The Seven Crystal Balls

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The Seven Crystal Balls is a Tintin comic adventure by Hergé in which a mysterious curse afflicts a group of explorers after an Inca expedition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Franco-Belgian comic
artStyle ligne claire
countryOfOrigin Belgium NERFINISHED
creator Hergé NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter General Alcazar NERFINISHED
Rascar Capac NERFINISHED
Thomson and Thompson NERFINISHED
featuresCulture Inca civilization NERFINISHED
featuresObject mummy of Rascar Capac NERFINISHED
seven crystal balls
firstPublicationMedium Le Soir NERFINISHED
firstPublicationYear 1943
1944
followedBy Prisoners of the Sun NERFINISHED
follows The Shooting Star NERFINISHED
genre adventure
mystery
hasBlackAndWhiteVersion yes
hasColorVersion yes
hasFormat collected album
serialized comic
hasTheme consequences of desecrating tombs
superstition and science
hasVictimGroup Sanders-Hardiman expedition members
mainCharacter Captain Haddock NERFINISHED
Professor Calculus NERFINISHED
Snowy NERFINISHED
Tintin NERFINISHED
notableScene Rascar Capac mummy in Haddock’s dream
originalLanguage French
originalTitle Les Sept Boules de cristal NERFINISHED
partOfStoryArc Inca two-part adventure with Prisoners of the Sun
plotElement Inca expedition
crystal balls causing coma
kidnapping of Professor Calculus
mysterious curse on explorers
publisher Casterman NERFINISHED
series The Adventures of Tintin NERFINISHED
setting Belgium NERFINISHED
Marlinspike Hall NERFINISHED
Saint-Nazaire NERFINISHED
targetAudience children and young adults
timePeriodOfCreation World War II NERFINISHED

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Professor Cuthbert Calculus appearsIn The Seven Crystal Balls
The Adventures of Tintin hasAlbum The Seven Crystal Balls