The normally rich cast of characters was pared to a minimum-Tintin, Captain Haddock, and the sherpa Tharkey-as the story focused on Tintin's dogged search for Chang.

Hergé himself denied being a misogynist, saying that " for me, women have nothing to do in a world like Tintin's, which is the realm of male friendship ".

Some aspects of Tintin's adventures have resulted in accusations of anti-Semitism being levelled at Hergé, accusations that are often connected to his work during World War II for Le Soir, a newspaper that collaborated with the Nazis during the German occupation of Belgium.

" The illusion that Tintin was actually a real reporter for the paper, and not a fictional character, was supported by the claim that the ensuing comic strip was not a series of drawings, but was actually composed of photographs taken of Tintin's adventure.

Rastapopoulos promises to set Niko and Nushka free for the device, but, unaware of Tintin's arrival, the children escape from their cell and hijack an underwater tank.

They are behind the theft of Tintin's model and Sakharine's parchment, knowing that only with all three parchments can the location of the treasure be found for the following book Red Rackham's treasure.

By the time Red Rackham's Treasure had finished appearing in Le Soir, Tintin's next adventure, The Seven Crystal Balls, was not yet ready for publication.

Tintin hears in the news that Bianca Castafiore, her maid Irma, pianist Igor Wagner, and Thomson and Thompson have been imprisoned in San Theodoros for allegedly attempting to overthrow the military dictatorship of General Tapioca, who has yet again deposed Tintin's old friend, General Alcazar.

This is especially evident in Flight 714 and Tintin and the Picaros, where Tintin's loss of enthusiasm for adventure is apparent, and his youthful idealism appears to have been replaced by a somewhat more cynical outlook.

On 9 July 1931, another scout, 14-year-old Henri Dendoncker, dressed in African safari gear and played the part for Tintin's return from the Congo.

In this and other early stories like The Blue Lotus and The Black Island, they would spend most of their time pursuing Tintin himself for crimes he had not committed-although on both occasions they were forced to follow official orders and faked evidence, the two noting in Blue Lotus that they never believed in Tintin's guilt even if they had to obey their orders, although they later reconciled with him and became firm allies in subsequent stories.

Tintin's home is located in New York, Captain Haddock does not have a penchant for whiskey, and is seen drinking coffee, Professor Calculus no longer has hearing problems, the Thom ( p ) sons ' moustaches are identical, and Snowy has a red collar in some adaptations.

The weekly publication featured two pages of Tintin's adventures, beginning with the remainder of The Seven Crystal Balls, as well as other comic strips and assorted articles.

However the policeman he calls to help arrest the gangsters does not believe his story and tries to capture him instead ( Tintin's failure to capture Capone reflects the fact that Capone was still active when the comic strip was written ).

For example, in the Belgian comic book The Adventures of Tintin, Tintin's trusty canine sidekick Milou is translated as Snowy in English, Bobbie in Dutch, Kuttus in Bengali, and Struppi in German ; likewise the detectives Dupont and Dupond become Thomson and Thompson in English, Jansen and Janssen in Dutch, Jonson and Ronson in Bengali, Schultze and Schulze in German, Hernández and Fernández in Spanish, and ( Dùběn and Dùpéng ) in Chinese, Dyupon and Dyuponn in Russian and Skafti and Skapti in Icelandic.

However, it has been argued that anti-Semitic themes continued, especially in the depiction of Tintin's enemy Rastapopoulos in the post-war Flight 714, though other writers argue against this, pointing out the way that Rastapopoulos surrounds himself with explicitly German-looking characters: Kurt, the submarine ( or u-boat ) commander of The Red Sea Sharks ; Doctor Krollspell, whom Hergé himself referred to as a former concentration camp official, and Hans Boehm, the sinister-looking navigator and co-pilot, both from Flight 714.

Although Pétain had long since gone it still included much of Coeurs Vaillants edited version: the British were referred to as " the police "; some cursing remarks made by a Jew about Arabs who have blocked the road were not included ; and Tintin's Zionist-lookalike was still named Durand.

Tintin's lack of relatives is irrelevant to his adventuring ; it is the adopted family of friends he makes through his exploits that makes up his family unit.

Le Petit Vingtième, in which Tintin's adventures had until then been published, was shut down by the Nazi occupiers.

Eventually, Tapioca is deposed by Tintin's friend General Alcazar, and Sponsz is exiled.

Barnaby then turns up at Tintin's doorstep but is shot down by unknown assailants.

He and Tintin had known each other in the expedition of The Shooting Star: Cantonneau had been on the receiving end of Tintin's suitcase, thrown down from the crow's nest by Philippulus the Prophet.

Tintin et Milou au pays de l ' or liquide ( Tintin and Snowy in the Land of Liquid Gold ) published in the paper La Voix de l ' ouest in 1945, showing Tintin's kidnap by Zionists and subsequent capture by Arabs.

The approach taken by Tintin's rocket is what NASA called a " direct ascent ".

In Tintin's case, it is made possible by the rocket's extremely efficient propulsion which, more than half a century later, remains much more capable than any real-life rocket propulsion system.

Tintinologist Philippe Goddin has suggested that Calculus ' deafness was inspired by Paul Eydt, whom Hergé had known at Le Vingtième Siècle where Tintin's adventures had first appeared.

Throughout much of the series, Tintin's attitude is characterised by inquisitive tendencies and a noble, forgiving nature.

While floating in the air, the monk also has a vision ( remote viewing ) about the Tintin's missing friend.

In later adventures, as with other aspects of his character's history and family, Tintin's nationality is usually not directly stated, although some of the street scenes in The Red Sea Sharks have been identified as happening in Brussels.

Having been captured and brought to his tent, the enraged sheik demands Tintin's name.

To avoid controversy during the Nazi occupation of Belgium, Tintin's adventures now focused mainly on non-political issues such as drug smuggling ( The Crab with the Golden Claws ), intrigue and treasure hunts ( The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham's Treasure ), and a mysterious curse ( The Seven Crystal Balls ).

At the close of the previous story, Cigars of the Pharaoh, he had mentioned that Tintin's next adventure would bring him to China.

In the Second World War, Hergé was mobilized as a reserve lieutenant, and had to interrupt Tintin's adventures in the middle of Land of Black Gold.

Secondly, Hergé had to move the focus of Tintin's adventures away from current affairs, in order to avoid controversy.

In these stories Hergé placed more emphasis on characters than plot, and indeed Tintin's most memorable companions, Captain Haddock and Cuthbert Calculus ( in French Professeur Tryphon Tournesol ), were introduced at this time.

Tintin's adventures were interrupted toward the end of The Seven Crystal Balls when the Allied authorities shut down Le Soir.

Tintin's exile ended on 26 September 1946.

Aroutcheff then sold on these rights only keeping the right to make Tintin's red rocket when he goes to the moon.

Lichtenstein made paintings based on fragments from Tintin's comics, whilst Warhol utilised the ligne claire and even made a series of paintings with Hergé as subject.

Syldavians seem to be fond of mineral water, which does not go down well with the whisky-drinking Captain Haddock, one of Tintin's travelling companions.

The drivers of the black Mercedes then make a botched attempt on Tintin's life.

Before the war, there were some instances of sinister Jewish-looking figures in Tintin's adventures.

In addition, the sponsor of the rival expedition sent to find the meteorite is called Blumenstein, is given the appearance of a stereotypical Jewish businessman and uses underhand and potentially lethal methods to delay Tintin's ship.

After the war and the exposure of the Holocaust, Jewish people became noticeably absent from Tintin's adventures.

Tintin's old nemesis and the mastermind of the plot in the book is the evil Rastapopoulos, who Frey argues is an example of anti-Semitic caricature, though other writers argue against this, pointing out that Rastapopoulos is not Jewish ( his drugged ramblings about the past of his family mentioning Erzurum and his surname make him likely a Turk of Greek ethnicity ), and surrounds himself with explicitly German-looking characters: Kurt, the submarine commander of The Red Sea Sharks, Doctor Krollspell, whom Hergé himself referred to as a former concentration camp official and Hans Boehm, the sinister-looking navigator and co-pilot, both from Flight 714.

At the close of the newspaper run of Cigars of the Pharaoh, Hergé had mentioned that Tintin's next adventure ( The Blue Lotus ) would bring him to China.

After Smiles is captured, an unnamed bald gangster kidnaps Tintin's dog, Snowy.

To add insult to injury they gave a toast to " Spirou ", Tintin's most direct rival.

After a rough landing, while embarking from the plane, a terrified Snowy bolts from Tintin's arms and runs off.