The Belgium cartoonist Hergé (1972) could not finish the story initially, owing to the German invasion of Belgium in May 1940. ... Michael Farr seems to think similarly because he stated regarding the 1972 edition, "the result is disappointing, lacking the pungency which the contemporary allusion gave the earlier version" For instance, the author had set the actual version in the late 1930s, in the British Mandate for Palestine, but after the war in 1940 the writer felt the story will not be politically correct in addition to the fact that the German critics might not have tak...

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