While the original version of "Cigars of the Pharaoh" was published in 1932, the rewritten and redrawn version was issued in 1955, and the English version was not issued until 1971. This resulted in some chronological confusion for new readers of the "Tintin" series, which is why the text hints that Tintin already knows the pair, and is surprised at their unfriendly behaviour; however, on the original chronological sequence, this is indeed the first time they ever meet. In addition, Hergé added them to the 1946 colour version of the second "Tintin" story, "Tintin in the Congo", in the backdrop as Tintin embarks for what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.