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THE ADVENTURES OF TIN REPORTER FOR “LE PETIT VINGTIEME. IN THE LAND OF THE SOVIETS FOREWORD This first adventure of Tintin, the boy reporter, appeared in 1929 in a children's supplement to 2 Belgian daily newspaper, Le Vingtiéme Siécle, Herge, Georges Remi, then twenty-two years old, was employed on the staff as an artist. He had received no formal art training, but was already showing the originality and wit that would make him a unique figure in the world of the strip cartoon. Hergé's satire on the Soviet state was very much of its time. He himself had not been to Russia, but had read a book published the year before, Moscou sans voiles: Neuf ans de travail au pays des Soviets by Joseph Douillet, a former Belgian consul in Rostov-on-Don. Soviet propaganda to persuade the world outside Russia that the economy was booming was a particular target for Hergé, as were the activities of the secret police, the OGPU. Incidentally, he errs on one occasion in the story when he calls them the Cheka, their name before 1922. Publication in Le Petit Vingtiéme began on 10 January 1929. In 1930 the adventure was issued in album form, now a very rare book greatly sought after, the 500 copies being numbered and signed “Tintin et Milou'’. There were, it is believed, nine subsequent editions, differing only in the layout of the print on the title page. With the exception of a reissue in 1969 for the personal use of the author, again limited to 500 copies, and some pirated editions, more than forty years elapsed before this adventure was again published, in the first volume of the Archives Hergé. This volume (in which the original versions of Tintin au Congo and Tintin en Amérique also appear) includes a page which originally appeared in Le Petit Vingtiéme No. 60, omitted for no apparent reason from the first edition in aloum form. it is reproduced here as page 97A. LLC. MT. “Traniatec ty Les Lonsdae-Cooper sna che! Tuer Los avortures de Tint roporar cu «Pett Vege au pays dos Svits Ar © 1081 by Castorman, Tournai Lary et Congmss Catalogu card n° Ti 888785 Teno 1989 by Suncancor, 34, Floral Soot, London WGZE KO ‘Batok Library calaiogurg a ptiation dat First publshod n Great Brian in 1980 ‘Argh sores under itomatonal,Pat-Amenca and Unversl Gopyrght Convertors, 'Noporton ofthis book mey be reproduce by any procoss whew the pushers wrttenpomizslon. SAN ost2700 +2 AT “LE PETIT Xx©" WE ARE ALWAYS EAGER TO SATISFY OUR READERS AND KEEP THEM UP TO DATE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS. WE HAVE THEREFORE SENT TINTIN ONE OF OUR TOP REPORTERS, TO SOVIET RUSSIA. EACH WEEK WE SHALL BE BRINGING YOU NEWS OF HIS MANY ADVEN- TURES. N.B, THE EDITOR OF "LE PETIT XX®" GUARANTEES THAT ALL PHOTOGRAPHS ARE ABSOLUTELY AUTHENTIC , TAKEN BY TINTIN HIMSELF, AIDED BY HIS FAITH- FUL DOG SNOWY! ULL SEND You SOME POSTCARDS, AND VODKA, AND CAVIAR / SO LONG! ad fe =] MarveLLous: Fe PictuRE f SAFE JOURNEY / TAKE CARE AND BE SURE TO KEEP IN TOUCH ids HU te et LD as HERE, SNOWY / SAY GOODBYE TO THE GENTLEMEN, | THINK THE DIRTY LITTLE BOURGEOIS IS ASLEEP. TIME FOR ACTION / HE MUST. NEVER GET TO RUS- SIA = HE'D REPORT WHAT'S GOING ON! ONE OF THE BEST REMEDIES YET DISCOVERED FOR ,pfige CURIOSITY. a THIS FEELING OUR TRIP WILL COME TO ABAD END THIS IN HERE WILL STOP HIM FOR A LONG WHILE ... IF NOT FOR KEEPS / \'VE GOT JUST ONE MINUTE ... TO REACH SAFETY AT THE FRONT OF THE TRAIN... HAPPY LANDINGS, My YOUNG | SOMETHING FUNNY | ead (( L MUST HAVE eS a HAPPENED / f NN Fa WHERE ARE YOUR FELLOW- PASSENGERS 77 WHAT HAVE You CONE WITH THEM 77... RE WE ARE Hel IN BERLIN, SNOWY. WE CHANGE € q TRAINS HERE. b P 2 : SEATS AGAIN 0; e /\P STOTHE, ion! WHERE IS THE REST i) NO LIES NOW OF THE RAILWAY POLICE STATI CARRIAGE 7 WHERE iE SEATS ? WHY DID THE ALARMS GO OFF 2, Noe 1M INNOCENTS poles] bericht NAME ?. TINTIN.... OCCUPATION 7...{ } REPORTER ADDRESS 7. BRUSSELS, YOU ARE CHARGED WITH MISAPPROPRIATING Tananioecun? (AM TINTIN. THE REPORTER FROM “LE PETIT VINGTIEME "S, LET ME OUT AT ONCE, YOU BEASTS / JOLLY IN HERE f NV =a 4X] Ng ! BUT DON'T Pala NA | REALLY CUT A DASH IN THIS UNIFORM £ EVERY INCH A POLICE DOG! £... SOMEONE'S. (oro VIN r HERE'S HOPING WE DON'T MEET AGAIN J ».. MOSCOW, HERE er A MOTOR BIKE f JUST WHAT WE NEED YOU'RE GOING THE RIGHT WAY F 2 HERE WE GO... AND MIND THE BUMPS / t THERE HE IS... epee: , LOOKS AS IF HE'S A ONE f ALWAYS SOME- THING UP HIS SLEEVE { HOWL, Louper IT LOOKS AS SNOWY? IF HE'S DEAD S HALHAL HE DIDN'T GET ea VERY FAR! oA AN MC Ele 7” T QI a 7 2 a A 2X POOR THINGS... NOT ee a TERRIBLY BRIGHT. ® x STILL, THEY'RE DOING ie Z THEIR BEST., lo be THERE !...AS EASY AS THAT f... NOW, AWAY WE GO TO Moscow ! -HERGE- HELP S HELP! HE'S GOING TO DROP ANOTHER BOMB... LET'S HOPE THAT HOLDS J PHEW... WHAT LUCK... THE SECOND BOMB MISSED US BY A MILE ! -—f THERE YOU ARE, MY [it FRIEND... BUT WHAT! ASTATE YOU'RE IN! MLL CATCH MY DEATH, AFTER GETTING SO HOT! WHAT | BO TO EARN A LIVING f WE'LL BE DEAD ANY MINUTE NOW! AH! THAT'S ABIT BETTER! WHAT DOES THE PEOPLE'S COMMISSAR WANT WITH ME 7 WATCH OUT... HE'S A FOREIGN YOURNALIST... | ALREADY TRIED TO SILENCE HIM HE MUST DISAPPEAR... ACCIDENTALLY /1/ | NOT A GUN... THAT'LL LEAVE TRACES /.. BETTER TO FAKE AN ACCI- LOVE DENT Wy ty a Y ? t ° THE PEOPLE'S COMMISSAR ! «WHAT AN UGLY MUG! a a WHAT ABOUT SOME GRUB?! Hey, WHY DON'T | BUY SOME MORE | NO- THING THERE FORA 00G'S DINNER ! IERE ARE YOUR PAPERS | v ALL IN ORDER f.. THE TRAIN. GONE IN THERE FOR 7 LL HAVE TO WAIT. MUSTN'T LET HIM GET AWAY / ; NOT A BONE IN SIGHT AN HAVE YOU AN OUTFITIN MY. ‘2 VERY BES' ILIKE THAT... YES, ULL TAKE IT. LL EAT 1S DELICIOUS BANANA WHILE | WAIT FOR MS) COMRADE NO BONES HERE IN RUSSIA? VLL PUT THE BANANA SKIN ON THE DOORSTEP... WHEN HE COMES OUT... SHUT UP, FILTHY. IT'S A BANANA SKIN... AND A BANANA SKIN IS SLIPPERY AND IF IT'S SLIPPERY, TINTIN WILL FALL AND HURT HIMSELF... AND WE DON'T WANT THAT /... SO WHAT SHALL | DO 7... HOORAY! Uve Gor it I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THAT WHIPPERSNAPPER COME A CROPPERS na HE WHO LAUGHS. LAST LAUGHS LONGEST THAT'S DONE IT... TEN TO ONE HE'LL CRACK HIS SKULL... AND THEN. . SHALL RECEIVE THE ORDER OF THE HAMMER} AND SICKLE, IN TIN! PUT IT THERE... THAT’S A GOOD PLACE. NOW FoR SOMETHING TO EAT, SNOWY... ‘1... FUNNY. IN FACT, MOST PECULIAR. HE DIDN'T SLIP... AND THE BANANA SKIN HAS DISAPPEARED I’LL HAVE TO GO ON FOL- LOWING HIM, ‘STED FALL MADE ME HIM... BY TROTSKY, HOW DID THAT BANANA SKIN GET ITSELF UNDER MY FEET 22? WE'LL GO AND HAVE A & NICE, TASTY MEAL DON'T MAKE MY MOUTH WATER, CRUMBS! OUR TRAIN / WE MUST GO STRAIGHT BACK TO THE STATION. Cw WHAT ABOUT. OUR DINNER 79] LET'S HOPE THE TRAIN HASN'T GONE ! [— [COME on,snowy, WE'LL CATCH IT ALL RIGHTS owes I'M JOLLY THIRSTY! BOTHER !... NOT ANOTHER’ TRAIN FOR 24 HOURS ! AT LEAST THAT GIVES US TIME FOR SOMETHING TO EAT AND DRINK. THE TRAIN. COME ON, SNOWY / WE NEEDS THAT'S JUST WHAT THIS TROLLEY WILL EASILY CATCH UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR DINNER”... PVE ALWAYS TOLD YOU, SNOWY, YOU MUST NEVER GET OUT OF A MOVING VEHICLE... AND CERTAINLY NEVER JUMP OFF, BACKWARDS ! BEASTLY MACHINE /ONCE IT MADE ME FALL, IT STOPPED! | HOPE IT’S SATISFIED £ MAYBE THERE’S SOMETHING SNOWY. | MUST THINK ON THE SCRAP-HEAP... HOW WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR JOURNEY, PERHAPS A JUICY .A MOTOR CAR ENGINE... IN GOOD SHAPE... AND SNOWY HAS FOUND SOME PETB IT WORKS ALL RIGHT /... VLL HAVE TO PATENT MY DESIGN / HE'S PRETTY SMART, OUR TINTIN J... GOT A TELEGRAPH MESSAGE ABOUT SOME JOURNALIST COMING THEY WANT ME TO — DERAIL HIM... BETTER GO AND FIX THE TRACK I THERE HE IS/... QUICK, I MUST HIDE. ANOTHER FEW MINUTES AND WE'LL BE READY TO RECEIVE HIM... WHAT A DREARY COUNTRY, THIS JOURNEY | GETTING MONOTONOUS, HELP ! I'VE GONE BLIND IN THE CRASH / \ YOULL BE BETTER TAKE OK. THERE. £/4| THIS STIFF HOME YES...THE PLAN SUCCEEDED... HE'S HERE ...HE’S TRULY G FINI D. "S WELL AND ISHED... OHO ! FINISHED, AM | 7... O.K. YES... YOU'LL DRESS IT UPAS A WE'LL JUST SEE ABOUT THAT! | CENUINE ACCIDENT WHILE | PUT THE RAILS BAC Ie THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS YOU ONLY GOT A SMALL DUSTING IN RETURN FOR TRYING TO KILL ME / WE MUST HURRY. CATCHES US HERE AS DOORNAILS ~wW ge a So Senie 24 ea 2 FO f andl MTL EU S ey . 2A PHEW ! THAT WAS A NARROW SQUEAK/... 1D HAVE DONE BETTER TO STAY AT HOME, «CONTRARY TO THE TALES PUT OUT BY THE BOURGEOIS NATIONS, OUR FACTORIES WORK TO FULL CAPACITY ! LOOK... ENGLISH COMMUNISTS BEING SHOWN THE BEAUTIES OF BOLSHEVISM . THOSE FACTORIES ARE RUNNING ABIT TOO WELL... LET'S SEE! ‘A TOWN AT LAST... BUT WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE 7 | DON'T MUCH LIKE THE LOOK GREAT SNAKES !... JUST STAGE EFFECTS! THEYRE SIMPLY BURNING BUNDLES OF STRAW TO MAKE SMOKE COME OUT OF FALSE CHIMNEYS ! AND THAT'S WHAT THE GUIDE CALLED "SOUNDS OF MACHINERY " // IT MUST BE A RUSSIAN JAZZ BAND... THAT’S HOW THE SOVIETS FOOL THE POOR IDIOTS WHO STILL BELIEVE INA "RED PARADISE" I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME | IS THAT AN- HAD SOMETHING TO OTHER JOKE? COME AND EAT WITH US... SORRY, | HAVEN'T ANY CHANGE ‘ol LET'S HOPE HE DOES! THERE ! Sir NT SWALLOW THE PLATE ! DINNER WILL YOURSELF DOWN £ COME RIGHT AWAY £ Cz bo a Baer : ee Balt’ 8s o> MY NAME IS VLIPVLOP. | COSSACK ATAMAN , A HE. AVICTIM OF THE OVE’ UM_SURE I'VE SEEN THAT FACE BEFORE, SOMEWHERE... BUT WHERE HAVE | SEEN SHAT FACE 7? THE OGPU AGENT... THE SECRET POLICE- MAN FROM STOLBTZY... THE ONE WHO TRIED THE STUNT WITH THE BANANA ‘SKIN... AH, LIFE IS SWEET ! THESE BONES ARE THE BEST I'VE Ever EATEN! HE MUST BE PLANNING ANOTHER DIRTY TRICK... LHAVE TO WARN TINTIN. BUT HOW 77 | THINK THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA !... . CAN'T TELL YOU ALL THE PAIN | SUFFERED WHAT DOES THIS LITTLE COMEDY MEAN? STAND BY FOR TROUBLE f THERE , TRAITOR { YOU'RE UNMASKED ! IT MEANS THAT YOU INSULTED THE OGPU AND | AM ARRESTING YOU WON'T YOU HAVE SOME MORE OF THIS EXCELLENT CABBAGE SOUP? NEXT TIME , YOU WANT TO GET UP A BIT EARLIER / p24 Se, Xp —~—— fe * 2 a IF p 3 SD, —_— THAT'S FOR THE DAMAGE. ASI KEEP WE'LL WALK ROUND THE TOWN. ELECTIONS FOR THE SOVIETS 1 WHAT'S GOING TO 7 COMRADES ey eH COMRADES , YOU HAVE THREE LISTS BEFORE FIRST IS THAT OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY ALL THOSE WHO OPPOSE THIS LIST RAISE ai NOW, WHO SAYS “NO" TO THIS LIST ? = se NOBODY 7?... THEN, | DECLARE THE COMMUNIST ¢™ yh PARTY LIST ELECTED UNANIMOUSLY _/ i 7 5 Fp v Ss fo a as es AV earn too i . USC WAI A MOMENT... AND THERE , THAT'S DONE. BUT HOW CAN |GET THIS BACK TO THE OFFICE 7 WELL, WE'LL THINK THAT TOMORROW. NOW ™ \'M GOING TO SLEEP IN MY Su IT'S SAFER... CLOTHE SSH ! YOU'LL, wai Him Up. NO NOISE! bm TINTIN {..TINTIN f WAKE UP! !)M NOT VERY APY f THEY HAVEN'T NOTICED MY KEY THEY’ VE STOPPED FIDDLING WITH THE LOCK HELLO, BEST THING |S TO FORCE THE DOOR... RE LL JUST CHECK THERE'S NO ONE BREAKING THE DOOR CRUMBS ! THEY DOWN ! ' THIS TIME | KNOW HE WON'T ESCAPE... HE'S CORNERED ! ' BY LENIN'S BEARD! THIS HERE HE COMES, FULL yn = TIME 'M_ & STEAM AHEAD... TAKE CARE, TINTIN, NO GOOD WILL COME OF THIS. NOTHING BUT A BRICK WALL . B DO COME IN, MY CAN STOP ME... - x DEAR SIR ff veer TINTIN'S GONE RAVING : Di... “WELL, A BRICK WALL CERTAINLY DID STOP HIM. | WONDER WHY HE'S BANGING HIS HEAD AGAINST THE WALL ! TEN THOUSAND KNOTTED KNOUTS... I'LL STRANGLE HIM WITH MY BARE HANDS ! HURRY UP, TINTIN , THEY'RE RUSHING THE y poor ! MICROBES, WHAT ARE YOU SEEKING BEGONE, MISERABLE HUMANS... OR SHALL | ge = | A GHOST ! eauk | DO I STILL HEAR YOU 7 SHALL | TAKE YOU DOWN TO THE INFERNAL DEPTHS 7 WHAT'S GOING ON 7... WHAT'S THE MEANING OF ALL THIS NOISE IN MY INN 7 BEGONE , or TREMBLE, MORTALS! RETRIBUTION IS AT HAND J... WE'D BETTER MAKE OUR WAY BACK I'M GETTING A BIT rep UP WITH PLAYING AT GHOSTS ! EYEHOLES GOT TO? SEE OVER THERE, SNOWY... DAYLIGHT !.. THERE MUST BE LOTS OF RATS DOWN HERE! NOTHING | CAN DO...|'LL HAVE TO CALL FOR HELP.. WE'RE IN A SEWER COME ON, WE MUST FIND THE WAY ‘OUT. TINTIN, DON'T LEAVE ME J IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY TO PERSUADE THIS GRILLE TO OPEN FOR US! NO ONE COMING... OH WELL, ee FUNNY... | DON'T SEEM ABLE TO GET TO SLEEP. TINTIN, I'M FED UP WITH HIS 1 SIMPLY MUST GET OUT OF HERE!... THIS...15... THE... LAST... WILL... AND... TESTAMENT... OF...TINTIN... NOTHING TO BE DONE...1°M CONPEMNED TO DIE IN THIS RAT- HOLE ... YOU GO, SNOWY... SAVE YOURSELF... YOU CAN GET OUT. VLL NEVER LEAVE YOU, TINTIN. THAT'S ALL | NEED NOW I'VE CAUGHT A COLD AAA... AAAATCH... HERE GOES. CONFOUND IT /... BARELY 40 CENTIMETRES DEEP, SEE WHAT THIS SAYS 7 CAN'T YOU READ? JANPEWAETCA in. BATHING STRICTLY PROHIBITED GET MOVING ! TO THE POLICE STATION ! | WILL, ONCE YOU STOP SHAKING ME LIKE A RAG NOW WE'RE IN A FINE MESS. NOW I'LL JUST KICK A PENALTY / me Goop sHoT / Eas SEE WHAT THIS SAYS ? CAN'T YOU READ 7? "BATHING STRICTLY| PROHIBITED"... DON'T BLOW SO HARD, YOU'LL BURST A BLOOD VESSEL | THEY SHOOT LIKE A SQUAD OF ROOKIES ! MT a | : Cl BY DIMITRIEV SOLOVz- TENXOPZTZKI... |?LL HAVE HIM HANGED / IN FIVE MINUTES WE'LL HAVE HIM AT OUR MERCY. BANG ON TARGET... | THINK OUR NUMBER'S UP, SNOWY... DON'T WORRY, SNOWY. SOME - THING TELLS ME THEY'LL GIVE UP THE CHASE... TINTIN, YOU Yur KNOW VERY WELL IT'S/> FORBIDDEN TO E') BATHE... IF HE REAPPEARS I'LL FINISH HIM INSTANTLY / IF YOU REALLY NEED TO SEE ME, WRITE CARE OF “POSTE RESTANTE" Ow! KL . y; : Eg ey, x NzzZZZ TO PINCH MY CAR FROM JUST_YOU WAIT, MY FRIEND... UNDER MY VERY NOSE! A MATCH TO THIS TRICKLE OF THAT'S THE LIMIT ! IN A FEW HOURS WE'LL BE IN MOSCOW CRUMBS / WE'RE »! DONE FOR / 4 UR Se lo) y ee a é 2 YS NO MORE PETROL... HAPPILY ! IF THERE WERE, WE’D HAVE BEEN ROASTED ALIVE f THAT'S ENOUGH Tot 9 WE'LL HAVE TO PUSH THE CAR GET US. THERE. TO THE NEAREST GARAGE. Be A smi Al All ils PM BEGINNING TO GET USED TO THE CAR, CONFOUND IT f NOW A BREAKDOWN / IS IT THE MAGNETO OR THE PLUGS ? HAVE | BROKEN A TRACK ROD, OR IS THE CARBURETTOR CRACKED ? BONNET / SO CAUSED THE TINTIN, YOu DON'T EEM TO BE MUCH OF SA MECHANIC. A LITTLE EXERCISE IS GOOD FOR YOU AFTER A LONG CAR DRIVE. DON'T WORRY , OLD CHAP, IMPOSSIBL E I'LL BE WITH YOU RIGHT i A eo Js A f HE'S BLOWING ww LIKE A GRAMPUS. 3 A 2 sae b way f MY TYRE ALMOST INFLATED THAT'S THE WHEEL IN PLACE. NOW, LET'S SEE... WHAT ABOUT THE ENGINE 7 THANKS VERY MUCH FOR LENDING (PL, HMM SIT SEEMS A BIT COMPLICATE, HEIGHO !IT?LL_GO WITHOUT VERY ODD !... THE BONNET IS ODDMENTS / ALREAPY FULL AND | STILL HAVE YOUR PAPERS ARE NOT IN ORDER { COME WITH US / MY PAPERS NOT IN ORDER 7 THEY 'LL_ RELEASE ME, YOu'LL SEE .. THAT'S ENOUGH QUIET PLEASES a % a w < e YD Zz g4 As & x in} k MISTER TINTIN , YOU A@E GOIN TO BE TORTURED, TO REVEAL THE, RP YOUR WE CAN'T LET THIS HAPPEN ff THE POKER WASN'T HOTTED UP IN VAIN THOSE SHRIEKS ai THE LITTLE BOURGEOIS ARE REALLY MOST \ WILL SOON CONFESS ! UNPLEASANT ! , IMUST PRETEND TO BE EXHAUSTED BY THE TORTURE / YES |... START THINKING /. | MUST BE OUT OF HERE IN. AN HOUR ! HEY / THIS OUTFIT COULD BE JUST WHAT | NEED TO ESCAPE / THERE !... AND START THINKING / THE GOVERNOR WILL Bi E IN ANE? HOUR TO INTER ROGATE YOU e HELLO ! THAT LOOKS LIKE A DIVING-SUIT. NOW, LET'S PUT ON THE WATERPROOF SUIT / NOT EASY TO SCREW IT ON, IT ALL THE THERE, THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS FREEDOM / Now, TO WORK. WE HAVEN'T MUCH TIME. SNOWY, YOU PADDLE UP TO THE SURFACE AND WAIT FOR ME THAT'S THE WAY CLEAR AT LAST f THERE !... NOW, 1 ONLY HAVE TO eneesd THE RIVERBED AND CLIMB OUT THE OTHER BANK ee cA TINTIN... SAVE ME! HE HASN'T MOVED AT ALL, SO GUICKLY... READY... J AIM... SINCE HE APPEARED... LUCKY WE CAME BACK TEN THOUSAND KNOUTS ! IT WAS A GHOST... ALL THIS WET HAS GIVEN Mi A COLD | THINK... AAAH... I'M GOING TO SNEEZE AAAAH... TINTIN {NO HERE'S A LITTLE STONE TO REMIND THEM OF ME f IT ISN'T HUMAN... IT'S A DEMON... NOTHING WE CAN DO AGAINST IT f = FBO sy" oo LOOK WHAT THE SOVIETS HAVE DONE TOTHE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF MOSCOW : A STINKING SLUM! WHAT'S THAT QUEUE OF WRETCHED CHILDREN ?...OH, THEY'RE DISTRIBUTING . FREE BREAD TO THE fA] MOSCOW POOR, LET'S 4 M}| SEE HOW THEY ih OPERATE. Mh) SE Ty YET ANOTHER EVI RUSSIA. TROOPS OF ABAN- DONED CHILDREN, & ROAMING THE TOWNS AND THE COUNTRYSIDE, BY THIEVING AND BEGGING JUST WAIT TILL 1 FIND THAT MONGREL AND HIS MASTER / TAKE THIS LOAF DON'T CRY + DON! ANY MORE NO ONE ABOUT 7... IT’S ALL GOING WELL! vis. HERE WE GO! we, PASSED ‘ % HIM COMRADES... WE ARE SHORT OF WHEAT / THE LITTLE WE HAVE IS NEEDED FOR OUR FOREIGN PROPAGANDA ! WE SIMPLY MUST FIND SOME , OTHERWISE WE FACE FAMINE /... THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO ORGANISE AN EXPEDITION AGAINST THE KULAKS , THE RICH PEASANTS, AND FORCE THEM AT GUNPOINT TO GIVE US THEIR CORN. | HAVE SPOKEN / \'M GOING WITH THAT se"; EXPEDITION, ANTTHING SO SILLY WHILE THEY DISEMBARK, I?LL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CON- FUSION AND GO TO THE VILLAGE. PLL WARN THE INHABITANTS THEY ARE ABOUT TO BE ROBBED! U Ny LL ( ws sa THE SOVIETS ARE COMIN THEY'RE GOING TO STEAL YOUR, GRAIN! oI 4 ao | MUST ot as coen HIDDEN, BEFORE TI ARCH BY THE S6viers? EUREKA !... 1'VEGOT IT #... YOUR MATTRESS, GO AND FETCH ME YOUR J ,MATTRESS, AE USS al HAVEN'T ‘ED MY =) ABSENCE, a SSA Pee y HEY tS ot\ y, yy PLL REJOIN MY COMPANY YOU WARN YOUR NEIGHBOURS / ft YOU A&E TO HAND. SY Over YOUR AIN -HERGE- LUCKY FOR US , ON THE JOURNEY Now, WE MUSTN'T HANG IN THE TRUCK | TOOK THE POWDER AROUND HERE... IT'S AN OUT OF THE CARTRIDGES AND REPLACED THE BULLETS WITH WADS OF CARDBOARD / IT'S GETTING DARK, AND SNOW IS STARTING TO FALL... TRAMPING IN THE SNOW IS EXHAUSTING. OOF f | CAN'T GO ANY FURTHER. DO | HAVE TO DIE HERE 7 THE OGPU MIGHT HAVE CHOSEN ’'M_NOT GOING ON ! ANOTHER DAY TO SEND _US OUT 7 i AFTER THAT JOURNALIST § THAT'S O.K., WE'LL STOP. SPY, TINTIN £ 0 LORD _ ALONE KNOWS WHERE TINTIN IS NOW. NOT THE MOST AGREEABLE COMPANY / BETTER MAKE MYSELF ASS 52's ven (Eg IT'S MY \ fi: WHO SAID MAN'S MOST NOBLE CONQUEST WAS THE HORSE / YOU WON'T CATCH HELLO... FOOTPRINTS, PLL ME GOING RIDING FOLLOW THEM. THEY MAY GAIN f

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