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I don't think Herge's adventures of Tintin ever topped the two-parter of Destination Moon and Explorers on the moon. Told in a breathless cliffhanger style, with constant uproarious slapstick (every fifth frame shows someone seeing stars), it does in truth find the series resting on its laurels (one cannot think of a more improbable crew for an expedition to the moon than series mainstays Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus and stow-away detectives Thompson and Thomson. A pity Nestor couldn't have come along, too.). But here the dynamic between these characters is still fresh and surprising, yet dependably hilarious. Absent-minded professor Cuthbert Calculus is in a rare competent form, thanks in part to a new hearing aid, yet is amusingly high-strung due to the pressures of the expedition.
The story is of course dated, but Herge's wry, austere drawings truly come alive in their depiction of the moon and the majesty of space.