Cigars of the Pharoah (The Adventures of Tintin)

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Summary: For you older readers.....
Review: For those older people who are skeptical about buying books like these let me tell you that they offer an adventure and mystery as good as any novel. The characters are entertaining and all have distinct and enjoyable personality. The adventures of tintin offer an old fashioned setting which makes it very authentic. Dont let the age reccomendation fool you; if you're into mystery and adventure, these books are for you no matter what your age is!

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Summary: The beginning of the first really great Tintin adventure
Review: If your understand of the vast scope of human history leads you to believe that the Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt did not smoke cigars, then you will not be surprised to learn that this 1934 adventure of Tintin is not what it seems at first glance. Our intrepid reporter is sailing the Mediterranean with Snowy when he encounters a strange academic type named Sophocles Sarcophagus, whom he quickly dismisses as a clumsy nitwit. Tintin also has a run-in with Rastapopoulos, the film tycoon who owns Cosmos Pictures. The next thing we know we have the first appearance of the Thom(p)soms, who arrest Tintin for having heroin in his cabin. Obviously, our hero is getting to close to something, but what could it be?

From an Egyptian tomb filled with cigars, to floating in a coffin on the Mediterranean, to wandering the Arabian Desert, to being lost in the jungles of India, Tintin does some major traveling to solve this particular mystery. Hergé certainly shows more of an understanding for various cultures than he did in the previous Tintin adventure, where America was literally reduced to gangsters and Indians. However, the improvement of "Cigars of the Pharaoh" over "Tintin in America" is pretty noticeable and quite impressive when you think of the state of comic books stories in the early 1930s. The story here continues in "The Blue Lotus" as Tintin and Snowy make their way to India to finally get solve this particular case. If you did not get hooked on the first of the Tintin adventures still in print, then this one will certainly do the job.

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Summary: Cigars of the Pharaohs
Review: If your understand of the vast scope of human history leads you to believe that the Pharoahs did not smoke cigars, then you already have a leg up on the fact that this adventure of Tintin is not what it seems. Our reporter hero is sailing the Mediterrean with Snowy when he encounters a strange academic type named Sophocles Sarcophagus whom he dismisses as a clumsy nitwit. Tintin also has a runin with Rastapopoulos, the film tycoon who owns Cosmos Pictures. The next thing we know we have the first appearance of the Thom(p)soms, who arrest Tintin for having heroin in his cabin. Obviously, our hero is getting to close to something, but what could it be? From an Egyptian tomb filled with cigars, to floating in an coffin on the Mediterrean, to wandering the Arabian desert, to being lost in the jungles of India, Tintin does some major travelling to solve this particular mystery. Herge certainly shows more of an understanding for various cultures than he did in the previous Tintin adventure, where America was literally reduced to gangsters and Indians. However, the improvement of "Cigars of the Pharaoh" over "Tintin in America" is pretty noticeable and quite impressive when you think of the state of comic books stories in the early 1930s. If you did not get hooked on the first of the Tintin adventures still in print, then this one will do the job.

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Summary: Tintin travels through Egypt and India
Review: On a journey to Egypt Tintin meets absentminded Egyptologist Professor Siclone. The professor is in search of mystery. The only clue is a symbol drawn on a piece of parchment. Once in Egypt Tintin and Snowy follow the professor into an underground passageway marked by the symbol and find empty sarcophaguses marked with their names. They escape and find themselves pursued by mysterious criminals. All the while the mysterious symbol keeps turning up on stone walls, painted on trees, and on cigar labels...

This comic is fun because of the exotic landscapes. Tintin travels through Egypt and India which are drawn with exotic flare. Whenever he thinks he has entered the traditional untouched east, western civilization intrudes: He rescues a lady from bandits only to discover that he has just spoiled a scene from an adventure movie. He is captured by Bedouins who recognize him as a celebrity reporter and are happy to have him as a guest. He approaches two arabs to ask directions and finds that they are in fact the Thompson and Thomson team who have donned robes to blend in. The east meets west theme, inherent even in the mysterious cigars marked with an ancient Egyptian symbol, kept me guessing through the book.

The Cigars of the Pharohs maintains the quality of other books in the series. There are jokes for children and for adults, so it is a good purchase for families and public libraries. There are some loose ends which are tied up on part 2 of the story: The Blue Lotus.

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Summary: Cigars of the Pharaohs
Review: The second Tintin story begins where reporter Tintin and his trusty canine companion Snowy stumble on a new mystery on a cruise ship. A man claims to know where the temple of an Egyptian Pharaoh is and Tintin and Snowy go along with him for fun. This temple had been visited before by someone else and Tintin has to find out who made the visit and why. This book gives the same suspense and mystery as most of the other Tintin books and I reccomend it just as much as all the others.

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Summary: Tintin in India!
Review: Tintin and his waggish fox-terrier Milou enjoy a luxurious cruise but they break their journey when they meet professor Philemon Siclone, an absentminded archaeologist who thinks he has discovered the tomb of pharao Kih-Osk. But those who disturb the peace of this grave are under a curse: they disappear...

Tintin becomes involved in an argument with Rastapopoulos, an arrogant film nabob, and this is the prelude to a streak of bad luck: cocaine is hidden in his cabin, and the Dupondts (Thomson brothers), two lesser-gifted but determined ("an order is an order") detectives try to track him. Tintin makes off to Port-Said and he and Siclone find Pharao's tomb and the missing archaeologists - neatly mummified. Two sarcophagues stand by for Tintin and Milou - a delicate attention. Crates with cigars are also in this tomb but before Tintin can find out more he falls in the hands of various dope-smugglers and gun-runners.

In the Sahara he saves a lady from a whipping - and discovers that he bungled the grand entrance of a moviestar! Tintin's excursion in the desert becomes life-threatening when somebody shoots his water-bottle to pieces. Fata Morganas mystify him. He is drafted when a war breaks out. When he discovers pharao's cigars in his colonel's office he is nearly executed by a firing squad. His getaway plane crashes in the Indian jungle where he befriends a herd of elephants and realizes with horror that professor Siclone has become raving mad! There is also a jungle residence with sahibs and a khouttar (legendary dagger) and a dangerous fakir with hypnotic powers. Witnesses are silenced with radjaijah - the poison that makes mad! Tintin is locked up in a lunatic asylum. In the meantime Milou gets acquainted with a holy cow. Tintin becomes guest of honor of the maharajah of Rawhaiputalah whom he saved from a tiger attack. The maharajah reveals that his father and brother - who fought against the opium-traffic - died insane. He is afraid to suffer the same fate...

India's exotic atmosphere is captured admirably in this colorful adventure story. There is even a sect with hooded baddies and passwords. Herge's drawings are again well-devised down to the last detail. Tintin's nightmare - in Egyptian style - is especially original. The clumsy Dupondts (Thomson brothers) became an institution in the Tintin series. Their speciality: going undercover in national costumes. Oliveira de Figueira - a genial salesman - and Allan Thompson - one of Herge's coldest villains - appear also for the first time. If you are curious to learn more about Tintin's most vicious enemy - read the continuation in THE BLUE LOTUS.

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Summary: This is the best book I have read so far!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: very frequant exiting events as if u were watching a movies..[ wish they's make a tin tin movie instead of lara croft ] althought cigars of the pharoah is part one of the blue lotus but most people read the blue lotus with out noticing that point..any way if u already read the blue lotus and wanna so explainations of all of it's events read the cigars of the pharoah...it thrills :)))))))))