The Black Island

For the 1991 television episode, see The Black Island (TV episode).

Template:Book Infobox The Black Island is a story of a money counterfeiting ring in Scotland, written by Hergé and first published in 1938.

Synopsis

During a walk in the countryside Tintin observes a plane making an emergency landing. He approaches with the intention of assisting and notices that it does not have a registration number. As he nears the plane he is shot by the pilot and collapses. Tintin recovers in the hospital where detectives Thomson and Thompson tell him that another plane has crashed in a field in Sussex, England. Tintin decides to investigate these events further. Taking a train from Brussels to the coast, Tintin boards a ferry from Ostend to Dover. During this trip he is framed for the assault and robbery of a fellow passenger (who is actually part of a clandstine criminal gang that Tintin has inadvertently come across). Thompson and Thomson arrest Tintin, but he escapes by handcuffing them to each other while they were asleep. After arriving in England, Tintin is kidnapped by the same men who framed him on the train. They take him to a clifftop, with the intention of making him jump off it, but Tintin manages to escape with Snowy's assistance. His investigations lead him to Dr. J.W. Müller who, with his chauffeur Ivan, is part of a gang of money counterfeiters, led by Puschov, the so-called victim on the train.