Author: Herge
Year: 1934
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Comic Books, Adventure, Children
Culture: France
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ISBNs:
9780316358361
0316358363 |
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is one of Tintin's earliest adventures. He and Snowy are on a cruise to Egypt when they happen to meet Professor Sophocles Sarcophagus (the first of Tintin's absent-minded professors) and join his expedition. But they become embroiled in a complicated scheme involving a fakir, cigars marked with an unusual brand, and Rajijah, the poison of madness. Most significantly, Tintin meets the detectives Thompson and Thomson as well as the movie mogul Rastapopolous. While
is a self-contained story, some of the mysteries are resolved in
. Herge wrote
in 1932 then revised it in 1955, which is why the art has the more polished look of later stories as well as the anachronistic glimpse of a copy of
.
This book is part of the "Tintin" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Flight 714"
First published in 1968
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 | "Destination Moon"
First published in 1953
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 | "Land of Black Gold"
First published in 1950
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 | "Prisoners of the Sun"
First published in 1946
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 | "The Shooting Star"
First published in 1942
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 | "The Broken Ear"
First published in 1937
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 | "The Blue Lotus"
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