THE RED SEA SHARKS ie sooning, ab Hae civerna, Did you enjoy [Oh yes...s0-40) | tae len, captain ea S 15 \ i [The chap who payed te ead is good a ‘ctor. He looks like Aeazari vik For example, take General Alcazar, whom you mentioned just wow. He completely vanished from our lives years ago... Its ae if { was thinkin don't know, someone 0 but the end was too improbable. The old uncle hasn't seow his nephew for twenty years...he starts thinking about hiv...the door ‘pes, and hey-9re who's Well, d'you suppose, Bhink about him he'll pop up || onthe street corwer, like that, binge !?It's extraordinary! Imagine! moment talking about you! The Captain and I were just this Yes, of you... weren't we,Cap- tain = Then up you pop like a Jack-in-a-box. I¥s incredible... But tell we, General, what doing nowadays? Tor Paver... exeuse please... {n mucho hurry... Already jate for appointment. go now ee events, Here's iy address F ‘And where cane we Find - ar Fr... Um... At thes hotel... er...thees Hotel Bristol , Good ! The Bristol... ‘Ard when do you... Pouce s0...Now! go... Adios, ] [f Well, well! Frankly, | dou't think your Friend amigos! Aloazar was in a very chatty mood Goodbye, General: Yee, an odd Fellow, Ob well, come on. fechaps he got inkoa car. .. Never mind, The Hotel Bristol isquite near swell H teave bis wallet there,gentlemaw Now what cau we do toreturn that T wonder: perhaps he's registered lider ancther fname... Ramon Zarate? { Ramon Zarate... No, sis. A Spanish South American. Quite well-built. A long chin... small woustache... Wait, {Il try todraw him for | Leay, why shouldn't | tee wailed iesult sive |) us a clue towards Find- | ing the genera Come oni wellgotn were. Pound notes, French and Belgian woney, a hotel bill, a four leat clover a lottery ticker From San Theodoros... in Fack, nothing to give ws a lead Wo, sir. Tow terribly sorry, but I don't know the gentleman .. And in this envelope, photos of airceatt.... Odd, isu't it, Captain ? J — Ah, a letter... This Helle is that 1c 8624? |] May | speak to Mr Detrett#... Who am cA friend of General Aleazar, and Va. But the generals on te something. priday look, Captain 1 know, ving uP " ear Sirs Aare } ne Ws 2° @ perepnon® 14 : Eieess ot petweee a se Me pat 12,0,5 1 peprevt sk £ ZZ Regards: LDe!Can you hear wet | what’... You don't know the vame Alcazar ? What about Rarwor Zarate ®- Mor tat? You sees, | found Wie wallek and... Teg your pardon There's polite- | |f Vary odd... They don’t know of Hine viees for you! |) at that number. Too bad... We'd 1 { tell vou, gin, | ayn not ate Pebrett! tj] dont know youn Gen eral Alhambra, and Tam uct interested in your story ... Goodbye | Ere = fwoo | Good hi toMy “y WooAMl WOOAAAHL, BE) oor Sram’ Whos tone | ac HT Hey, Captain, what's hnappencd to you? J C Vil age tothe botton Pe 8 Billions oF blue blistering bar- | hnacles! Who's the thundering om | of a sea-oherkin who did that. | Nestor |... Nestor! a Ths Bhs han | there behind you! a’ Ba Wy 3 iAbdullah! Blistering -.- a |e 3 Ee wv Fagain, blisterina Barnacies® You young ruffian! Just you ce [fal downstairs again! rell we what youre doing heet! ea Wait!... Wait, Bistering Barnacies! ve got something foryou Z) ‘A cuckoo-clock' Why, it’s ‘smagnificent, Abduilal | TY Yen ser ste wind | {it we ih present !... It's for you, Blistering Something Barnacles, from we specially for — mg, Brought from his county, Foxpect. Dear litte Fellow! Ten Prousand thundering typhoon! ...Dow't Hin JOH $a i wa“Me Hassim, servant to His Highness Prince Abdullah } ‘Aud [bring you message From my mi ae] a intin, i's for you... Tell me Hassim, what does the Eni wean. "the situation is serious"? Tknow not, EPfendi . What d'you wake of it? One thing's clear: we've gat Kedullale on our hands, Well have to bring the young scamp Eo heel. Abdujlah!...You lit he brat! Tw going to teach you a lesson... Halt thou! . Tow not the Tis going tolet that little Touch wot! Touch nok! You 4rabesque, you! D'you imagine. Pest raise (ain im wy Hause if Suse wait cin A |l) find you, You young | rapscatlion | Oh siel...Sir!... Ib terrible, sir... All those Foreign per- Sons have éettled themselves. | Later, Nester. tell me later J oy ¢ state- room: oi (afr SS Blue blistering barnacles 1H vial I right! ima thundering typhoon! TM 1g! ae, { bilge y LC met | aR RING hi Al ‘onan alt RING BING, JE RAIN. Ti sh 7 Novanswer?...1 suppose they're ail asleep stil. Ia Tintin here this J |) morning t..Yes.You'd gy ohyes, foe || wich tp? WertWell, well! Thompson and Thom- son 4...And they want to talk tome about Genera Bleazar: Odd, isn't it? | Yes. H this morning! 2 i " Talking of odd things where's Abdullals Ringing up when Tw in Ehe kath! fa You goat, you! D'you often low admit it. You're purated |) reak- like that fast on roller- skates ?You thundering witwitted Who rang, Nestor? uskull you" Haven't you |] finished acting the goat Found mo one the | First time, sir But the second | time, | saw AbAullah | running away. Lhot that's hin! But he won't get away with it hie ime. Nestor, go and bring tho hose- vine! Now,...ag $00H as he rings, yeu open the door, and then: psshhee!,., We'll get a.go0d iaugh? Tm dreadfully carry!... Pleace for- Wie! You see, it's Abdullah's fault. The Dei online ee romiogthebal oa ET ‘Well, here's the position. Interpol have asked us to keep an eye ona man called Dawson, ana to collect all the informat: fe can aa send alse about the peopl 1 knew him when he was liewects. It so happens that } |) President of the Republic of You know one of them: General|| || san Theodoros, [ mct him Aksar, What can you tellus || || later, im Europe. He'd heen | | eases vehi ial, Gove Very littie,az a | || Tapioca, and land fled from woatter of fact his country, He'd become a J] | beiee thrower on the music-halls Taatis all AII? Really # And what did he say to you, When you mee iva last night?Alaal That curprised you, eh? You forget, my friend, in our job there's wothing wedow't know. It's trae that we met him last night. I was going to tell you... He said he was travelling, hhe wasin a hurry, and he was siaying at the Hotel...er. the Hote] Oh? Well, that's the lot,..He didn’t sey anything ele. But what have tou Against him’ What do yeu suspect? | To be precise: we know Why are we suspect? | mean, nothing in our job! what do we suepect * My dear fel: low, if youimagine we'll tell yeu he’ smuggling aircraft, youre mach mistaken. "Mune the word”, that's cur motto. Well said! .. To be precise :"Dumb's the word" that's our motto. The general may have come to Europe to buy up oid aircraft, uk You won't learn that Frows ws! Now we must be going. fl Goodbye, Tintin oe oa ar ) Ss es N a e Ih, T see, We've got muddled up. You have my hat and { have yours. [ Al! Here comes Nestor What 9 very peculiar thing: my hat with our hats and sticks How strange. With me it's the opposites I've got a swollen head La ~ | May I see2... You can bet But it still isn't |G he! Abdullah's behind this righ That's it: our mats are ina huddle, In short, welre contrary wise There!...1 thoupkt as much. It's an te : [Wel what aid our old joke: newspapers folded up Siamese twins want? [Laud slipped into the bandJust read this advertise went I've found in an old newspaper! Extraordinary don't they add: terms" You'll see, we'll end upbuying a battleship or the ‘Queen Mary’ on the Wever-never | Maybe. But did Why easy J.DM.C....J-PAC, Thundering typhoons! Alcazar’s || wallet! Tie signature on that letter! you motice the initials * { Nodoubt about it: the general's Were to buy armaments. But that's ho reason for Pailivg to return his wallet. Since Thompson and Thomson have kindly id us the right addeees. TH come with you, A LSS General Alcazar § Yes, he's here, sin, | just saw hina go past. You'll Find him in Ene lounge. Talk Look... he's talking to some one> but-- goed Meavens! IE's Dawson. I've met hive be- fore. He was police chief i Uw International Settlement in Shanghai Aud there in the background , lurking behind their newspapers... The Thompsons! Thi all looks pretty fishy; | 114 like tonnonea bit more about it. Listen, Captain; you Stay here, andas s00n a2 Dawson goes, youreturn | General Alcazar's wallet. I = Follow Dawson. We'll weet at se Quick, taxi! Jaguar, there, ahead of us. Follow that black }outskirts of Aly, he's slow- 5 aoing toturnott, W We're on the ly. ‘Aha! Bravol... The Mosquitoes we sold thom did a grand job- Those hhoys know how to make use of them! How right you are! Any news From Alcazar? {be in the bag! Twelve Mos- auitoes there, too. To help him | green light over there, they're It looks going to need them. It ny fo me.What's that ?... What on yon |] We put that alari- pocket ! with a white dog, How did they in withoutFoor kid, ail the same. He's too young toredlise how serious things are Abdullah | Just you wait Eill I catch you! Blue blistering barnacles! Thie time I've had enough!, Tae little pest! A Fire~ |] work uncer my chair while L was having forty winks. Us the end! He's going back to his father! victory mage Riddles ee sti Bee Mose awa rae ea Beal yo casi CPPS ty NETH Thundering typhoone | The poor Emir! This explains mentioned Well, you're right: we can't send Abdulla home. «..perhape there's another way our. IF we can't send hint off, there's nothing to Tintin, you're a genius, ue... where can we go Stops going away ourselvee, That's it ! Khewned ++ Good idea! What + Khemed? Inthe middle of a revolution! Youre crazy! sg What could we do there’ the Emir. AE the came tine, we could try to clear upthis odd businzce of the aircraft. ST] Ne-thanks, wot for me! You go iF you tike...1'm V]| staying bere! Perhaps we might try to rescueT youngster with Awhite deg? That reminds we oF sometning...butwnat? Fmect him wallet. Yes, they bring him acl This Captain Haddock, whe eterday with one oF my Friends... Tintin. Qué? $i, Tintin. You know Qué? The telephone call you receive last night veeYes, it washin. He Find your uamber is pay Tintin... 60 he's the one sticking his nose into my business |.) 500m take «are of hiv. You understand! thie briefeace in Hore comes the | Plane from Beirut, 1 Tm not sorry te get here ..With bhese old Grate you can never ho bune... [1 say, have you noticed men. all over the place. Tam orey, gentlemen: you have no permi: to stay in Khewed. You must re- board the plane, and return to Beirut.Blistering barnacles! What sort Thundering typhoons! You're nor of a yarn is that 4 getting away with thie! Our pace Ports are perfectly iv order... You have wo right. I[ Billions of blistering barnades! To] | have come cofar, aud then be held up by tse Baphicbazeuks Its a 9! Here re our passports You Wl will be conducted tothe airevet. ‘Another eternity i ths fying @aFFin'... Aud a bumpy | tip into the bargain. Rattled about like dice in aber 1 just wonder what sort of trouble will drop on us There they go! In an || hour they'll be flying over the mountaine... | |[ Jebel Kadheh...then... || DOOM Thundering typhoons! Why docs every hing happen to we? 'm just enjoying the re of ain travel !Golly! Fea smoil trouble. || |[ I'm wondering WHO warned ]| | Hello, Suowy, what's the matter { There's something sinistor the authorities at Wadesdah going ou here. Smust warn || Yl of our arrival, and WHO Tintin at once. persuaded them to deport us [ Here, will you ctop that! 5 — | You know, he... yos,he Sc ee | Searannctenn? f Fight, [im coming = Bm fen ‘hn engine ou Fire! That's the alarm for the extinguishers! Pitssdering typhoons! The ex- I tinguishers havent worked; it's or on Fire... Extinguishers [burning more Ficrcely Bnav ever! I |f uncenviceable ere Fursing back..Wel xy torench Wadesdah Fics wo gooa' tt too || heavy. Tohall fast | have toT simply must make )] [f Again?...No, old chap, hi wbiderstand, He's Hits enough, | tel You, ek Eo come aud look at this thing Thie ie KH-020... Shar. board engine stil burn- ing.-Pert onsine viie- ing. We are losing height Dow't lose your head, ir. You A [[iook here, young Fellow, keep Find a parachute quite useless i wil you? And leave the ow | pilot aloe e's got enough on —_{T want a parachute, T Tea aliet ca ell you! I've paid for my us aes asad saab aud. To sorry about This is KH-020...We're over the this, but. Everybody hang on tight, ff} southerss edge of the Kadlieh...We've we're going to try Fo jettisoned the fuel... Wcrestopping the % port motar....We'ne Erving a bally landingAllah be praised |... Weare safe! Don't stay herein the. open ew, We'd better ‘move into the shadow of those racks, while we wait for a rescue party. Come out of there, | [EEE Woo an Snowy! Ak ouce! J - Wooah! | [fF ves, on Foor... Yr just going back bo the |] plane. Sowyic incorrigible: he absolutely insists on showing mie som 1 say, Captain, if we stay here they'll take us back to Wadesdah, and we'll be expelled one again. Wait a minute, Snowy...1E seems to be about thirty wiles to Ure city. Suppose we make ourselves: scarce thinty miles away. They'll |) soon be out looking for Thirty miles... And ., MalF a bottle Hve stil got... Let's |! |) of whisky... that’s wee. Ive still 240 wiles bo the gallon...not too goed, but stil‘Ay betile!...1 ust save wy bette! Thundering typhoons! The plane's blows up! sae! But my bottle’s He went towards the plavse...Le'e hope Careful: ysust' my bottle You aren't blistering barvacles! broker? you arewe hurt? N...no, 1 was just kuocked Flat by be blast. But Snowy? Where's Safe and sound, He's Fetching your hat. Suowy, good old Snowy, You scented danger, ch? And | just thought you wanted to pl Yous know, Tintin, You ought to bake me more seriously, A time-bomb inthe baggage compartment. 9 it's thanks to the Fire iv the starboard motor that we're still alive !...Normally, at this time, wed be Flying over the mountains, over the Jebel...You can imagine, iF we'd blown up in the air. Yes, we've lind 4 lucky es cape. 1 won- Nothing... but £ think we won't Wang around hiWhen we get to Wadesdah, we'll seek shelter with our old friend Senhor Oliveina de Figueira Tve had enough of this tle “aul! IF wegoon mach longer [il beon my korees! TFéuly 1 could tie down ! Pll have my breakfast ih bed, Nestor... 22...22L. Lie dewn? We simply snust reach Waderdal before dawn, Captain Lying dow We musta run into therescue party on Ele way...As 00H a our disappearance is reported, they'll tart searching for us. Quick uk of min lie down ! Make up youn. Apatrol! I'm sure they te ‘out looking For us. “ena! | Jie down, or not? I Weard a noise... a sort oF rumbling. Ws just an acre plans... Listen. Ik isn't Nestor, captain, inin!...Get up, Hurry | What en earth caw 1 do! Let's hope they dow't come back...Laluays keep a email This confounded Plask ofrum For cork won't come emergencies. Now's out: the time to use it Aaah! Now then, whore ave those sprots?... Lmean scouts...$ LA -vitke word oF two w-v-with thew | Wadesdah at last! Now we eee ee must be careful... The main SH Be quiet! We gates will be watched ; but 1 must get on BO | sow a sina gatenay, and that Il be ungua Stop! Thats iow! Senhor Oliveins nade Senhor Oliveira! fou did say he always - hae a bottle of wine The jole’s on us iF 0 he's moved !Patrol... We can't help it if Wolk nneoh minal Just listen bo that! Taere's one Who's that? you're a light Next time we'ltwaik || || we haven't woken up, anyway ! a. sleeper! on our hands, to What do you mean: | [re sacar enter ae who's Phat # I'm AJ A tight steeper: eee ene Olrccica! asking yeu... What a nerve! i What's the idea, Afterall the row waking people Usa ge te the up at bis hour t devil's By the beard of your Tintin...Yeu here! Come frophet, will you goaway | | in quickly... quickly! and let me sleep! gone! That gave we a fright! Gme om, Cap- tain, stop shor ing For gonduees sie! Open the door, Senhor Oliveira! ft Tintin! Please open up! f What are yeu doing hore? ) Powe you know there's a Le on your head * Now then, tell we what | youre doing in | sf can't believe itl... But Firat of alls I'm sure Er,..adrop of T know... L've just your wine seen the poster, Goodnight, everybody. Theu we decided to set aut for Wadesdal en foot, and bo come te yo Tk was wise of you, Now, (il bring you up to date on the situation in Knemed, Six mouths ageTHN ight up. That ‘tl help me to stay Lo. What was that? Forgive we...[..P ehink dreaming... nightmare fry L wae fi | Where wae |... Oh yes... was saying that si monthe ago, as a result #Fan agree iment between the Emir and Arabain, Wadecdah ocane an important link in the air route to Mecca. Then. a few weeks ago, it ceeme that trouble Hew up between Arabair and the Emir. The situation began to deteriorate... -- Asif by chance, trouble flared upallover the country, ‘and Sheik Bab El Elin kook com - mand of the rebels, These rebels were supported by'a powerful ain Force which, soto speak, came Out of the bluc. The rebels marched on Wadesda, and seized power, the same sowrce...And I'd like Petween the Emir and Arabair, Ie all puzzles me, Senhor Oliveira, You see, the rebel Mosquitoes and the Arsbair DCB came fron know what touched off the dispute OW... Well... We'll 90 inte tat later. The most urgent Ching is to help the Emir What's becomeot hint He had to flee. He took refuge iv the Jebel with fatrash fasha, whore Fierse trikecwten remained Soyal. to Come, it’s time For sloop. Tomorrow we will Find some way Fer you to leave the city, and join the Emir, |) What... wha... what. what Happened ¢ Your pipe, Captain, || It ser Fire toThat wae a close. shave, Captain Yos!...Lucky Fer us we had all day yesterday ctise ! Foor Senhor Pitchers *.., I'm 50 sorry, ma'am, my stock is completely exhausted...Why can’t you talk En Like everyone else, you Fancy -dress Fatima?! What do you want, any - WEF wooan! There ho is! Fine! Back in the Billions of blue blistering barnacles' That old witch will raise the alarm... «asAnd cur guide ien't hnere!..- Oliveira wae |] quite definite that he'd Wait wear the well, with the horses... hid ww four minis Later, ‘My stirrups, blistering barnacles! + My stifrups! Hello, Colonel Ackmed 2...This is Mull Pasta at Shesk Bab El Ehr's Headquarters... Order your Mesauitoes to kane of? immediately...Helle?... Yes. Their mission: to wipe ont party of three horsemen who have left Wadesdan, heading for the Jebel... You understand? «..Go0d:.. Armoured cars are already on the way..-Hellot w Yes, ‘they are partisans D of Ben Kalish f2ab. firet ot There theyare!..Fire! |= eevee = —— re. See s.-Obl... Listen! ... GunFire somewhere in the desert. Fe The armoured... WHAT?. Our own airerate! Fale eict fanthercaliog. || (wet, yee...Av, They're Wad |! Fe wiltsion accomplished |l mission accom plished. me Escallnt. The tivo armoured cars destroyed? . Congratulations, Colonel Achmed. Real aces, your pilots! Miliary bribunal... What? I ordered ick, pur. me M Quick, pu itt#4 You bungling face to clove T wouldnt pe Achmed... Aly, af! Only the horse |] f Court-martial eee ened 2 Wl Walready passed |] | men were te be Dismicsed... re oui Yon Ee Von your con wiped out! nee understood. You didwt say that the armoured cars Whew! They've gone over. Into the saddle weve a long way £9 90The camels bark...er, no... The || dogs bark and the camels pase. These holes in the rockt Yes, | noticed them. They look like windows. IE wouldn't surprise me iF there were people living ingide. Nonsense! They eauldv't possibly. Stil, we'll soon Find out... Wf All righe People do Friends! [ Frienas -_Don't shoot! Frievds?...We will soon \ see... Give the password ! Frioude of Bow Kalish Exab.They have travelled far to see him. | That is geod. we will ake thew before him,Thundering typoons!...a Roman fem tee ae temple, hewn from the rock!... Ineredi How stupendous Ancutire jl city carved out of the wountain. Awd my con?.,.My own little treacure } My precious darling... Where is he ¢ Put Ah yes... We left him at WR Marlinspike, YourHigh- | Mf ness. But rest assured, he fs in good hands, be, <0 Far From his Fapa’. ‘Bind wow (ll leave you tied to Ene palm tree, 50 the crocodiles cam come and cat you. Hatha! We're having Fun, aren't Nestor? ir Ah, Nestor, I was leoking for you, h: Could you give mea ee and? t's nothing Rg) auch: simply give me a little push It's to test the new steer- ing wochanisws I've Fit- ‘eA to my roller- has Bi really They use the same principle for steering wodel cars. Fer instance, at the moment, my skates are lecked right over 0 the left. F somecne were to push me now [should turn round more tr lore on the same spot. But I'm quite sure that despite his sadness my cherav is a Iitele ray of sunshine, bringing life and gaiety into your oldAud you, what brings you here’... Comealons inand sit down. You must be tired. And youl certainly be hungry aud thirsty. T will have some refreshments brought C0 Nothing simpler, don't'you agree? ww And it would have givew my Tninbkive such pleasure!...Well, instead of seizing this opportuni I] ty of pleasing my little sugar- plum, they refused, on some trumped -up excuse Slave trading, we lose... Their Planes touching down at Wadesdan onthe way from Africa are always fill to bursting with native Sudan - ese and Senegalese. These are Mohammedan convorts, waking f|_their pilarimaae to Mecca. By Alle! Let us hope your deg hasn't gone near Pas en ——— —EE [| Weil, Your Highness, we are here totry and help J] you; also, te act to the bottom of a mystery, in J] hich Arabair seo to have an inipertant part. Que day, about tare owes ago, my little Abdulla, my Flawless Arabair? The dogs)... They willpay dearly PS ee Reed audit frei recy gate tae eon ff the ra rncloy to establish a base ab Wadesdah, an import | I tHe JooP 4 fewtimes before Bae tink on the d r 7 Loop the loop 1? “Bub: Higlnese Naturally, {was very angry and threabened bo terminate our agreement, { also used another tareat: that ( would reveal to the world that Arabair are invelved in slave trading On the other hand, on the return Er. Nes...But beget back to Arabair: journey their planes are mostly those jackals stiveed up trouble in my country, and thavks to hair support, tne accursed Bab £1 Ehr was able to seize power... But it won't be for long... I'l throw him out, that mangy 3, that stinking hyena, that slinsy serpent, thatIk doce indeed, Di Gorgonzola ~ shipping magnate, newspaper proprietor, radio, televicion and Ginema tycoon, air-line king, dealer in pearls, un-eunner, braFFieker in slaves-the man who helped Bab Hl Ehn to cieze power... But patience! ill-gotten gains beneiit ne ove! That's what ne baie! Yes, a tame cheetah. But you see s--And that infamous di what happens when he isannoyed Gorgonzola, too, the And Lam the same: woe betide those || owner of Arabair. whe attack me...The porfidious Bab El Er will learn this one day, to Arabair belongs to is cost! He's an international crook; he must be put out of harm's way. Yes, you are right But what can we do to expose his dreadful Eraffic in slaves? di Gorgonzelat Tell me, Your Highne is the terminus For Arabain, isn't 2...G00d...{s here any way of Actually getting us there ? Aha... More and more. interesting!To mecca? That's not easy at Aba! This will please the moment. But if you will Bab Ef give me two or three days, [ inill Find waeans of putting you aboard a sailing-ship, which will take you there Again? What has Tt ie Bow Yasser, 0 Master... Ayesha jumped happened now on him...See, ie Will beat Lease three weeks before he is well... It seome that he trod ae eve ne HAGE oH arranged. You leave tomerrow at dawn, with two Erusted ‘Os, poor creature won: Theywill lead yu fo on the coast where ‘Eyal vessel will bo waie- ing to take you to Mecca. But be on your guard. Di Gorgonzola is a dangerous men] Al, go thas the bub wae oh It's. Aho Here we are... You may dismaunt a aceasta der But stay while | make sure | that the boat has arrived. He's signalling tous... We can 90 Danger! Danger! A mounted patrol !By the beard of the Prophet, some ing surpicious is ging on over tere. HAlt!,.. Who goes ther? By Allah...They have stum- bled on a patrol... Hatha! ha! Soldiers ? Them’ Dow't make me laugh ! One shot into the air and they bolted like rabbits! [ What a pessimist you arc! What are you afraid oF... That they'll send a squadron of battleships after us? They're coming back!... This is going Eo be hot! «Everybody dow: Hal hal hal [ wae thinkiy ait penny coastguarde gallop ing Meadlong! Anyone'd think they were trying te break the sound barrier!a ppencd A, were going to pe roasted[So sorry... But there's ho time to waste, We must build a nae, or we'll be grilled alive. \ (Quick, gee SSF | town. "shoes what knocked éd... Some coward hit me From behind. But who? our own. The crew have akon tae boat and madg oF T don't know what are We're on ‘Oh! There's the pilot from the plane we chot own! [Billions of Pluebisterina barracks! ove saved two caces of provsions,and no opener; icscncugh ts drive you crazy ( GE What about trying J with your knife? Be rE him take he Faraway? What do you wean, scoot? I'll Eeach you manners, you blichering bombardier, TH soc deflate you! oe You've done a good job, ch You trigger-happy thug! Who are. yeu, anyway? What's But... .my [leek out... Mame Sku... aL Mind your knife! Piotr Skut...Me Esthonian. Shia, 8... Er, La.. Woll, dn’ Er... Okt Skut...S0 your name's let it pother you!What ay ideal yacht for a cruise! az x < i} | | ss || 2A May | have the pleasure aa) i pases good idea to have a Faucy-dress | of thie eamba, Princess ballon board...Ma-a-arvellous! Will you Forgive me? If Excuse mc, my lord, there is a radio || ME GM " I | call For you... [t's urgent. Business, always busi- || I] This cruise aboard the "chchorazadé cmos wees. Lam indeod 4 ig really too enchanting! i ts only tobe expected that such luxury arouses envy. ue must advnit Yes, he's a true gentleman Naturally, malicious tongues spread camours Ea he has 4 J If Good... Now Fortine took, and | There... nave it...Excllere! we'lldscode this. Pornsites || H Mull Pasha has dowewoll, || | |] 1and 2-1 know whotheyare! {I || We're rid of those two meddlers!Met... Drink sea-water?... Are you ‘out of your mind = Try come, Captain. {t's wot as bad as all tat Hal hat hal Not ae bad ae all that ! Think ofall the dead Fish there must be in it... All the people Arowwed init over the centuries... All the Eons of tubbich dumped From shipe avary day You can commit suicide if you like, inking that pig-swill. But Por me it’s niet, wiet,” all along the line! Thie wok good... Wat ha! hat Thistl be the death of ma! a let's { Let's hope, ) Five sean Bee cama Who wacn't going o drink any seq-water + That'll teach him! “$0 you decided te have some after all! us! A ship... Juet when youve swallowed that liquid manure! Ha! hatha! What a screaws! ‘Oh! The ship! She no see| bt crew of landlubbers # Blistering barnacles, 90 on... the they'll sce us in the end. Big | Inst chance | ry Hello... Yee, Captain, 0 ahead... What? Araft with three shipwrecked sailors? By Lucfer..{..Wait,['ll come and see, Till then, nota word tomy guests. ['m coming. a ea By Lucifer! ... Tintin and the bearded sailor...And a thicd ruffian!,..But What about the message Mull Pasha, just sent ye t Shall falter Thundering typhoons! He's right! She's getting further away. Who's the batis-tub adsairal commanding Ama What vow? How can we \{|avtract their ateention? inlight straight in their eyes; maf Lets hope so! Ir our | Tive an idea! Has anyoue got a winear? A minnort What on Flash Flaghing light te starboard , sir J There, my lord... D0 you see tise signals they're making Three of them, and a little dog. A waste of time... They te just some more of those practical jokers who drift across the ecean in a nut-shell. .Yon krow, ite the three all Ehe newspapers wrote about...They don’t eed anything, frdcced on your course. But my, You like comb toot Well done, [No thanks, Tintin! Inewel} only the thought of it! || mirror, Tnere. air... Do you seeit ? | Yes, 1 sec... Arafe... aS = AS 1 said proceed...Fire and brimstone + Where should we be iF we stopped For all tne rag-tae-and-bobtail who put owt ta ea Fer Funl,..Proceed... And nob a word of this to the passengers... You understand 2Yes, yes, { know...[.lvejust given orders Marquis! ..Yochoo, Manqui Castawaye, wry dear Fel a For the Captain to pick them up. low! Out there ona raft Tes Feue Marquis, Real castaways ! How madly gay! MY 9H, how gorgcousl Lve BN) alvays dreamed of seeing real castaways! By 4 DA TS Saved... Oh, 7S what beautiful morning!| bs | They're going || Saved! about They That does it. Now this Hello? Yes, my really is the Raft lord Marauis...Your oP the Medusa! name's not to be mentioned in frout oF the castaways, Yes, w'lord. In addition, I want you to remove these wen at once my guests are too inquis and must have no contact with them. thundering typhoons! What a beautiful || |{ And those fools think their hip. A mulki-millionaire's yacht! troublee are over! Ha! ha! ha! : That's a good joke!magnificent yacht! Whose is shet =. Hey, are they having a carnival on board ¢ ere Almost...A fancy -Aress ball ‘And what a bunch theyare : baigh eaciety , [cay tell you; nothing but dukes, duchesses and Film stare ~all tne nobs. fer la Madowwa! Can you i believe it!...1t's Tintin, and hie Friend the deep -sea fisherman, Paddock Tn the name o welcome aboars J must go and welcome them. Ark must ombrace the children of f the Marguis di Gorgonzola] 4, carissime mie! What shall we do?...Hop back ontheraPt? uw For it! Delighted to coe ju again, my dear Baloce aces Harrec.f 1 50 sorry, Signora, but his lerdship has given orders: tuese poor wienware completely exnausted. And ten tnerds the reo infection, you now. Bur my good man, Fin trot ill! |= SSS Well, Parker, have you questioned’ them )| were aboard asam- Fale, being taken «This morning , thein bont was wiachine-gunned and seton Fire by aircraft from Khemed. After shook ing down aueof the planes, they made Hromselvec a rate. They then rescued the pilot of the aircraft. Well dove, Parker, Thank you. pardon me, 1 think 1 should mention that Signora Castafior’, who knows the two castaways, welcomed them in your lordship's name. r [| The Marquis di Gorgouzola's yacht! It's fantastic, ..1 must be dreaming. Come. on, Tintin...Upin the “Hoy! Titi!They can't stay here on board. But whats to be love What indeed?...A Get dressed quickly. You're er rues kenerasne: luck.Weve meta merchant- | I have tt! The Ramona. She's in theee waters Tomarcow we must pase ane another, as IP bychavce. man bound for Mecca: just J] where you were making For Her master hasagreed to bake 7 So that’s that! And) |[ Ah, this is the place For me: now, my fine friends,|| {i back aboard a good old freighter. T wish yous plencant journey, Ha! hatha! fat There, you two: these are your quarters, Your pal’s going elsewhere, ..Theskipper will be down to see you soon: he'll bring you your whisky himself! = Lh | if Hi, you lubberly scum, notso || 1 This is too much! He's Fase! What Ao you mean ? locked us im, the in- = solent porcupine! Well, well, you old Arankard | 50 you're kicking upa row already ?[Trisien happy reunion, eh old pottle-nose? We must havea drink onit I Allan! What's going on? How have we +. f ---Neatly done ended up here! Quite simple: [command one of di Gorgenzola's Freighters. Vesterday I Had a sig- nal ordering weto alter course . So tis worning we mek Eke, "Scheherazade", as iF by accident. See Very! And way we inguire what ou plan B) todo with ust —e Rae IF you're sewsible, you'll be put ashore. But notat Mecca... At Wadesdek | | 1 Bat Ehat's murder! | Sheik Bab fl Ehr has put a price on our heads . way You're breaking my heart, dear boy. But that's enough talk... You ust be thirsty ...Here, drink my health... [Not on your life!... And you'll put us ashore at Mecca, or else! Ha! hat ha!...That’s a 004 one! His beard! Yea, he won't siesp awink tonight! Or else what #...Hal Wal hal... T advise you to behave yoursches. Dontt Forgot we're in the RedSea, and there's no shortage of sharks...You get met Now, likea big-hearted chap, Vil leave this bottle to console you Blisteriva barnacle'| way either | Bye For now'!... Wedack the day after tomorrow. 50 you've plonty of time to solve one frm- portant-question do you sleep with your beard under or over the sheet 2To Beelzebub withthe bed- lathes! Tin too hot anyway! Open up, Haundering typhoons... Open up | Pefore | get violent | WAY try to force the Thundering typhoons! ‘The ship's on Fir [fo did youFall out oF your bunk? Where d'sou think { came from?...Mare’ Keep it up, boys! Row hard! She'll blow upany minute.Follow me... We'll probably find a raft up for'ard Phe lure on a p dbviously doomed ship! To Davy Jones Il ll iave a vocation With Ehe lot of you! For shipwrecks! We good black teh. Want came our..-No ean breathe ... We ateaid Eighteen Cone oF | That's it! The hose is aud ammunition: connectod,..Now then, fet's opon the vaiv. tackle the Fire... You go over fo port and get ancther hese into action Negroze! A lot of tneMn,600, 14 60Y.n0 What shail we do, Captain’ We can'e just abandon them. You're wight Come on Weil Eryand pur out] ie blazes tha fargo. just cant wake i ouLet's hope this Ido the job! What about the explosion ? Is it due For today of... But... bubs. | ean't see ay more swioke or Flames! By thunder! The fire's gone out! Put her about boys. We're going back, Wag very nearly washed overboard ..- “Tlongoing to try to rectart tite engines. You ao.up on the By thunder!...The’ ig drawing away!... one There's comething more urge send out a distress call by fadio. Ik... it's owt... huge wave...No, he's alive... See,he's coming round. 0 Life cess pn WI What happened 2 7 |i a NP Ese! {LZ %, Then they are angry... Break radio and Fight with me...Then L..- knocked-out, They 99% 5s Yee, they abandoned us, the iconociasts. 50 here we ave alone. on board, with a crowd of Negroes iM the hold. You escape! Hurey!... Hurry! ... I The fire!... ship fill of ammunition! .-Hurey before explosion... Ammunition The pirates! = That's why they deserted like rats... Dow't worry, Skut: the fire's out There's no more danger. .. But 3 what about you! What happened * = Repair | Fadio, perhaps | send 5.0.5. They wake me, te gowith them...Without yoo..>[ refuse Want t0...er... wake you id zend radio signal. A ithe teder...| \l Now VN take care of F (= j] || thioce Negroes. first, |! | ) Hey bere a ang Ee yl Nomore need to i worry. youngster: 7 ih the Fire is right y | Trogtod yees!...Sea-gher-f] | Gack, vicigoths!.. Kkins! Pickled herrings! |] | Back, anacoluthions b ¥:a Captain, out ( had | mo choice. You addle- pated luvaps of anthracite, Effendi not be angry...You || |{ Bad white men allgone. | you! I let you out of that dungeon, and ot shout... We not know Left us. Buc if you help me, what. thanks do I get? You kueck you good white man... We Til take you wheraver you me Flat ! think you bad white man want togo, Yeu're going who éaut poor black man in to Mecca, oh? bottom f ship...where are bad white men? a Y Yes, Effendi, to Mecca We good Mus lime, Me waking pilgrimage to the fom of the Prophet | All right, we'll Eake you to Mecca..on condition that you all abey my orders, Fora start, need some men ae stokers, There. IF my reckoning is connect we should coon sight Jidda, the port for Mecca. foor fellows!...foor fellows!... Come , come, youve 10k, Captain; just tell me this: Effendi! Effendi! Ne arettemete eel [seme SUN tate Cra ge ee oor being sold as slaves 2 Its many thrillers trading now- Tf the Emir mas tel adays! the truth, then Tm ahd that was to be their fate,sida, then? Soir is! A sambuk .. The harbour i we're still Loo Far Prom shore... E From perhaps... No, A Fisherman, How odd. ling to us... We'll heave to, and see what he Wants... Salaame, O sailor... Captain Allan is up there = Captain Allan? Finiched... Gone. Lam captain now. ‘Ak, you have replaced hiv... 004 good... [5 the coke of bezt quality this time? | The coke? Again? Blistering } barnecles, whats all this nan- sense about coket Thundering typhoons ,there’s no ccke en board | trong muscles sa you'tl dose. ‘And teeth?... ome on. open your mouth, Sambo... tot, ot too bad... Teeth quite sound | [Here 19. the cattle-dealer? = horse, wora slave { Cok. 41... Slistering barnaclee! | tive rave you quite i n i was right! There This mani still are slave-traders...ANd Seh!... You mustn't say Fak! "Coke" is the word, 1s you well know. ] You trafficker iw human Flesh! } You deserve tobe strung up on the mizzen yardarm!You cut-throat, you! lucky {don't stuf? y down your guilet!... But get viper! And take care that Sheer off, filibuster’... Out of my sight, you gallows bird £ Duck- billed platypust... Jellied-eel!... Bashi-barouk!...Anthrepophagus'.. Cercopithecus! = That's what you thi Peychopath!... ET No yoo, Captain He's too far aay nk! Hi heard the las [ Found this scrap of paper ‘on Ehe table while you were plottivg our course on the You tumble Eo the word By the beard of the frephet, the dog will pay dearly fr Eis! Gergngite 00 “Lael‘A Fragment of a wireless meseage sent by di Gorgonzola te that gangster Allan!... Aud "coke" ia code word for their cargo of slaves! ... The [ First, we must cark cathe )) | APricane: thoy must be made to understand that inden Ene circumstances | it's madness for thew to goto Agreed...Then we use try tosevd out a cadio call... Getting on, skut* Good... Well, Tw going to talk to tne cargo. You take the wheel and steer due south, We'll head for Djitouti. My Friende, listen bo me eareFully You have undertaken this long journey bo make a pilgrimage to ‘Mecca, haven't you t Families Afterwards, of course, you plan to retumn home and rejein your a y Kim afraid a very differant fate awaits you, You saw that Arab who came aboard, ‘and 1 chased off #.., He's waiting Por youin Mecca, to buy you and make you into slavee!... Slaves, you understand 2 Isw't that so? Wicked Arab, very wicked. You speak well, Effendi foor black men not want | sold as slaves, o be slaves. Poor black ‘you want ¢ ynen want 0 90 bo Mecca. \ | Allrigit, you boneheads, go to Mecca". But you'll stay there for ever!... You'll never see your own country again! .. Never sve your families again! - You'll be slaves For ever! That's what you're in For, you dunderveaded coconute, you! Naturally, ! realise that. But Popeat, if you gothere, you'll be Is that what We vot slaves, EFFendi, We good Muslims. We want to gote Mecca. We not coconuts, Effendi, We good black men.We good Muslios. We want togote Mecca, But billione of blue blistering bar- nacles, | keep on telling you: go there, you'll he sald ae slaves ! Thundering typhoons, [ can't make itany clearer. You not shout, Effendi, Poor black men only want togote Mecca I cant doa thing... || tried the lot!...¥ou can't go to Mecca, stop: that's Its like banging your head against a rick wal!Now then. Ayny s0Foyi What's 9 oviboo-yi i end! ont. Why all the quarreling ? [f I not want to goto mecca. f tell them you are good white wan, you | speak truth, [remember in wy village tlyree young men went to Mecca... Twoyears ago... Tuey nob come kack.,.They no doubt slaves «. T not want t0 90 to Meccat... f nok want Ee be slave, Good, 50 Lhaven't preached invain! |} All right, we'll make a bara. these whe don't want togote Mecca will be landed at another port. As |] For the rest, they can continue the voyage if they want to... ‘An aeroplane... They're circling us... how odd... E know, but £ don't much care For Aha! My orders have been carricd out. There... the day after tomorrow we'll be at Djibouti, and that'll be Ene end oF our worries. Yes, if all goes well! 1 shan't be realy happy till we get there, You cam bet that at this very moment | i Gorgonzola is aware of the situation. And he knows that we know... Watch out for what he's up! Hello, hello. Albatross to, Shark... Have sighted Ramona 20 miles west of the Farvean Islande...She i steering south-southeast. Over ‘The trap is closing: my boys are ‘on the job! ... (wa few hours the "Ramona wil have disp, with crew and cargo, .50 all the incriminating evidence willbe effectively liquidated.That plane snooping around worries me...[F | were you, Captain, I'd alter course. That know what more todo... Pigeon! Youre asking | For a smack on the || E ofF, you stool- | nose! That bird of ilomen ie getting on my nerves =Tsay, Skut, Cw terribly sorry! You've worked Fer $0 long on the radio and then {nso clamsy She working | ‘working now! What?\... APtera bang like that? It's wot possible. ‘She working, Ite you! Listen sorry, bue the radio, iu... The radio Oh yee ? Where... hope it steers clear of me -.- La 4 si s by i ss because I've had evoush OF being rasamed | Only 4 couple of mi plop-a Flying-Fieh elap in ‘my Face, And now you: that’s evough! Flying Fok? f must hhave'a look at them with my binoculars j ‘| SS Oh, how beaut Pat You'd thin they ware little silver areowt tes 490, Look at them, skimining over the “ Wwaves...U CaN S22EW. WHO, CATE... Bey shake [se wort Where is it wow? T can't soe it any more... But L'm Ten thousand thundering typhoons! A periscope!...There!...JEs true!. +++ [saw the wake, tell you. Now Keep calm, young shaver! Periscope or no Periscope, keep calws... Action stationst,.. Fire! The rudio, 3kat! confound! the | radio, Skut!... Send For help! At 5.05... || once!.,.A submarine! deck For action! Keep call on'epanic |... Women and cl LN Ge Clear theCals down, capzain, caliadownls- Allene lost yer You're right... Keep (ool Keep calm and dow't panic! le This won't kake long bo sete. sa» Startd by No.1 Eube... Dieaster! ...The end! There's wothing we can Uf 40! IF they're di Gorgonsoias| [rete we're Finished | The ammunition! the Forward hold... A torpedo in there, and you We're almost within range. .They don't know whats in store But why! (OF course! Ouly, th torpedo isn't here yet! me ou, Murry; every= ‘one on fhe alert. Tintin at the radio. You AE the wheel, Skut. Repeat wy orders when { give them, Cemember, starboard ie night; port on Ee loft Cursee ov Chem! I They've cwung away. I They mast havesptsa ve An 6.08.1 What's all thie bully] jst picked hoo about a sub- marine?.,.There (suc Awar on, (5Hooray! Someone's heard our call ! By the powers of satan! They've dodged us again! Twere they are ahead, to port. | |/ By rights he should be eer sport 3 Thie time thoy wont eceape ue. | | astern, to starboard, Tmeau, steer port Ina Few minutes 1° urn te port again, Eo Wait now! He'llend up os obviously Starboard 45°. ight |..No.2 tube, by ering neraceated z again... And then reat iepeed ahead! Thundering typhoons! Quick, 7] the engine-reom telegraph.Thundering typhoons! The |f By Lucifer! They | cngine-room telegraph is fl | goina astern. med at half speed astern. |) |] torpedo has missed . re touah, Quick Quick! I ust releace this infernal machine! pedo has just wi A, Hurry, los Angeles co Le ‘hy, they're stil going astern! Vory well! No.3 and Nod tubes ready @ Take that, you élot- machine, you! Too late! They've gat MsNo, they're depth charges! } Whew! reaily thought weld | been torpedoed ... Ws, Navy scaplanes, with those pirates fora target! Theyre certainly machines | i From the Los Angeles. a Victory!... They're waving a white Flag...They're surrendering. The game's 9. Look! The subma hae eurfaced \ Yee... obviously they've « been badly knocked Torpedoes are out af the question OA lispat-mine on their With the ammunition et look lke aw accident {us you 99: you've plenty oF time: the mine's sot to-explote none hou. | ‘Oho! Great grandfathers! What a pasting |,..They'll beas Flat as a Dover sole after that!IF Hocray!...there sie is... || Den'é worrs, boys...shell HL Te Los Angeles! blow up any momentLost... all is lost! Still no mews From Kurt ams ee a, at , Wis submarines Whisk tzade a ] | inpossibiet pa ae re pe Gptain. 1... what they playing at, the A warship? Fools é i ei: eo Lt coming * The cruiser Loe Angeles, mylent Repeat the wassage, Tom...And add {All right, Stop the engines. Marquis...5he's just lashed a that iF they don't heave to fmmediately, ‘And launch my personal signal ordering us bo heave we'll open ire. barge. I'll go myself and to, What shall 1 do =. tell those insolent cowboys what { think oF thon manners! Aud he's eteering towards ust Well, this beats everything! To have the cleeek to come and iprazen it out! What a verve | Fan, they've ‘ipeyed Excel But they're hoisting one 4 launch... and Rastapopoulos is geing boned... aN Do not insist. my Fifends {mill g alone PS y But what's happen iva Whoops! That's done the trick! neve? He's clowing Just You catch me now gentle~ wp. es stoping Hae | 4 men! Ha! ha! ha! ho broken down * PomeKk WORLD : TONS soc svt EXISTS nse code word NEW REVELA guavery—tt purnan Live Vrattickers 1" De OKEN oa by_ shins oF ed tbe arenas comer? Pl reveations IE REN. ata ¢ pastapoPe west ata} Ran ot pple wee ABE er nl socket te the SR, Granta real ol Stoned NS fan of Sy the corona of IK goo! ot ooh ee S| picked arg? get his Warplanes 2 WAR SURPLUS STOCKS ACQUIRED BY DAWSON: ON BEHALF OF RASTAPOPOULOS The source of the air raf) used by Sheik Beb ELEhr to. help in his fefeat of the bmi Ben Kalish. Ezab is n0W Fevenled. These air TED Nay loxitos De dem, AP| Of Mond: PF. Rebate oar surohes econ pier oe ae lerimg onal Px te el contr geen he transport wand Wear the old familiar sounds ... Listen: the sound ofa ‘motor: it's the gardener mowing the lawn. WEll whaba)oy tobe howe again, and fo breathe the country aGreat snakes! Tes W (DMIIEEY Hello there, Professor! That's certainly Professor Calculus! 4 4 Funny way to welcome people! stats event pale eae y come back to Marlinspike. Five!...And they'll nave to (wstall Emffic lights on the pavements wikh your confounded roller coasters... But whereis Abdullah? What om earth are those contoap Motor roller-ekates. For a tions? Tong time I've been trying to Find an answer to the traffic problem... f was thinkiveg oF a Flexible, handy, lightweight machine No, a two-stroke eugive, of 48 c.c-¢, and controlled by cables which regulate Fhe throttle and steer the me skates at the same time, Oh, sir. 0h, Tam to see you back, That's all very inkeresting But asked you, where i¢ Abdullaly 2... Abduillal WHERE 15 ABDULLAH # You simply won't believe Vt, but ['ve reached T... | Fear that Master Abdullah's visit was ot very good for me» But things are berter nem He and his retinue departed yester- day. He lefta vote || [[ foor Nestor j] A real demon, that boy. Let's eee what H he’s written tous. Hello, Nestor. But my poor Nesta’ What’shappeued be yout for you. [/ “my dear Blistering tarnals,thave ery good. haven't played any Jokes Fapa wrote to te, J must ge howe. “TWA sad, because it ie Famatdlafinepibe, HFveey sweet, ch®... Nestors just been Fuseing about a Tete innocent childish mischief.f Eillions of biliows blue Hlis- tering barnacles ina thunder | ing typhoon! Another joke | by that infernal child... Shall I never be left inpeace?! Tn peace 1! Sin, Me. Wagg has just ed. arrive ro Jolyon Wagg 4... T wart’ some Hello, old koy! How are you, you old sea dog?’ I'm doing Fine...in the pink! Hat hal ha! hat... What alark to see you again, you old Muusbug, you! Well, my old salt, Uve got a Surprise Foryeu...1 kuow the country's pretty, but it's dull as ditchwater... Woyno, take Fromme, it's ull. 59 [said to meet "loyon''T said, H "you must goana liven things up for Hua cl sticktu-thermud | that’s very kina oF you, but... Now, vow, turw it up! No buts! Too casy. I'm president of the Vagabond Car Club dows wy way; all I've had to do is organise a rally, and the Final trials...