The Awesomeness of Tintin vs. a Pissed Captain Haddock

Astronaut Tintin takes no crap from no one. Least of all a drunk sea captain.


Tintin and the Captain's shouting match whilst tethered to a rocket travelling to the moon at 7 miles per second is from Explorers on the Moon (1954) by Herge, who else?

And This Is Why I Think Tintin Is Awesome

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From PRISONERS OF THE SUN

The Awesomeness of Tintin vs. a Shark

First, there is the submarine shaped like a shark designed by the deaf-as-a-post Professor Calculus (who makes his first appearance in Red Rackham's Treasure):



But also, there is the scene where Tintin goes treasure hunting underwater and gets attacked by a shark:





He downs the shark by making him drunk (it was clear he really wanted to strike the shark's nose with the bottle, but still awesome). Batman would've just kicked the fish. Effective but oh, so pedestrian.

Oh yeah, Happy 2009!