9. The Crab with the Golden Claws (1940–1941)
The
Crab with the Golden Claws (French: Le Crabe aux pinces d'or) is the
ninth of The Adventures of Tintin. It is also the first to feature
Tintin's longtime friend, Captain Haddock.The ramblings of a drunken man and a scrap of paper from what appears to be a tin of crab-meat leads Tintin to the ship Karaboudjan, where he is captured by a syndicate of criminals who have been hiding opium in the crab tins. Escaping from his locked room, Tintin encounters Captain Haddock, who proves to be an alcoholic manipulated by his first mate, Allan, and is unaware of his crew's criminal activities. Escaping the ship in a rowing boat, they are attacked by a seaplane. They hijack the plane and tie up the crooks, but it crashes in the Sahara.
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