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The Adventures of Tintin: Volume 5 presents a collection of three of adventures starring Hergé’s Belgian reporter Tintin and his friends. Summary of the Books Red Rackham’s Treasure Following the events of The Secret of the Unicorn, Tintin and Captain Haddock set off to find the infamous pirate Red Rackham’s treasure. They believe it is in the remains of the sunken ship, the Unicorn, and they set forth on an expedition to find it. The Seven Crystal Balls When the mysterious mummy Rascar Capac appears to be related to the cause of a mysterious illness which puts those afflicted into a coma, Tintin joins Captain Haddock to save the good Professor Calculus. Their only clues are the shards of crystal balls found near each victim. Prisoners of the Sun Tintin and Haddock continue their ongoing search for Professor Calculus. Their hunt takes them through Andean villages, mountains, rainforests and leads them straight to a secret Inca civilization in the Temple of the Sun. About Hergé Georges Prosper Remi, better known as Hergé, was a Belgian cartoonist best known for creating the characters in the Tintin comics series. He completed 23 books in the series and is best remembered for: Tintin in Tibet, The Black Island and Prisoners of the Sun. After working for a brief stint at various newspapers, he started serialization of the Tintin stories in 1929. He is considered to have greatly influenced the world of comics, majorly European comics, and was included in the Harvey Award Jack Kirby Hall of Fame and the Eisner Award Hall of Fame as the Judge's choice. The Tintin series has since been adapted into two TV series, one radio series and five full-length movies, including a 2001 hit movie directed by Steven Spielberg. The latter two books of this collection were loosely adapted into a 1969 film, Tintin and the Temple of the Sun by Belvision.