Catalogue information

LastDodo number
4109629
Area
Comic Books
Title
Tintin au pays des Soviets
Series / hero
Issue Number
1
Addition to number
Writer / scripter
Release Year
1930
Cover Type
Hard cover
Edition
First edition
Colouring
Not coloured
ISBN
Barcode / EAN / UPC
Print run
10000
Number of Pages
Dimensions
31.5 x 24.3 cm
Type
Language / dialect
Translator
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Details

EO The first 500 copies were numbered and signed "Tintin et Milou" by Hergé (Tintin) and his future wife Germaine Kieckens (Milou). The following 9500 copies are considered as the original edition of Tintin's first album numbered by "mille" from the 1st to the 10th "mille". Rare In 1931, author Alain Saint-Ogan received a visit from a young Belgian disciple who soon overtook the Parisian master. Philippe Goddin recounted the circumstances of this famous meeting (Hergé and Tintin reporters, éd. Du Lombard, 1986, p. 32.) <From the creation of Petit Vingtième, Hergé had been happy to publish some cartoons there by Alain Saint-Ogan. In May 1931, when Tintin was still only a local celebrity, when the last boards of 'Tintin au Congo' were playing in Belgium, Hergé had gone to Paris, undoubtedly provided with his first album 'Tintin au Congo'. land of the Soviets', to meet Saint-Ogan and ask him for some advice. That day, fortunately, the creator of Zig et Puce encouraged his young colleague. He even gave her an original page - with the premonitory title of "Glory and Wealth" - bearing a friendly dedication. > (To Monsieur Herbe A French colleague Very amicably Alain Saint-Ogan Paris May 1931) This page does not appear in the Hachette album (Zig et Puce à New York, 1930) but only in the Dimanche-Illustré n ° 363 , 9.2.1930 and Zig et Puce Volume 2, 1928.1931, Futuropolis, 1987. (Source: Thierry Groensteen, L'art d'Alain Saint-Ogan, éd. Acte Sud-An2, 2007, p.44 and 45).

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Stories in this album

Story title
Tintin aux Pays des Soviets
Story number
V1
Series / hero
Writer / scripter