french seventh volume comics series belgian cartoonist commissioned conservative belgian newspaper children supplement weekly april november story tells young belgian reporter dog snowy travel england pursuit gang framed theft hunted detectives thompson follows criminals scotland discovering commercial success published book form shortly conclusion continued king series defining comics tradition coloured drawn distinctive claire style mid-1960s british publishers requested major revision story sent assistant britain research trip return produced revised edition story magazine introduces recurring villain widely cited popular series story adapted animation adventures animated series adventures synopsis discovers plane stranded belgian countryside offers help shot pilot awakens hospital detectives thompson visit inform plane subsequently flew crashed snowy proceed sussex way criminals frame robbery arriving england ferry criminals kidnap attempt kill cliffs snowy help escapes discovering plane wreckage finds torn note pilot jacket following writing arrives estate german owns mental institution captures young reporter escapes house catches criminals escape morning finds electric cables red garden designed attract plane drop night lights finds planes drops sacks money revealing running gang pursues way thompson join takes plane north snowy detectives follow hit storm crash land rural scotland learning plane crashed coast scottish coastal village travels continue investigation old man tells story island coast ferocious beast kills visitors snowy travel island find beast trained named discover island base radio police help criminals attempt capture police arrive arrest criminals going zoo history background research best known pen employed editor illustrator little twentieth children supplement twentieth century roman catholic conservative belgian newspaper based native brussels run comic strip revolving exploits fictional belgian reporter ordered set adventure soviet_union anti socialist propaganda children land soviets set second adventure encourage colonial sentiment set adventure united_states use story american capitalism america subsequently removed paper following scandal convinced stay condition salary increase serial planned story actions nazi_germany developing plot temporarily set aside project began experience dreams white car stuck snow having ideas sending north considering greenland potential locations result sent far north scotland instead idea car stuck card designed idea group bent destroying europe iconic buildings idea eventual story having decided set story britain briefly visited london southern english coast learn country purchased steel pen type continue use life positive depiction britain received childhood british government having longstanding ally belgium supporting creation german occupation world war retained anti german sentiment considered inclusion german villain recurring character series based character largely scottish vocal supporter nazi regime learned article anti belgian magazine mortar shell germans given russian names renamed english translation crime time idea villains hide common previously land soviets idea brought popular fictional creatures 1930s giant introduced film lived character appeared book film influence plot themes story influenced film steps adaptation adventure novel original publication april november title mystery grey plane april story french catholic newspaper collected story single hardcover volume publishing title unhappy publication errors cover omitted inclusion television original version surprised readers bbc introduced television britain late 1930s suspended entirely belgium television second versions 1940s 1950s popularity increased team coloured original black white adventures claire clear line drawing style developed way ensuring earlier stories fitted visually alongside new created published second version story reduced pages second version contained significant changes original black white television screen appeared 1930s version depicted colour screen despite fact technology available early 1960s english language publishers planning translating publishing british market believed british readers find depiction britain comic inaccurate date drew list errors asked publish english aware work appear particularly dated compared recently published affair use advanced technologies plot time busy producing second story flight time undertake research contemporary british society culture instead sent assistant britain october visited sites white cliffs dover making observations new developments clothing architecture england sought contemporary uniforms use basis accurate illustrations police lent police uniform asked borrow uniforms staff suspicious refused new version magazine june december published collected volume alterations illustrations result research reflecting fact television increasingly commonplace western_europe changed prose television set television set colour television available britain screen television encountered britain reverted black white additionally line dialogue original version scene aims pistol states hands compared original step dead notes finds increased value pound pounds multiple aircraft featured story studios member replaced depiction planes operational 1930s active time clothing worn characters brought date old steam railways replaced electrified alternatives genuine walker replaced fictional alternative added page english towns villages renamed scottish pub renamed police longer depicted carrying guns accurate journalists appeared added background scene backgrounds elements new version drawn staff members studios thing drawn version characters later publications republished original black white version story archives collection published version edition followed publication second edition critical analysis thought expressed convenient hitherto regard british behalf britain appearing little thought predecessors describing popular stories felt scenes illustrated 1920s version fine piece work beautifully drawn books commented distinct quality special popularity thought inclusion television version interest innovation commenting differences version comic earlier thought strongly representative artistic talents 1960s inferior replaced poetry original detailed accurate illustrations described clever little thriller bore similarities popular detective era thought version gained atmospheric awarding biographer thought pure detective story describing remarkably constructed highlighting contrasted modern world television mysteries historic castle described adventure twists turns characters thompson form considered version shorter charm earlier versions critical stating guise modernization real massacre occurred adding new failure showed limitations system obsessed repeated literary critic stanford_university believed expanded variety themes explored earlier work idea snowy fondness thought human animal link story hair matching snowy fur similar manner beard matched fur coat added relationship snowy wholly based good connection rooted evil living island thought like new robinson highlighting use island theme work literary critic thought linked adventures ways connected money story idol fake bunker land soviets connected solving puzzle jacket solving pirate puzzles secret place death death linked hall secret adaptations adapted second series animated belgian studio adaptation directed written divided minute colour episodes diverted original plot variety ways french studio canadian animation company subsequently adapted comic episode television series directed voiced character march british network channel_4 broadcast documentary titled comedian dressed followed footsteps sussex scotland reviewing documentary guardian commented amusing parts charming little gift fear learn didn know
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