Destination Moon is the sixteenth volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was initially serialised weekly in Belgium's Tintin magazine from March t
Cover of the English edition
A Nazi German V-2 rocket being launched in 1945. The V-2 would serve as a major inspiration for Hergé in his work on both Destination Moon and Explorers on the Moon.
A model of Hergé's fictional rocket at Brussels Airport
The cover of Tintin magazine that first announced the impending Moon adventure
The Adventures of Tintin is a series of 24 comic albums created by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The series was one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. By 2007, a century after Hergé'
Destination Moon (comics)
…Destination Moon (French: Objectif Lune) is the sixteenth volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was initially serialised weekly in Belgium's Tintin magazine from March to September 1950 and…
The early Adventures of Tintin depicted controversial images, which Hergé later described as "a transgression of my youth". In 1975, he substituted this sequence with one in which the rhino accidentally discharges Tintin's rifle.
Tintin and the Black Island at the Arts Theatre in the West End of London, by the Unicorn Theatre Company, in 1980–81
The Tintin Shop in Covent Garden, London
Belgian Post's series of postage stamps "Tintin on screen" issued 30 August 2011 featuring a chronological review of Tintin film adaptations made through the years.