is there a traitor in their midst?"

4.24 avg rating — 19,511 ratings

"A monument to friendship and endurance. Though the plot is technically about Tintin searching for his boyhood friend Chang, the real focus is his incredible relationship with the Captain. Love, thy name is Haddock."

4.10 avg rating — 15,702 ratings

"This is where Tintin went from being just a good comic book series to a great comic book series.

That weird alcoholic he somehow acquires? You might want to keep an eye on him. I've a feeling he's going to be important."

4.04 avg rating — 13,469 ratings

"Tintin's last solo adventure, it's the best of the early stories. It introduces us to Syldavia, a pretty but politically unbalanced mittel European nation - and has an awesome locked room mystery."

4.04 avg rating — 15,125 ratings

"The boy reporter's only sojourn in the British Isles. Enter the dastardly Dr Muller, probably my favourite villain."

4.05 avg rating — 19,205 ratings

"Boys' Own Adventure incarnate, it's bonkers but terrific fun. It also introduces one Roberto Rastapopoulos, the nearest the series has to a Moriarty!"