explorers moon explorers moon french sur seventeenth volume comics series belgian cartoonist story weekly belgium magazine october december published collected volume completing story arc begun preceding volume destination moon narrative tells young reporter dog snowy friends captain professor thompson aboard humanity manned rocket mission moon developed suggestions friends explorers moon produced following extensive research possibility human space travel feat achieved cartoonist seeking work realistic possible continued affair series defining comics tradition critics praised detail book expressed mixed views story volume adapted animated series animated series adventures synopsis synopsis continues plot begun destination moon professor snowy captain assistant aboard atomic rocket powered spacecraft leaving earth bound moon soon takeoff discover detectives thompson accidentally away onboard putting strain oxygen supply detectives accidentally turn nuclear motor disrupting artificial gravity sending floating problem suffered formula drug seen land black gold resulting hair growing rapidly multiple colours subsequently cure smuggled aboard rocket gets drunk takes impromptu briefly satellite point professor says tell earth new satellite able rescue rocket lands crater human step moon days later battery powered tank explore caves direction crater inside cave snowy slips ice covered rescues later aboard ship overwhelmed colonel spy smuggled aboard foreign power works help seeks ship return earth emergency sabotage cuts power engine strain oxygen supplies crew decides abandon equipment cut short lunar stay repair work completed slightly ahead schedule rocket cleared lift halfway earth escapes bonds thanks detectives tries kill seeks prevent struggle gun killed revealed oxygen aboard crew survive journey sacrifices opening floating space death crew fall unconscious wakes long set rocket auto pilot arrives safely history background devised idea sending mission moon working prisoners sun decision field science fiction influenced friendly rivalry colleague recently success science fiction comic secret decided volume story arc proved successful earlier arcs secret treasure seven crystal balls prisoners sun initially intended beginning story culmination prisoners sun wife close friend convinced proceed story previously left unfinished instead seeking advice story consulted friend authored non fiction book les man stars autumn developed script story gave version based lunar expedition fictional location united_states featured return professor character previously appeared time antagonist sold secrets mission order attain funds buy diamond actress early produced black white pages version story abandoning retained elements original script finished version scenes drinks whiskey gravity free environment goes space walk nearly satellite appear pages explorers moon thought influence story significant stating going books impression originally beginning broad outline hoped story realistic possible sought elements words contained monsters incredible surprises ensure realism collected wide range documents rockets space travel conduct research aided collected pictures rockets atomic research facilities research archive included article american magazine discussed humanity reach moon books work book space travel physicist began correspondence april visited striking subsequent correspondence director incorporated technical information story moments humour accessible young readership according literary critics possible fictional influences story include novel moon american film destination moon certainly inspired number photographic destination moon film published computer system space centre visually based computer created non military purposes based moon rocket designs rocket developed german scientists world war red white pattern rocket based illustration come book world war commissioned construction model rocket parts assistant took model paris showed asking realistic representation moon rocket look like assistants model accurately sketch producing comic introduced story character previously appeared antagonist added evidence water moon advice publication september broke story statement end felt need break work having fallen clinical depression wife went holiday switzerland returning brussels late september readers sent letters magazine asking explorers moon longer emerging died april published open letter magazine explaining absence result illness caused exhaustion included illustration planned return work covers magazine announced imminent return story explorers moon resume eighteen month hiatus returning april issue accompanied summary story far final installment appeared december serial publication faced criticism including suicide story suicide widely viewed sin catholic dominated belgium critics published book version added line miracle shall escape scene obvious suicide years later expressed regret issue story collected published sur unhappy title translates walked moon refused change critical analysis believed story belongs cosmic vision moves story forward expressed opinion unique character suggesting akin character john novel referring specifically explorers moon opined true epic human imagination believing depiction moon test time space exploration novels felt moon adventure best triumphant achievement level awarding halves story stars biographer felt moon adventures mark stage development work biographer praised gradual introduction story real dimension evil particularly effective expressed view brings tragic note story comparing characters stories critical story arc stating secret treasure supernatural quality seven crystal balls prisoners sun noted explorers moon widely regarded greatest artistic achievement describing entire moon adventure technical masterpiece result accurate depiction moon thompson expressed opinion explorers compared work science fiction writers focusing scene sons hair grows rapidly bright colours stated provides abrupt contrast nature rest story bright carefully restrained colour scheme praised depiction rocket landing magnificent spectacle worth double space spread given highlighting perceived ending unprecedented dramatic tension study literary critic praised destination moon explorers moon story arc meticulous attention scientific facts added resulted story tone added stories main division longer good evil previous adventures truth error opined despite somewhat ridiculous character scientific achievements grows stature giant arc sir secret series founding ancestor goes claim sacred ancestor voyage moon mystical quest science guiding religion drawing comparisons arc prisoners sun story drew symbolic links scientific centre temple sun noted high priest victim previous story moving discuss moon rocket stories described object penetrated virgin territory moon time described rocket maternal belly space explorers slept commenting specifically explorers moon commented protagonists story reverted childhood exploring moon believing treated like theme park literary critic stated destination moon explorers moon story arc embodies wartime position spun post war environment representing genius driven work activities national political causes suggested explorers moon wildly adventurous installment series felt inclusion smuggled aboard rocket reflected idea stranger penetrating home thought present adventures commenting scene bottle inside states text case hollow smuggling believed reversal appearance hidden model ship secret adaptation animation company produced string colour adaptations based original comics adapting adventures series daily minute episodes explorers moon second adapted second animated series directed written known cartoonist editor chief magazine second animated series based produced time collaboration french studio canadian animation company explorers moon fifteenth story adapted divided minute episodes directed series praised generally faithful original comics extent animation directly adopted original panels
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