Plastic A4 Folder – Tintin and The Blue Lotus (Bicycle), 15183

First pre-published in Le Petit Vingtième between August 1934 and October 1935, under the title Les Aventures de Tintin, reporter en Extrême-Orient, The bleu Lotus was published by Casterman, in French, as a 124-page black-and-white book in 1936. Chasing the opium smugglers he encountered in Cigars of the Pharaoh to China, Tintin finds himself embroiled in multiple deceptive plots: who are the enemies and who are the allies in this chiaroscuro tale? In this adventure, our hero befriends Tchang, a young Chinese boy who helps him to overcome his past prejudices. Having gained a friend for life by solving the riddle from the previous adventure, Tintin finds himself at odds with Rastapopoulos, now his sworn enemy… The fifth title in the colourised collection of original adventures published in the 1930’s, this edition allows us to rediscover this iconic adventure in an entirely new palette of colours, whose nuances particularly enhance the night scenes, revealing the intensity of the action and the beauty of the vignettes. This adaptation is preceded by a preface by Hergéologist Philippe Goddin, who sheds light on the creation of this pivotal adventure in Hergé’s work. The cover reproduces a vignette from the original edition, adapted to the new format.

Features:

Language: French

Size: 24 x 32 cm.

144 color pages.

 Hard cover.