Tintin and the Blue Oranges new kidnappers evidently had no use for the Thom(p)son twins, as they are discovered still tied up (much to the Captain's enjoyment). Snowy discovers an "agal" belonging to one of the Arab kidnappers, and Tintin realises that the rich Emir of Sakali (who had courted Bianca Castafiore earlier in the film) was the same man as the Arab enemy described by Professor Zalamea. The rich Emir of Sakali's yacht is moored up at the docks, so Tintin and the Captain try to rescue the Professors. Unfortunately, the Professors have been drugged, and their loud voices raise the alarm and Tintin
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets in second, colour versions from 1942 onward, he decided against doing so for "Land of the Soviets"; it was the only completed "Tintin" story that Hergé did not reproduce in colour. Growing demand among fans of the series resulted in the production of unauthorised copies of the book in the 1960s, with the first officially sanctioned republication appearing in 1969, after which it was translated into several other languages, including English. Critical reception of the work has been largely negative, with commentators on "The Adventures of Tintin" describing it as one of Hergé's weakest works. Tintin, a reporter for ,