The Adventures of Tintin: 8 Title Paperback Boxed Set

Celebrating 95 years of Hergé’s classic comic book creation Tintin, one of the most recognisable characters in children’s books. Beautiful, boxed gift set with the following eight titles: Cigars of the Pharaoh; The Blue Lotus; The Secret of the Unicorn; Red Rackham’s Treasure; The Seven Crystal Balls; Prisoners of the Sun; Destination Moon; Explorers on the Moon. Join the most iconic character in comics as he embarks on eight extraordinary adventures spanning historical and political events, and thrilling mysteries. Still selling over 100,000 copies every year in the UK and having been adapted for the silver screen by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson in 2011. The Adventures of Tintin continue to charm more than 90 years after they first found their way into publication. Since then more than 230 million copies have been sold, proving that comic books have the same power to entertain children and adults in the 21st century as they did in the early 20th. Hergé (Georges Remi) was born in Brussels in 1907. Over the course of 54 years he completed over 20 titles in The Adventures of Tintin series, which is now considered to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, comics series of all time.