Tintin comes to America and deals with criminals in Chicago and ultimately chases gangster Bobby Smiles to the wild West where native peoples are living.

Overview: The classic graphic novel. One day Tintin reads about a plane crash in the Himalayas. When he discovers that his friend, Chang, was on board, Tintin travels to the crash site in hopes of a rescue.

Tintin, the Captain, and Snowy attempt to rescue Dr. Calculus who has been kidnapped by the Bordurians.

Tintin aids his old friend the Emir Ben Kalish and fights the ruthless Marquis di Gorgonzola.

Tintin and friends accept a ride to an astronautical congress in Australia in the plane of Laszlo Carreidas, but the plane is hijacked and the guests are landed on a Pacific island where an enemy uses a truth drug in an attempt to obtain the secret Swiss bank account number of their millionaire host.

Tintin and the captain's friend Cuthbert Calculus is kidnapped and taken to South America.