The Brotherhood is Dead

**"The Brotherhood is Dead"** is an alternate universe crossover with *The Adventures of Tintin*, published in American comic book *Teen Titans Spotlight #11*. It was part of a *Teen Titans* anthology series that featured different characters, worlds, or continuities in each issue. For its eleventh issue, a group of series villains briefly turn good and rescue a cyberpunk warrior version of Tintin.

## Synopsis

The *Tintin* cast is phased in and out of the *Teen Titans* story line, being introduced to four of its characters, the Brotherhood, as a sort of side quest from the main series. The Brotherhood encounters an alternate dimension version of Earth called Earth-Eleven that has succumbed to nuclear war. The group meets "Tin", a muscular road warrior who travels through the apocalypse with a former sailor called the Captain and a giant mutant dog named Halfwolf. The Captain explains to the Brotherhood that they were the first humans to walk on their moon in 1952. However, after this scientific breakthrough, tensions between the USSR and USA lead to a global nuclear war.

The present resumes;Tin and the Captain hope to rescue their friend, the Professor, from a shifty businessman named Minos. Minos has abducted the Professor and forced him to engineer an enormous space citadel, in the centre of which is an escape rocket, which Minos and his many political associates plan to use to escape the dying planet. The Brotherhood also need the rocket to escape, and they agree to help Tin storm the citadel.

Tin's group of resistance road warriors successfully take over the citadel. The Captain goes to find and rescue the Professor, while Tin and Halfwolf go confront Minos in his control room. Minos tries to trigger the citadel's self-destruct button, but one of the Brotherhood members, Monsieur Mallah the mutant ape, shoots Minos dead. The Brotherhood and Tin's group flee aboard the escape rocket just in time...but Tin still feels survivor's guilt from the catastrophes that were indirectly caused by his first rocket trip. Tin suggests he stay behind instead of being a potential bad omen, but Monsieur Mallah knocks Tin unconscious and leaves him in the Captain's care for the rest of the trip. The fate of Tin's group is not shown, but The Brotherhood and the rest of the rocket safely arrive on another dimension's Earth.

## Production

The story features an alternate version of The Adventures of Tintin timeline. The point of divergence is when "Tin's" group goes to the moon; it occurs in 1952 instead of 1959, the rocket looks much different, and the rocket technology causes catastrophic developments in the Soviet-American Cold War.

Although "The Brotherhood is Dead" was produced by an American comic book company, one of its authors, Jean-Marc Lofficier, was born and raised in France. During his youth, he often drew comics for French fanzines, and Lofficier is likely the one who chose the Tintin cast to appear in this story.

## Characters

* Tintin (as "Tin")
* Snowy (as "Halfwolf")
* Captain Haddock (as "The Captain")
* Professor Tournesol (as "Professor")
* Roberto Rastapopoulos (as "Minos")

## Availability

The story was published in *Teen Titans Spotlight #11* by DC Comics in June 1987. The comic had a single print run, but it received wide distribution throughout North America. Copies exist online, and online marketplaces frequently have copies listed for sale.

## Gallery

"Tin" announces the incoming apocalypseThe Captain explains their pastTin confronts MinosThe Professor is rescuedTin is knocked out so he will stay on the rocket