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 Bart Perdieus
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| General Description : | Tintin in the Congo (French: Tintin au Congo) is the second volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper Le XXe Siècle for its children's supplement Le Petit Vingtième, it was serialised weekly from May 1930 to June 1931. The story tells of young Belgian reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy, who are sent to the Belgian Congo to report on events in the country. Amidst various encounters with the native Congolese and wild animals, Tintin unearths a criminal diamond smuggling operation run by the American gangster Al Capone. Following on from Tintin in the Land of the Soviets and bolstered by publicity stunts, Tintin in the Congo was a commercial success, appearing in book form shortly after the serial's conclusion. Hergé continued The Adventures of Tintin with Tintin in America in 1932, and the series subsequently became a defining part of the Franco-Belgian comics tradition. In 1946, Hergé re-drew and coloured Tintin in the Congo in his distinctive ligne-claire style for republication by Casterman, with further alterations made for a 1975 edition. In the late 20th century, Tintin in the Congo came under criticism for its perceived racist, colonial attitude to the Congolese and glorification of big-game hunting, and attempts were made in Belgium and the United Kingdom to restrict its availability to children. |
| Face value | 0,46 Euro |
| Catalog code (Michel) | BE 3685 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | BE 2234b |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier BE 3620 Stanley Gibbons BE 4068 Belgium BE 3637 WADP Numbering System - WNS BE037.07 Unificato BE 3629 |
| Series | Hergé 1907-2007 |
| Stamp colour | multicolour |
| Stamp use | Mini-sheet stamp |
| Print run | 824.804 |
| Issue date | 19/05/2007 |
| Designer | Hergé |
| Print technique | Offset lithography |
| Perforation | 11 1/2 |
| Height | 48.75 mm |
| Width | 38.15 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
