Explorers on the Moon

Explorers on the Moon continues with Tintin, the Captain, Dr. Calculus and the other guy in the rocket. They've passed out from the severe Gs of lift off and the folks back on Earth fear the worst. Of course they are fine and manage to wake up and get to the moon. They have a few adventures on the way and discover a pair of stowaways on board (can you guess who). With being in a rocket with limited resources, one stowaway would be a problem, but more than one? Things are getting dicey. The moon landing itself begins as hard science fiction but it quickly devolves into typical Tintin. There is an unexpected threat, a trip into in some caves, ice on the moon and other stuff that just doesn't make sense. All that being said, it was the most fun of three Tintins I read this month.

I find Tintin storylines awfully stretched. The Unicorn story was a good one and kept me engaged until the end, but during the course of read both Tibet and Explorers on the Moon I was anxiously looking at page numbers. I will read more Tintin books because they are part of the childhoods of a lot of people around me. And they cannot stop raving about it. But my expectations will be dialed down a bit.