Having bought a model ship, the Unicorn, for a pound off a market stall Tintin is initially puzzled that the sinister Mr. Sakharine should be so eager to buy it from him, resorting to murder and ...

We quickly meet Spring Seasons ... or an infernal riff on Tintin, perhaps. Remender has acknowledged the latter's influence on the book, as well as citing Miyazaki and Little Nemo creator Windsor ...