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Special Cameos in Tintin Books

Compiled by Tintinologist.org staff Irene Mar. Contributions from Gustav Gullberg. Other sources: Tintinologisk Tidsskrift

List first created: 17 July 2004.

Professor Grossgrabenstein

Cigars of the Pharaoh: album cover. The Mummy marked Grosgrab is Professor Grossgrabenstein from one of E. P. Jacob's books.

Tintin in the Congo (1946 colour edition), page 1, frame 1: man in brown jacket.
King Ottokar's Sceptre, page 38, last frame: man to the left in green uniform.
King Ottokar's Sceptre, page 59, last frame: blond man on the right in green uniform without a monocle.
The Calculus Affair, page 13, last frame: Hergé standing by the tent smoking and equipped with a sketch pad and pen in his hands.

Tintin in the Congo (1946 colour edition), page 1, frame 1: dark-haired man in grey suit.
Cigars of the Pharaoh: album cover and page 8, frame 1 (and page 9), the Mummy marked E. P. Jacobini
King Ottokar's Sceptre, page 38, last frame: man in red top.
King Ottokar's Sceptre, page 59, last frame: monocled man with black hair, holding a helmet, standing in the first row on the right.
The Seven Crystal Balls, page 16, frame 4: man in brown suit (black bow-tie) in the middle floor box on the left hand side.
The Calculus Affair, page 13, last frame: E. P. Jacobs, dressed like Tintin, stands near the gate with a bicycle.

Tintin in the Congo, original black and white edition, page 1, frame 1.
Tintin in the Congo (1946 colour edition), - page 1, frame 1. E. P Jacobs (dark hair, in grey suit), Jacques Van Melkebeke (fair hair, with glasses), Thomson and Thompson.
The Shooting Star, page 20, frame 8: kids leading the way.
The Seven Crystal Balls, page 61, frames 7-14: two boys.

Tintin in the Congo (1946 colour edition), page 1, frame 1: Fair-haired man with glasses.
King Ottokar's Sceptre, page 59, last frame: left side, near window, man with white bow tie.
The Secret of the Unicorn, page 2, frame 14: man on the left (holding a book).
The Seven Crystal Balls, page 57, frame 2: Jacques van Melkebeke is standing behind General Alcazar.

The Seven Crystal Ball, page 46, frame 6: the driver of the fawn car is the Peruvian Guano exporter, Fernando Ramirez. The name appeared on a frame written on 3 September 1944 and was later omitted from the book.

King Ottokar's Sceptre, page 59, last frame: lady on the right in purple, white gloves, holding a fan.

Flight 714, page 62, frame 9: the reporter on the page, according to "Hergé - Correspondence", is a young Tintin fan called Jean Tauré. More about this cameo, refer to item 1, trivia section of Flight 714 album guide.