 The Crab with the Golden Claws ( French : Le Crabe aux pinces d 'or ) is the ninth volume of The Adventures of Tintin , the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé . The story was serialised weekly in Le Soir Jeunesse , the children 's supplement to Le Soir , Belgium 's leading francophone newspaper , from October 1940 to October 1941 amidst the German occupation of Belgium during World War II . Partway through serialisation , Le Soir Jeunesse was cancelled and the story began to be serialised daily in the pages of Le Soir . The story tells of young Belgian reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy , who travel to Morocco to pursue a gang of international opium smugglers . 
 The Crab with the Golden Claws ( French : Le Crabe aux pinces d 'or ) <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>the ninth volume of The Adventures of Tintin , the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé . The story was serialised weekly in Le Soir Jeunesse , the children <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>supplement to Le Soir , Belgium <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>leading francophone newspaper , from October 1940 to October 1941 amidst the German occupation of Belgium during World War II . Partway through serialisation , Le Soir Jeunesse was cancelled and the story began to be serialised daily in the pages of Le Soir . The story <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>tells</mark></a> of young Belgian reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy , <a href='null_relcl' title='5'><mark>who</mark></a>travel to Morocco to pursue a gang of international opium smugglers . 
The Crab with the Golden Claws ( French : Le Crabe aux pinces d 'or ) da ninth volume of The Adventures of Tintin , the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé . Tdastory was serialised weekly in Le Soir Jeunesse , the children  supplement to Le Soir , Belgium  leading francophone newspaper , from October 1940 to October 1941 amidst thdaerman occupation of Belgium during World War II . Partway through serialisation , Le Soir Jeunesse was cancelled and thedaory began to be serialised daily in the pages of Le Soir . The dary tell of young Belgian reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy , travel to Morocco to pursue a gang of international opium smugglers .