Description
The Adventures of Tintin: Complete Collection (Compact Editions, 8 Hardcover Volumes)
Some comics age badly. Tintin does not. This Tintin complete set gathers all twenty-three adventures into eight compact hardcover books, housed in a newly designed slipcase, with three stories to a volume. Nearly a century after Hergé drew the first strip, the clear-line artwork, the plotting and the running cast still read as freshly as they did to the children who first followed them across the Congo, the Andes, the Moon and Tibet.
Snowy, Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus, Thomson and Thompson are all present, and the stories sit in sequence, so the running jokes and recurring characters land the way Hergé intended. The whole series takes up a fraction of the shelf space the individual albums would.
What this edition gives you
- The complete run in one purchase, with no hunting for the two or three albums that always seem to be out of print.
- Compact hardcovers: durable binding in a smaller trim size, easier for younger readers to hold than the large-format albums.
- A presentation slipcase, which is why the set so often ends up as a gift.
- Reading order preserved across the eight volumes.
About Hergé
Georges Prosper Remi drew and wrote under the pen name Hergé. Born in Brussels in 1907, he created Tintin in 1929 and worked on the series until his death in 1983. His ligne claire style shaped European comics for generations, and the books have been translated into over eighty languages, selling more than 200 million copies worldwide.
Who it is for
- Readers aged roughly 8 and up meeting Tintin for the first time.
- Adult collectors replacing a childhood set or finishing a partial one.
- Graphic novel readers working through the European classics.
- Anyone after a gift set with real re-reading value.
Set details
- Title: The Adventures of Tintin, Complete Set (Compact Editions)
- Author and illustrator: Hergé
- Edition: UK edition
- Publisher: Egmont Books
- Publication date: January 1, 2015
- ISBN-13: 9781405278454
- Format: 8 compact hardcover volumes in a slipcase, approximately 1,584 pages, all 23 stories, English
Questions buyers ask
How many Tintin stories are in the set?
All 23, spread three to a volume across eight books, in reading order.
Are these the full-size albums?
No. These are the compact hardcover editions, a smaller trim size than the large-format albums, which is what lets 23 stories fit into eight books.
What age does it suit?
Roughly 8 and up for a first read. The smaller volumes are easier for younger hands to hold than the big albums.
Is it hardcover or paperback?
Hardcover. Eight volumes, around 1,584 pages in total, in a slipcase.
Which language is this edition?
English, the Egmont UK edition dated January 1, 2015.
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