#20 in Comics
Cigars of the Pharaoh
- 62
- Pages
- about 1 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Cigars of the Pharaoh” is a breathless early Tintin adventure that leads from an Egyptian tomb to an international ring of drug smugglers. Hergé sends Tintin and Snowy through Arabia and India from one close call to the next, and the mystery of the cigars holds the album together. It is the fourth album in “The Adventures of Tintin”, and its pace serves young readers as well as adults coming back to the series.
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About the book
Cigars of the Pharaoh is the fourth volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the series of comic albums by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle for its children's supplement Le Petit Vingtième, it was serialised weekly from December 1932 to February 1934. The story tells of young Belgian reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy, who are travelling in Egypt when they discover a pharaoh's tomb with dead Egyptologists and boxes of cigars. Pursuing the mystery of the cigars, Tintin and Snowy travel across Southern Arabia and India, and reveal the secrets of an international drug smuggling enterprise.
Reading order · The Adventures of Tintin
Full order & progress →- Tintin in the Land of the SovietsStart here
–Not ranked yet - Tintin in the CongoTintin in the Congo–Not ranked yet
- Tintin in America
–Not ranked yet - Cigars of the PharaohThis book
8.38.3 / 10 - The Blue Lotus
–Not ranked yet - The Broken Ear
–Not ranked yet - The Black IslandThe Black Island–Not ranked yet
- King Ottokar's SceptreKing Ottokar's Sceptre–Not ranked yet
- The Crab with the Golden Claws
–Not ranked yet - The Shooting Star
–Not ranked yet - The Secret of the Unicorn
8.58.5 / 10 - Red Rackham's Treasure
8.48.4 / 10 - The Seven Crystal BallsThe Seven Crystal Balls–Not ranked yet
- Prisoners of the Sun
8.48.4 / 10 - Land of Black GoldLand of Black Gold–Not ranked yet
- Destination Moon
–Not ranked yet - Explorers on the MoonExplorers on the Moon–Not ranked yet
- The Calculus Affair
–Not ranked yet - The Red Sea SharksThe Red Sea Sharks–Not ranked yet
- Tintin in TibetTintin in Tibet–Not ranked yet
- The Castafiore Emerald
–Not ranked yet - Flight 714
–Not ranked yet - Tintin and the Picaros
–Not ranked yet - Tintin and Alph-ArtTintin and Alph-Art–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.8 across 72 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 33% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Comics average of 8.5. That is how 8.3 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 72 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is Cigars of the Pharaoh?
It has 62 pages — shorter than 100% of the ranked books in Comics.
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