Books published by publisher METHUEN LONDON (ENGLAND)

The Black Island (French: L'lle noire) is the seventh volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Herge. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper Le Vingtieme Siecle for its children's supplement Le Petit Vingtieme, it was serialised weekly from April to November 1937. The story tells of young Belgian reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy, who travel to England in pursuit of a gang of counterfeiters. Framed for theft and hunted by detectives Thomson and Thompson, Tintin follows the ciminals to Scotland, discovering their lair on the Black Island.