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The Red Sea Sharks is the first Tintin adventure to bring together a large number of previously seen characters: General Alcazar (The Broken Ear) the characters from Khemed (Land of Black Gold), Rastapopoulos (Cigars of the Pharaoh), Dawson (The Blue Lotus), and Allan (The Crab with the Golden Claws). The Adventures of Tintin has several minor characters: General Alcazar General of the army of San Theodoros, Alcazar switches with comedic frequency between being president of the country and leading a rebellion to battle the government led by his arch-rival General Tapioca. ... The Broken Ear (LOreille cassée) is one of the The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. ... Khemed is the fictional country in the Arabian Peninsula invented by Hergé for Tintin books. ... Land of Black Gold (originally Tintin au Pays de lOr Noir) is one of a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. ... Rastapopoulos, in cowboy outfit from Flight 714 Roberto Rastapopoulos from The Adventures of Tintin series of classic comic books drawn and written by Hergé, is a Greek American tycoon (also known under fake name Marquis di Gorgonzola); he was apparently partly inspired by the Greek shipping tycoon Onassis. ... Cigars of the Pharaoh (Les Cigares du Pharaon) is a one of a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. ... The Blue Lotus (Le Lotus bleu), first published in 1936, is one of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated by Hergé featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. ... Allan Allan Thompson is a character from The Adventures of Tintin series of classic comic books drawn and written by Hergé. He was originally a first mate under an alcoholic Haddock, Allan is often involved in smuggling and other criminal activities as one of Rastapopoulos henchmen. ... The Crab with the Golden Claws (Le Crabe aux pinces dor) is one of a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. ...

The storyline

The Red Sea Sharks is an adventure in which Tintin finds who is behind Sheik Bab el Ehr's overthrow of Mohammed ben Kalish Ezab, the emir of Khemed. Ben Kalish Ezab Abdullah ready for more mischief Ben Kalish Ezab and Abdullah (Mohammed Ben Kalish Ezab et Abdallah) are characters from The Adventures of Tintin series of classic comic books drawn and written by Hergé. Ben Kalish Ezab was the gentle Emir of Khemed who has a very spoiled... Khemed is the fictional country in the Arabian Peninsula invented by Hergé for Tintin books. ...

After watching a movie, Tintin and Captain Haddock round a corner and bump into General Alcazar, who drops his wallet. Tintin attempts to return it, but the hotel he claimed to be staying at never heard of him, and when Tintin calls a phone number found in his wallet, the man refuses to talk to him. When Tintin and Haddock return home, they discover that the Emir's bratty, impossibly spoiled son Abdullah has been sent there for safekeeping, along with a colorful entourage of servants and dignitaries who have just set up a bedouin-bivouac in the great hall of Marlinspike (Moulinsart) Castle. The Adventures of Tintin has several minor characters: General Alcazar General of the army of San Theodoros, Alcazar switches with comedic frequency between being president of the country and leading a rebellion to battle the government led by his arch-rival General Tapioca. ... An example of a wallet A wallet is a small (usually pocket-sized) storage device used to keep credit cards, cash, drivers licenses and other such items in one place. ... The 4-star Manor House Hotel at Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England. ... Look up Abdullah on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Abdullah (or Abd Allah) means servant of Allah in Arabic. ...

Tintin and Haddock later find Alcazar talking with Dawson at another hotel. Haddock returns the wallet, while Tintin follows Dawson and overhears him discussing how successful his sale of De Havilland Mosquitoes were in starting a coup d'état in Khemed. Tintin decide to go to Khmed and rescue the emir; reluctantly, as usual, the Captain agrees to go along, partly because he knows it's his only chance of getting rid of Abdullah, whose practical jokes are getting too much for him. The de Havilland Mosquito (The Wooden Wonder, also known as The Timber Terror) was a British combat aircraft that excelled in a number of roles during the Second World War. ... A coup d’État (pronounced ), or simply coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government through unconstitutional means by a part of the state establishment — mostly replacing just the high-level figures. ... Look up Abdullah on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Abdullah (or Abd Allah) means servant of Allah in Arabic. ...

At Wadesdah Airport Tintin and Haddock are turned back by customs, while someone plants a bomb on the plane to "take care of them". The bombing is foiled by an engine fire, which forces the plane to crash-land minutes before the bomb goes off. Tintin and Haddock walk away from the crash site and slip in unobserved into Wadesdah. There they meet another old friend, the talkative portoguese merchant Oliveira da Figueira. He helps them escape the city by dressing up as chador-wearing women. Once outside they meet a guide with horses and ride to the Emir's hideout. The Adventures of Tintin has several minor characters: General Alcazar General of the army of San Theodoros, Alcazar switches with comedic frequency between being president of the country and leading a rebellion to battle the government led by his arch-rival General Tapioca. ...

Their escape is reported however and a leading figure in the new regime sends out a squad of armoured cars and Mosquitos to intercept them. Giving the order is Mull Pasha who is in fact Doctor Müller, an old enemy whom Tintin met in The Black Island and Land of Black Gold. Thanks to a garbled military order, the Mosquitos attack the armoured cars instead of Tintin and his friends. The Adventures of Tintin has several minor characters: // General Alcazar General of the army of San Theodoros, Alcazar switches with comedic frequency between being president of the country and leading a rebellion to battle the government led by his arch-rival General Tapioca. ... The Black Island (LIle Noire) is a one of a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. ... Land of Black Gold (originally Tintin au Pays de lOr Noir) is one of a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. ...

The Emir tells them about the ongoing slave trade run by the Marquis di Gorgonzola. Tintin and Haddock leave for the coast and board a boat for Mecca to investigate. They are attacked by the Mosquitos again, Tintin manages to down one with a German StG-44 but meanwhile their schooner receives critical damage and ends shipwrecked along with Piotr Skut, the pilot of the downed plane. They are then picked up by di Gorgonzola's yacht and offloaded the next night to the SS Ramona, a tramp steamer. Unbeknownst to Tintin and Haddock, the Ramona is one of di Gorgonzola's own ships, used in the slave trade. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Sturmgewehr 44 Nationality Germany Type Assault rifle Inventor Gustloff Date of design 1943 Service duration July 1944 - May 1945 Cartridge 7. ... Skut Piotr Skut (Piotr Szut) is a character from The Adventures of Tintin series of classic comic books drawn and written by Hergé. He is an eyepatch-wearing Estonian pilot, who appears in two albums: The Red Sea Sharks and Flight 714. ... A tramp steamer, or tramp for short, is any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call. ...

That night they are locked into their cabin by Allan, Haddock's former first mate, while the Ramona's crew attempts to light fire to the ship. The prisoners force the door and manage to put out the fire, not realizing that the front of the ship was loaded by explosives. They then free a number of black African men from a rear hold who had paid for voyage to Mecca, but were intended to be sold as slaves instead. Haddock attempts to explain the situation to them (who speak Yoruba). Initially, many of them don't understand, or refuse to, thinking Haddock is lying. After some discussion, the men come around; an older member group recalls how some men from his village never returned from the Hajj. The Africans agree to help Haddock sail the ship to neutral territory in Djibouti, while Tintin and Skut attempt to fix the radios, which had been smashed. This article is about the city in Saudi Arabia. ... Yoruba (native name ede Yorùbá, the Yoruba language) is a dialect continuum of West Africa with over 22 million speakers. ... The Hajj or Haj is the Pilgrimage to Mecca (or, Makkah) and is the fifth of the Five Pillars of Islam. Every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so is obliged to make the pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in a lifetime. ...

Tintin finds a slip of paper in the radio room with an order to deliver "coke", and is puzzled. In shipping, "coke" would normally refer to a coal-derived fuel, but none is being carried (this is prior to the use of "coke" to mean "cocaine"). They are then approached by a dhow and take aboard an Arab who wishes to inspect the coke, puzzling Haddock who claims they have none. The man then turns about and starts examining one of the Africans. With the nature of the term coke, a cover term for slaves, clear to them, Haddock throws him off the ship, and one of the black Africans manages to thwart the Arab's attempt to stab the Captain. Coke is a solid carbonaceous residue derived from low-ash, low-sulfur bituminous coal. ... Coal Coal (IPA: ) is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by underground mining or open-pit mining (surface mining). ... Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. ... A Dhow near Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. ...

DiGorgonzola (who is actually the movie director Rastapopoulos from Cigars of the Pharaoh) finds out that Haddock has taken control of the ship from the Arab, and sends a submarine to attack them. Tintin spots the sub by accident just prior to attack. Haddock manages to outmaneuver a number of torpedoes, but all appears lost when the engines of the ship are stuck in full reverse. At this point the Ramona is saved by the arrival of aircraft from a nearby US cruiser, the USS Los Angeles, whose crew had been radioed by Tintin. The submarine makes one more attempt to destroy the Ramona by attaching a limpet mine to the front of the boat beside the explosives, but this is foiled when the diver is hit by the Ramona's anchor being dropped. A shark swallows the mine and swims away. When the Los Angeles attempts to arrest di Gorgonzola afterwards, he fakes his own death by allowing a motorboat which he steers to the cruiser to sink while he escapes with an inbuilt mini-submarine, but Tintin, Haddock and Skut return to Europe for a hero's welcome. Cigars of the Pharaoh (Les Cigares du Pharaon) is a one of a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. ... German UC-1 class World War I submarine A model of Günther Priens Unterseeboot 47 (U-47), German WWII Type VII diesel-electric hunter-killer (SSK) submarine Inside of the Argonaute, showing the typical obstructed, tiny space of a post-WWII diesel attack submarine. ... A modern torpedo, historically called a locomotive torpedo, is a self-propelled projectile that (after being launched above or below the water surface) operates underwater and is designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to a target. ... Three ships and one airship of the United States Navy have been named USS Los Angeles, after the city of Los Angeles, California. ... A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to destroy ships or submarines. ...

Racism

The Red Sea Sharks has been criticised for its stereotypical portrayal of Africans, both in appearance and behaviour; although obviously good-hearted, the black characters are shown as being somewhat childish and simple. At one point Captain Haddock rails at their obduracy, calling them "addle-pated lumps of anthracite", although he is arguably being his colorful self rather than exhibiting deep-seated racism. In the author's defence, Herge obviously had contempt for slavery, as evidenced by the scene in which Captain Haddock hurls obscenities at an Arab trying to buy a slave. Anthracite coal Anthracite is a hard, compact variety of mineral coal that has a high luster. ...