4. Cigars of the Pharaoh (1932–1934)
Cigars of the Pharaoh (French: Les Cigares du pharaon) is one of The Adventures of Tintin, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. This was his fourth published adventure and is notable for the introduction of Rastapopoulos and Thomson and Thompson.
Tintin and his dog Snowy are on a cruise ship in the Mediterranean Sea when they meet Dr Sarcophagus,
an Egyptologist who owns a papyrus that he believes will lead him to
the undiscovered tomb of the Pharaoh Kih-Oskh (a pun on kiosk, a
newspaper stand). He invites Tintin to accompany him. Tintin also has an
unpleasant encounter with Roberto Rastapopoulos, a wealthy businessman.
Later
on the cruise, Tintin first meets the Thompson twins, who accuse him of
smuggling heroin they have found in his cabin. Locked in the hold of
the ship, Tintin craftily escapes and meets Sarcophagus in Port Said,
Egypt.
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