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Land of Black Gold (1950) is the 15th adventure of [[Tintin]], set in the troubled [[
The album re-introduces the villain Doctor J. W. Müller, who had debuted in [[
The story was never completed due to the events of [[World War II]]. Belgium was set under German occupation and Hergé could no longer depict Nazi villains, for obvious reasons. He discontinued the story and turned to safer story subjects for the duration of the War. In 1948, Hergé relaunched the story with several changes in art and script. The characters of Captain Haddock and Professor Calculus, created following the publication of the original version, were added to the plot. This version was completed by 1950. But already looked dated at the time. The British Mandate had ended back in 1948. The new countries of [[
In 1972, Hergé created a third version of the story. Removing all references to actual locations and organizations. Changing the setting to the fictional country of Khemed and featuring a conflict between two of its internal factions. One under the reigning Emir Ben Kalish Ezab, the other under his rival Sheikh Bab El Ehr. The story had little to no resemblance to the then-ongoing Middle Eastern conflicts and removed significant characters from the previous versions.
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* [[Convenient Decoy Cat]]: Snowy serves as a Convenient Decoy Dog when a [[Sneeze of Doom]] almost gives Tintin away.
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: Captain Haddock turns up towards the end of the story to rescue Tintin. Haddock is virtually absent from the story until this point due to having been "mobilized" in the first page, and there is no explanation for his sudden appearance. He could hardly be aware of Tintin's exact whereabouts.
** Severely lampshaded: see [[
* [[Education Through Pyrotechnics]]: Happens twice in this tale. An oil executive is telling Tintin that he is confident his team of scientists will find the answer as to why petrol is exploding without cause, when one of them rings to report failure. Oh and if they want him to continue, they'll have to build a new lab! In the end Professor Calculus finds the answer, but only after destroying a large part of Marlinspike Hall, much to Captain Haddock's outrage.
* [[Fly Crazy]]: Dr Müller swats away a wasp and in the process, accidentally knocks off everything on his desk. Including a box of sneezing powder, which causes Tintin (in disguise) to [[Sneeze of Doom|blow his cover]].
* [[Foreign Looking Font]]: The French cover (but not the English cover) has the words "L'or Noir" written in pseudo-Arabic calligraphy. The Arabic writing underneath is a correct translation of the title (though it wasn't in the first edition; this particular book was revised many, many times).
* [[Going in Circles]]: Thompson and Thomson end up going in circles in the desert when they decide to follow the tracks of a jeep not knowing they're following ''their own'' tracks. When they notice an increasing number of tracks, they just assume ''more'' jeeps joined the original one. They only break the cycle when they find a "lost" can of gas and notice they "also" lost their can and decide to go back and get it.
* [[
* [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything]]: Averted. Tintin was introduced in 1929 as a newspaper reporter. His adventures taking place when when he is sent to distant lands to report on them. But most of his later stories don't feature this aspect of the character. A brief scene at the beginning of this story stands as the last depiction of his reporting career in the entire series.
* [[Riddle for
* [[Screwball Serum]]: Formula Fourteen is supposed to be an additive to petroleum that makes it incredibly explosive, but the Thompsons mistake it for aspirin. Their hair starts growing very rapidly and in bizarre colors, and their mouths emit bubbles.
* [[Shocking Voice Identity Reveal]]: Tintin finds something familiar about the saboteur leader's voice. But has trouble placing it. Until he meets his old enemy Doctor Müller.
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