TINTIN HARDBACK BOOK - The Land of Black Gold

Land of Black Gold is the 15th comic book in The Adventures of Tintin series by Hergé. The plot follows Tintin investigating a crisis where car and vehicle engines across Europe spontaneously explode due to doctored, sabotaged petrol. 

• Tintin traces the poisoned fuel source back to its origin, leading him and his dog Snowy to board an oil tanker bound for the Middle East. 
• Amidst looming international conflict over petroleum supplies, Tintin navigates political tensions in the fictional Arab emirate of Khemed. 
• Tintin unmasks his recurring arch-enemy, the villainous Dr. Müller, who is operating an elaborate underground sabotage base in the desert. 
• The mission becomes further complicated when Tintin has to rescue Prince Abdullah, the mischievous and spoiled son of the
• The book originally began serialization in 1939 but was interrupted by World War II. It was redrawn and set in the fictional state of Khemed for English publication in 1972 to replace outdated references to the British Mandate of Palestine.