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What Tintin reader has not noticed a little detail, an error or a discreet allusion, thinking they were the only one who knew the "secret?" Let's have a look …
| Hergé sketched himself in various Tintin's adventures. In Tintin in the Congo (p. 1 A1), we see him with Edgar P. Jacobs and Jacques van Melkebeke, two of his collaborators. We can also see Thomson and Thompson and Quick and Flupke. |  |
 | Hergé's second appearance is in King Ottokar's Sceptre, where he is at the palace reception, then the medal ceremony, still with Edgar P. Jacobs and Jacobs' and van Melkebeke's wives.
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 | We can see Hergé in the Music Hall, on page 16 of Seven Crystal Balls. He is sitting in the second row near the fat woman. In the balcony is Edgar P. Jacobs, and in the first row, pointing to the scene with his finger, is the young Michel Regnier, aka Greg, creator of Achille Talon. |
| Hergé's latest appearance is in The Calculus Affair where he is among the crowd near Marlinspike's gate (p. 13 C1), beside the man with a pipe. |  |
 | Who is hiding behind Egyptologist Jacobini in Cigars of the Pharaoh (p. 8 A1)? E. P. Jacobs, of course... |  | Jacques van Melkebeke is playing the anonymous passerby - the man with the brown suit - in The Secret of the Unicorn (p. 2 D2)... |
 | Once again in Seven Crystal Balls, we meet Jacques van Melkebeke, in the background behind Tintin and Alcazar (p. 57 B2). |  | Jacobini appears again in The Calculus Affair, near the Castafiore (p. 54 D2). It is well known that Jacobs was very fond of opera... |
| Jacobs appears again in Destination Moon, page 40, where he is the fat technician. |  |
 | Last, another appearance of Quick and Flupke , in The Shooting Star (p. 20 C1). |
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