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Flight 714 was the twentieth story of The Adventures of Tintin to be adapted. Directed by Stéphane Bernasconi, the series has been praised for being "generally faithful", with compositions having been actually directly taken from the panels in the original comic book.
Flight 714 to Sydney (Vol 714 pour Sydney) (1966–1967) Tintin and the Picaros (Tintin et les Picaros) (1975–1976) Tintin and Alph-Art (Tintin et l'Alph-Art): Unfinished work, published posthumously in 1986, and republished with more material in 2004. 1: Actually begun in 1939 but left uncompleted in 1940, redrawn starting 1948.
On September 27, 1966, the first plates of Flight 714 to Sydney appeared in a special 100-page edition of Tintin to mark the magazine's twentieth anniversary. The story was completed on November 28, 1967, before undergoing several alterations to the drawings and dialogues for publication the following year.
Dr. Krollspell is a German doctor and associate of Tintin's enemy Rastapopoulos in Flight 714 to Sydney, but he later changes sides when it is in his best interest to turn from his employer. Krollspell is an ex- Nazi scientist, probably based on Josef Mengele [ 16 ] or Adolf Hitler 's personal doctor, Theodor Morell .
However, this album marks "the true farewell [of] heroes to the high seas," according to the expression of the professor Michel Pierre, since, in the last adventures of the series, Tintin's maritime escapades and walks in port docks are left behind, although the story of Flight 714 to Sydney is set on a Pacific island. [2]
Hergé's Adventures of Tintin (French: Les Aventures de Tintin, d'après Hergé) is the first animated television series based on Hergé's popular comic book series, The Adventures of Tintin. The series was produced by Belvision Studios and first aired in 1957. After two books were adapted in black and white, eight books were then adapted in ...
The story, anecdotally, is that at the first “Tintin Festival” in Brussels, someone approached Nick Rodwell of Moulinsart and asked if there was any reason that the book *wasn’t* called “Flight 714 to Sydney” to mirror the French, and he said no, not that he knew of, and he would find out if it could be changed.
In the final Tintin album, Tintin and the Picaros, the tables are turned when Tintin and the Captain steal the costumes from the group with which Wagg is traveling, the Jolly Follies. Wagg has an unusual role in Tintin albums in that, unlike most recurring characters with a role in the plot, he is a relatively average human being (not being ...