Connections With Other Tintin Books
It is a matter of debate among Tintin fans whether Tintin's arch-enemy Rastapopoulos makes his first appearance in this book (albeit simply in a one-off cameo). A man who looks like him can be seen sitting next to Tintin at the banquet from which the hero is then kidnapped. Next to him is a young blonde-haired woman: in the 1932 black-and-white edition of the book this woman is referred to as "Mary Pikefort", a thin disguise for the actress Mary Pickford; this is significant because Rastapopoulos is a movie mogul when he appears in Cigars of the Pharaoh. The reference was dropped from the redrawn coloured edition, presumably because Pickford's name would not have been recognized by the new generation of Tintin readers.
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