Tintin in America - Definition

Tintin in America (Tintin en Amérique) is one of a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as hero.

Tintin in America is the third in the series. The first strip was published in "Le Petit Vingtième" on September 3, 1931.

It was published in a black and white album in 1932. The album was reworked and published in color in 1945; this version was shortened to a standard 62-page format. The first American edition was issued in 1973. For this occasion many of the black characters were re-drawn to make their race white or ambiguous.

The storyline

The plot concerns Tintin fighting gangsters from Chicago to the Wild West. In this story Tintin meets Al Capone; this is the only case of a real person appearing as character in a Tintin story.

It is the earliest Tintin album readily available in English translation; the two previous ones can be found, but not easily.