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One of the most iconic characters in children's literature

Herge's classic comic book creation Tintin is one of the most recognisable characters in children's books. These highly collectible editions of the original 24 adventures will delight Tintin fans old and new. Perfect for lovers of graphic novels, mysteries and historical…

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This comic book is one of Hergé's masterpieces, and in the three previous books Hergé was still experimenting.

In the book (Tintin in the Land of the Soviets) the graphics were weak and the scenario were naive, and the book (Tintin in the Congo) was not successful, and the book (Cigars of the Pharoah) made a great development, but the scenario did not reach the degree of maturity.

But in this book, Hergé reached the mixture that he would become famous for later. The clever combination of adventure and political events of that period,…

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