Every Tintin upto "Land of Black Gold" had a black-and-white version written before the war. They did not age well, and if you read them you can understand why

Every Tintin upto "Land of Black Gold" had a black-and-white version written before the war. They did not age well, and if you read them you can understand why Hergé had a hard time in the 1945-1950 period.