The Adventures of Tintin

The Shooting Star

Isn't it a wonderful night, Snowy?

Well, yes, it is a little hot!

That's strange!

I've never noticed that star before.

I smell a story here. C'mon, Snowy!

Hello, observatory. I'm calling about...

No, no, it's impossible!

Hello? Hello?

They hung up!

Judgement! A judgement, yea...

A... Excuse me...

A judgement! Wow...!

Hello! What! That must be the main telescope...

Wow!

No, it is impossible. There must be a mistake.

Excuse me!

Excuse me!

The refraction in the 5th quadrant

is clearly 10 to the 5th power,

following a negative target across the cosine curve...

Where's the matrix chart?

We should be focusing

on the intensity... 10 multiplied by the last 3 digits

of the first 3 negative sums...

Luminosity, that's it!

Huh! Shhh! Bu bu but, but...

Hmm... I wonder if...

Phew, I thought so!

It's OK! It was only a... - Sir, please!

Professor, you must have made a mistake!

I have not made a mistake! My calculations are correct.

Oh dear! Oh dear!

- Is something wrong? - Oh dear!

- Sir! - Have a look!

What is it?

I, Decimus Phostle, have discovered a gigantic mass of matter in fusion!

A flaming meteorite

is heading straight for the Earth!

It's the end of the world!

At precisely

0800 hours!

A judgement is upon us! Repent!

The end of the world is at hand!

The end of the world!

Snowy!

Poor Snowy, you're stuck in the melted tar.

C'mon! We'll...

They're absolutely panic-stricken!

The tires are bursting from the heat.

What next?

Wow! A judgement!

A judgement is upon us.

You!

There will be famine and pestilence and measles!

Look here! Why don't you go home to bed!

Sit down and look what I brought you.

Behold! The judgement!

No...!

No, no, leave me alone!

Huh?

I must have been dreaming! It wasn't the end of the world.

We're alive!

Snowy, it was only an earthquake!

Let's get to the observatory, Snowy.

The scientist made a mistake!

Professor Phostle!

Professor...

You bungling imbecile!

Out! Out! Out!

How dare you call yourself a scientist?

Did he do something wrong?

He made a mistake on the figures.

All my calculations were wrong.

But something happened out there!

Only a small piece of a meteorite hit us.

The rest passed by!

What a disappointment!

Professor?

I have the spectrascope of the meteorite.

Oohh...! But this is incredible!

I have never seen

such a formation before.

I have discovered a new metal.

Congratulations, Professor.

May I suggest the name, "Phostlite"?

You may!

Let's celebrate! Order 10 pounds

of jellybeans!

Do you know where the meteorite landed?

It was tracked to the Arctic Ocean.

Arctic Ocean?

We'll never find it now!

But if it was big enough,

maybe part of it is sticking up out of the water!

Do you think so?

You could form an international expedition!

We could get funding from the International Scientific Society.

We're going to the Arctic!

And as the Aurora prepares to sail in search of the meteorite

that hit the Earth last month,

let's have a few words with Professor Phostle, the leader of the expedition.

We would like to thank the various governments who agreed to help fund our research.

Professor, would you be kind enough to introduce your team?

Gladly!

We have Dr. Otto Schulze of the University of Munich,

Professor Paul Cantonneau of Paris,

Senor Porfirio Bolero y Calamares of the University of Salamanca,

the distinguished Swedish scholar, Erik Bjorgenskjild,

and the reknowned physicist, senor Dos Santos from Coimbra.

Captain Haddock is in command of our research ship.

and Tintin will accompany us as a representative of the press.

Ah... this is the life, Snowy!

I think we should go back inside!

We're making good time.

We should reach the Arctic Ocean by tomorrow if this weather keeps up.

Captain!

I think you should see this.

Why, those thieving toads! Freshwater amphibians!

Is something wrong?

The Peary set sail from Sao Rico yesterday.

They're trying to beat us to the meteorite!

If the Peary wants a race, they've got it!

Engine room! Increase speed 10 knots!

I'll do my best!

You know Captain, there's something strange going on.

An expedition like this is very expensive.

Every government in the world has helped finance us.

So? What are you getting at?