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Cigars of the Pharoah (The Adventures of Tintin)
Cigars of the Pharoah - The Adventures of Tintin Author:Herge Cigars of the Pharaoh is one of Tintin?s earliest adventures. This story was written in 1932, but in the ?50s was shortened and rewritten. In this facsimile edition, it appears as it did 70 years ago. Tintin and Snowy are on a cruise to Egypt when they happen to meet Professor Sophocles Sarcophagus (the first of Tintin?s absent-minded professors... more ») 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.« less