Just as silly and childish (and fast paced) as Tintin in the Congo but it passes the PC test because here Tintin was fighting gangsters in Chicago: Al Capone for a bit, then another one, Bobby Smiles, who naturally flees out west so Tintin becomes involved with some Indians (he dresses as a cowboy), then there are more gangsters.A highly episodic plot with Tintin getting out of trouble mostly due to luck (eg weight bells turning out to be made of wood, a strike at a meat packers stopping him from being chopped up). There is some occasional cleverness, such as Tintin distracting Indians who want to kill him by flicking wood at them, and a brilliantly satirical section where Tintin accidentally discovers oil, and when Americans find out it's on Indian land they march the Indians off. But it gets a bit wearying after a while. (Haddock fans will note a fore-runner to Haddock, the appearance of a drunken man who tries to help Tintin .)
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