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Issue: The Adventures of Tintin #[1]
Publication Date: June 1974
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Issues: #[1] of 24 Issues (25 Printings)
Title: King Ottokar's Sceptre
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagLittle, Brown
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Indicia Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: 03163583129780316358316
UPC/EAN: 978031635831690000
Price: $7.95 USD
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Content Items: 6 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Eighth in canonical order. Also exists with a Little, Brown brand at 9.95 USD, printed in Belgium.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: Color
Dimensions: 8 1/2" w x 11 5/8" h
Paper Stock: Bond
Binding: Perfect Bound
Publishing Format: Limited series
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Character(s): Syldavian guards
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First Line: King Ottokar's Sceptre
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King Ottokar's Sceptre

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Genres: adventure, espionage
Character(s): Thompson; Thomson; Professor Alembick; Syldavian revolutionaries; Syldavian police; Syldavian peasants; Alembick's twin brother; Bordurian military; pilots; Bianca Castafiore (first appearance); King of Syldavia
Synopsis: Uncovering suspicious doings, Tintin arranges to accompany Professor Alembic to Syldavia. There he learns of a plot to unseat the king by stealing the sceptre (scepter) required for a vital ceremony. Tintin warns the king and recovers the sceptre (scepter), after which he is honored by a grateful king and nation.
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First Line: The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé
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