mct16 In both the Vingtème and the Tintin magazine versions, when Tintin's initial kidnappers are caught, there are shown to be three of them (including the driver).
So one of them had to have been sitting on the rear passenger seat; if Snowy had snuck into the rear passenger seat, he would surely be seen.
I don't think it probable that Snowy wouldn't want to stop them (or at least try to) and get thrown out of the car in the process.
This hurdle was initially managed in the Vingtième version by Snowy latching onto the back of the car while in the magazine version Snowy was completely ignored.
In the final album version however, one observes the presence of Snowy in the frame where the kidnappers are putting Tintin into their car, while being absent from the said frame in both the previous iterations of the story.
This shows that Snowy was not forgotten in the album version, at least signified by his fresh appearance in a scene where he was previously absent.
Since in the final version, there are no Zionists and Tintin's kidnappers don't get caught, we have to assume there were only two kidnappers (including the driver) unlike the previous iterations, and as you said, Snowy snuck into the rear passenger seat (most likely purposefully unnoticed).
So, the Snowy paradox is apparently removed with the exclusion of the Zionists from the scene.
That, or as jock123 said, a pair of Calculus patented rocket skates did the trick! ;-) |