Influences
- Endaddine Akass was based on the real-life character of Fernand Legros.
- Ramó Nash was based on the real-life Elmyr de Hory.
- Martine Vandezande's appearance seems to be have been based on the Greek singer Nana Mouskouri. Her surname may have been taken from the name of a publishing house, l'imprimeur Vandezande, which published a Tintin calendar in 1946.
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