The Adventures of Tintin, The Calculus Affair by Herge Casterman Pubs., 1984

Series Title: The Adventures of Tintin

Story Title: The Calculus Affair

Issue #: 18

Date of Publication: 1984

Edition: English paperback album. Pictorial covers, green spine. Printed in Belgium by Casterman, S.A. Artwork copyright renewed 1984. Mammoth logo on the front cover. 

Publisher: Casterman in association with Methuen Children's Books

Country of Origin: Belgium

Language: English

ISBN: 9782203403475

Cover Artists: Hergé

Artists: Hergé, Studios Hergé

Writers: Hergé, translated by Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper, Michael Turner

Characters: Tintin, Snowy, Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus, Nestor, Thomson and Thompson, Jolyon Wagg, Bianca Castafiore, Colonel Sponsz, Professor Topolino, Bordurian and Syldavian agents

First Appearances: Jolyon Wagg, Colonel Sponsz, Cutts the Butcher

Key Facts: Eighteenth Tintin album. Originally serialised in Tintin magazine from December 1954 to February 1956 and first collected by Casterman in 1956 as L'Affaire Tournesol. First English edition was Methuen, 1960. Cold War spy story in which Calculus is kidnapped over his ultrasonic weapon. Copyright page of this copy states Artwork © 1956 by Éditions Casterman, Tournai, Copyright © renewed 1984 by Casterman, Text © 1960 by Reed International Books Ltd, Printed in Belgium by Casterman.  Iconic shattered-glass cover design by Hergé. Full colour throughout.

Page Count: 62

Condition: Very good+ clean paperback with no annotations, excellent for its age.

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