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Tintin Reading Order: How to read The Adventures of Tintin?

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The Adventures of Tintin Reading Order

Created by Belgian cartoonist Hergé in 1929, The Adventures of Tintin follow the intrepid globetrotter reporter and adventurer named Tintin as he travels all over the world to investigate mysteries.

Aided by his faithful dog Snowy and his friends, the brash and cynical Captain Haddock and the intelligent but hearing-impaired Professor Calculus, Tintin evolves in realistic environments as well as in pure science fiction and fantasy.

Disclaimer: It’s an old comics, so there are some ideas and representations that are quite offensive today. It’s sometimes racist. Just saying. You know, like in the old issues of The Spirit.

The Adventures of Tintin Reading Order:

The way The Adventures of Tintin were written is really formulaic. There’s a bit of continuity, but almost all the stories can be read independently from one another. There are a few exceptions with some 2-part stories.

The first books

The Adventures of Tintin Reading OrderThese three books were the first published, but you can skip them and come back to them later. It’s not a great entry point.

My recommended entry point

Cigars of the Pharaoh - The Adventures of Tintin Reading Order

The Secret of the Unicorn - The Adventures of Tintin Reading Order

The Adventures of Tintin Reading OrderThough not canon but Tintin and the Lake of Sharks is an animated adventure film not written by Hergé, but by the Belgian comics creator Greg, a friend of Hergé. It was later adapted into a comic book with still images from the film used as illustrations, and you can read it here.

Last Updated on January 4, 2023.

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