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Flight 714 to Sydney (French: Vol 714 pour Sydney; originally published in English as Flight 714) is the twenty-second volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. It was serialised weekly from September 1966 to November 1967 in Tintin magazine.
In the unfinished Tintin and Alph-Art, a character often thought to be Rastapopoulos in disguise—under the name of Endaddine Akass—appears. Although a page revealing Akass to be Rastapopoulos was started (and printed in the 2004 Egmont edition), as the book was never completed, Rastapopoulos' fate following Flight 714 to Sydney is
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 .
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.
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]
The book was considered by critics to be an antithesis of the previous Tintin ventures. [33] Michael Farr, author of Tintin: The Complete Companion, stated that in The Castafiore Emerald, Hergé permits Haddock to remain at home in Marlinspike, an ideal that the "increasingly travel weary" character had long cherished, [34] further stating that if Hergé had decided to end the Tintin series ...
Belgium. Brussels: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, Tintin in the Congo, Tintin in America, Cigars of the Pharaoh, The Blue Lotus, The Broken Ear, The Black Island, King Ottokar's Sceptre, The Crab with the Golden Claws, The Shooting Star, The Secret of the Unicorn, Red Rackham's Treasure, The Seven Crystal Balls, The Prisoners of the Sun, Land of Black Gold, Destination Moon, The Calculus ...