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Tintin, the Comic Hero 10

Comic books are magazines that include text accompanied by panels of comic art that are placed in a sequence.
A story in comics appears in the form of dialogue boxes, word balloons or in other stylistic forms. Comics typically
consist of fictional superheroes, evil villains and their sidekicks. These comic strips have a mix of adventure,
humour and drama in them. Some of the most popular comic book publishers are Marvel Comics and DC Comics.
Japanese-style comics have also become popular across the world and are known as manga.

The adventures of tintin continue to interest and fascinate his fans

many decades after this irrepressible comic hero first appeared in
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print on January 10, 1929. The creation of the Belgian author Hergé,
whose real name was Georges Prosper Remi, Tintin is one of the
most recognized and best-loved fictional characters and perhaps
Belgium’s most famous icon. Although essentially a comic strip
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character, Hergé knew the importance of accurate research and
1. uncontrollable
2. basically took care to place Tintin in a real and believable world. Clippings
3. a young person who is from magazines, visits to museums, consultation with experts, all
developing from a child contributed to the successful shaping of his lovable character.
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into an adult An adolescent with no known family, this endearing character
4. delightful and lovable is a journalist, an adventurer and a detective all rolled into one. The
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5. having mischievous eyes round-faced, dotty-eyed reporter has only one distinctive feature:
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