The Black Island
"The Black Island" was a commercial success and was published in book form by Casterman shortly after its conclusion. Hergé continued "The Adventures of Tintin" with "King Ottokar's Sceptre", while the series itself became a defining part of the Franco-Belgian comics tradition. In 1943, "The Black Island" was coloured and re-drawn in Hergé's distinctive style for republication. In the mid-1960s, Hergé's British publishers requested a major revision of the story, for which he sent his assistant Bob De Moor to Britain on a research trip; on his return, Studios Hergé produced a revised, third edition of the story, serialised in "Tintin" magazine. "The Black Island" introduces the recurring villain Dr. Müller, and has been widely cited as one of the most popular instalments in the series. The story was adapted for the 1957 Belvision animation "Hergé's Adventures of Tintin", the 1980-1 West End play "Tintin and the Black Island", the 1991 Ellipse/Nelvana animated series "The Adventures of Tintin", and the 1992-3 BBC Radio 5 dramatisation of the "Adventures".