Jo, Zette and Jocko
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| Publication date | January 19, 1936 - 1957 |
| Main character(s) | Jo, Zette, Jocko |
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| Creator(s) | Hergé |
The Adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko is a Franco-Belgian comics series created by Hergé, the writer-artist best known for The Adventures of Tintin. The heroes of the series are two young children, brother and sister Jo and Zette Legrand, and their pet chimpanzee Jocko.
Jo, Zette and Jocko appear on the rear covers of some The Adventures of Tintin comic books, but never appear in the stories. A few Jo, Zette and Jocko comics allude to characters or events in The Adventures of Tintin.
1. The 'Manitoba' No Reply
(Le Manitoba ne répond plus (1952))
(Volume 1 of The Secret Ray)
The transatlantic liner Manitoba breaks down on its way to England and then the passengers and crew fall strangely asleep. When they wake up it is to find that they have all been robbed of their valuables. Later, while on holiday at the seaside, Jo, Zette and Jocko, playing in a rowing boat, get lost at sea when a thick fog comes down. Rescued by a submarine, they are taken to a secret undersea base where a mad scientist has plans for the two young children.
2. The Eruption of Karamako
(L’Eruption du Karamako (1952))
(Volume 2 of The Secret Ray)
Jo, Zette and Jocko escape the undersea base in an amphibious tank, and end up on an island. But their problems are far from over. They have to deal with cannibals, modern-day pirates, an erupting volcano, gangsters, the media and there is still the mad scientist who wants them for his evil plans.
(In one scene Zette is harassed by a representative of Cosmos Pictures which was run by Tintin's enemy Rastapopoulos.)
3. Mr. Pump’s Legacy
(Le Testament de Monsieur Pump (1951))
(Volume 1 of The Stratoship H.22)
Killed while exercising his love for speed in a racing car, millionaire John Archibald Pump leaves behind ten million US dollars (a staggeringly large sum in 1934, equivalent to US$179,000,000 today). It will go to the builders of the first aeroplane to fly from Paris to New York at 1000 kilometres per hour. Jo and Zette's father sets about designing such a plane, but the project comes under threat from a gang of saboteurs led by William and Fred Stockrise, Pump's passed-over nephews who will only inherit if the ship is not completed within the year after the reading of the will, who go to all lengths, from theft to bombing, to prevent it.
(A framed photo of Captain Haddock can be seen hanging on the wall of the Legrand living-room just before Mr Legrand switches on the light to confront intruders.)
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