Majestic February 16

Begun in 1943-44, daily publication (Le Soir) of this album will be interrupted, given the war until 1946, and The 7 Crystal Balls, thirteenth volume of Tintin album will be released in that in 1948. This album form with the following (The Temple Of The Sun), an adventure in two volumes, so mythical it was adapted to film (cartoon of 1969, Raymond Leblanc, a success in his way despite the passing time) as well as musical. Plus, of course, the animated television series of 1992. It is undeniably one of the best episodes of the series, and the first with Marlinspike as the residence of Captain Haddock (although at the end of the previous volume, we know he took possession).

Absolute success in terms of both drawings of the script (inspired by the famous curse of Tutankhamun, but it is also clearly stated at the beginning of the album in the conversation between Tintin and a traveler on the train), The 7 Balls Crystal is a very striking and worship album. I prefer, personally, its sequel, The Temple Of The Sun, in which one really enters the thick of things (everything happens in Peru), but the beginning of adventure in two volumes really has nothing to envy its successor. A large Tintin!