I haven't seen this volume, but did enjoy Tintin as a child. I know some people have said that they found the depiction of cruelty to animals more offensive than the racial strereotypes. It's interesting that this book has been widely available worldwide since 1931 but not in England where it was only re-printed after a scene where tintin blows a rhino to bits was changed to show the rhino running nway. What we must remember is that in the 1930s european middle/upper class idiots DID blow animals to bits. They also treated black people as sub-human. I would not allow my children to read such rubbish.