Tintin in the Land of the Soviets

1930, Fiction/Comic, Publisher: Little Brown
By Georges Remi (Hergé). ~141 pgs.
Overview: Post, Wiki, Tintinologist, B&N, Amazon, MC
Tintin and his dog are sent to Soviet Russia to report on the condition of life there. After overcoming many obstacles placed in their way by the Soviet authority, Tintin and Snowy reaches Moscow where they discover the horrors of Communism. (Tintinologist)
Factoids: (taken from noted sources linked above)
1. Hergé is the French pronunciation of "R.G.", Georges Remi's initials reversed.
2. Published in almost a year and a half long stretch in the children's supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle labeling Tintin as a reporter for "Le Petit Vingtième." (Compiled in a book in 1930)
3. Hergé's satire on the Soviet state was very much of its time. 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.
4. According to Benoît Peeters book (Le monde d'Hergé), the only source Hergé used was a book entitled, "Moscou sans voiles" (Moscow Unveiled) from 1928 by Joseph Douillet. Douillet was a former Belgian Consul in Rostov (Soviet Russia).
5. For such reasons, Hergé decided to withdraw the album from circulation in the 1930's.
6. It is the only early Tintin adventure which Hergé did not redraw or colorize in later years."
Herge was just twenty-three when he wrote this first Tintin story.
Review: (1.2.08) C. After receiving this it occured to me that I could ask for the Congo & Lake of Sharks books in English (maybe through Amazon or Ebay)...but even better I heard that there was one volume of all 23 plus Soviets, Congo, and Sketchest of Alph-Art. However I cannot find a US or English release of that book, so I may just stick with the ebay. Congo is definately not getting a US release even for anniverary or movie release hype. This book feels incredibly weak, but in the end, I am very happy as a fan to have it. More than twice as thick in almost the original form the story is just a constant run run run with some inacurate portrayals.