The Red Sea Sharks (French: Coke en stock) is the nineteenth of The Adventures of Tintin, the series of comic albums written and illustrated by Belgian artist Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as the hero. The "Coke" referred to in the original French title is a codename used by the villainous antagonists of the story for African slaves.
The Red Sea Sharks is notable for bringing together a large number of characters from previous Tintin adventures, going all the way back to Cigars of the Pharaoh:
- General Alcazar (The Broken Ear and The Seven Crystal Balls);
- Ben Kalish Ezab and Abdullah (Land of Black Gold);
- Rastapopoulos (Cigars of the Pharaoh and The Blue Lotus);
- Oliveira da Figueira (Cigars of the Pharaoh and Land of Black Gold);
- Doctor Müller (The Black Island and Land of Black Gold);
- J. M. Dawson (The Blue Lotus);
- Allan (Cigars of the Pharaoh and The Crab with the Golden Claws);
- Bianca Castafiore (King Ottokar's Sceptre, The Seven Crystal Balls and The Calculus Affair);
- Jolyon Wagg (The Calculus Affair).
Additionally, Patrash Pasha (Cigars of the Pharaoh), Bab El Ehr (Land of Black Gold) and General Tapioca (The Broken Ear) are all referred to but don't appear.
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