Special Cameos in Tintin Books

Compiled by Irene Mar

Professor Grossgrabenstein

Cigars of the Pharaoh album cover. The Mummy marked Grosgrab is Professor Grossgrabenstein from one of E. P. Jacobs' 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 Balls, 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.

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

List first created: 17 July 2004.

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