Credits
Writer(s):
Hergé; Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper (translation); Michael Turner (translation)
Penciller(s):
Hergé
Colorist(s):
Hergé
Letterer(s):
Typeset; Hergé
Subject Matter
Genres:
adventure
Feature(s):
Tintin
Character(s):
Tintin; Snowy; Captain Haddock; Nestor; Professor Calculus; Bianca Castfiore; Ramó Nash; Endaddine Akass; Mr. Fourcart; Emir Ben Kalish Ezab; Thompson; Thomson; Martine Vandezande; thugs
Synopsis:
Bianca Castfiore becomes enthralled with a spiritual "guru" and a modernist artist. Tintin and Captain Haddock investigate, finally following the crowd to a retreat on Ischia. There they discover that the whole business is a front for art forgeries. Tintin is captured, then led off at gunpoint to be killed, encased in polyester, and sold as a statue. [Here the story breaks off, due to Hergé's death.]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
52
Notes:
This is the story on which Hergé was working at the time of his death. The art comprises Hergé's pencil layout sketches for the uncompleted story, with English translation of Hergé's longhand script in French.