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	Tintin in the Congo At the beginning of the story, on page 4, the doctor is taking care of Snowy's bite and he applys a bandage. Snowy wears this bandage until page 6; when he dives to rescue Tintin, the bandage is gone. Snowy's bandage miraculously reappears on page 8, when the doctor is trying to save him from drowning. p. 4 C1 p. 6 A1 p. 8 A2 The Daily Paper's PR strategy to convince Tintin to accept to work for his newspaper is strange: even at that time, £1000 was less than $5000... p. 11 A3 p. 11 B1 Snowy doesn't know the African wildlife very well because boas don't live in Africa - they only live in South America...

	Cigars of the Pharaoh When comparing the two images of the mummified Egyptologists, we can see that Mr. Trentin and Egyptologist number 12 are a little bit different. p. 7 D1 p. 8 A1 If Snowy is chasing one of the actors away, how can he be near Tintin the next moment? Better yet, on the following page, he is returning with a torn piece of cloth from the guy he was chasing! p. 16 D2 p. 16 D3 p. 17 A3 When Tintin is attacked in the desert on page 23, he throws his flask away while lying on the ground to shoot. At first it seems that the flask is away from him, yet when he sees that his flask has been punctured by a bullet, the strap is under his elbow... Tintin's orders were to clean the colonel's office, so what is he doing in the recruiting office in frame C2 of page 26? Surprisingly, the sign on the door shown in frame A1 of page 27 suggests that he is in the right place after all. p. 26 C2 p. 27 A1 p. 30 A1 p. 30 C3 When Tintin enters Thompson and Thomson's place, he is in uniform. When he gets out, he has found his pants... In the black and white version, they were hidden under the berber cloth that the colonel tears off. The berber cloth disappeared in the color version, but not the pants!

	The Blue Lotus p. 17 D1 p. 17 D2 Throughout this adventure, Tintin's tie is red, yet for one moment when he meets Wang Jen-Ghie, his tie is black. Another interesting tidbit: here Tintin's face is "modern" style, although in the rest of the book, his face is drawn in the old style. Hergé probably redrew this part very late in the story, inserting the black tie color in error. Cities' landscapes change a lot during wartime ... On the wall map behind Dawson's desk on page 36, a park is seen at the bottom of the map. The park is missing from the map on page 44! p. 36 C1 p. 44 B2 When Tintin must leave the train because of the flood, the stationmaster tells him that he has to walk three hours to reach Hou Kou, but Tintin and Chang reach the city the following day, even though Chang knew a shortcut! p. 42 B3 p. 43 D5 p. 44 A3 p. 44 D1 Later, the legs on the lion statues in front of the Hou-Kou police change sides... [French version only?] Between pages 19 and 54 "Le Lotus bleu" changes his name to "Au Lotus bleu"!... p. 19 D2 p. 54 C4 It seems that Rastapopoulos' ring is too big. Indeed, he loses it between frame B3 and D1 on page 57.

	The Broken Ear After the fetish was stolen, Tintin woke up at 7:30 am; at the same time, the museum's keeper began his day (p. 1 C1a). But, on the following page, the curator recaps the events and mentions that the keeper discovered the loss of the fetish at 7:14 am (p. 2 A4), before Tintin woke up ... Several objects in Mr Balthazar's room disappear between pages 4 and 9. When Tintin visits the room (p.4 B1), we can see several objects around the bed. But, when the parrot is found (p. 9 B3), the cup, the triangular square, the lamp, the poster, and the bust that stood where the parrot is are gone... p. 4 B1 p. 9 B3 In Spanish, tyran is spelled with an i (tirano) and not with a y, as we can see the word on the wall of the jail, at page 19. When Tintin is questioned on page 26, Ramon seems to say something, but Hergé removed his quote when he moved to the color version, so Ramon stays mute... The chess game between Tintin and General Alcazar on pages 28 and 29 is quite special; usually the right bottom square is white, not black... A little botanical error on page 32: in a banana stem, the tip of the banana should point toward the sky, but Hergé drew it aiming at the ground... [French version only?] Ramon loses his Spanish accent on page 27, but recovers it for a moment on page 53...

	The Black Island Thomson is very smart with his cane. In frame B1 on page 6, the grip is pointed toward the ground, but in the next frame, the grip is pointed toward the sky. p. 13 D3 p. 23 B3 It seems that Dr. Müller decided to repaint the column of his mansion's gate even if a fire destroyed it... On page 21, Captain Harry collides with his wife and his helmet hits her on the right side of her face. Why, then, is she holding her left cheek in the next frame? In the original version, one of the speech balloons points to Tintin during the chase on the train. In the first color version, the same speech balloon points to one of the English passengers... p. 32 C2 (1st version) p. 32 C2 (present version) Here it seems that Wronzoff is not really KO, as his feet change place between page 52 (D1) and page 53 (A1)...

	King Ottokar's Sceptre When Sporowitch tries to take Tintin's picture, the click of the camera is heard when Tintin is still on the landing of the stairs. But for some mysterious reason, the photo shows Tintin in the middle of the stairs... p. 3 C1 p. 3 D4 In the Klow restaurant, there is an empty chair next to Tintin, which is visible in the first frame on page 6. The chair in question is behind Tintin's chair in the frames on previous pages and in frame B1 of page 6, but it is clear that the chair has disappeared in frame A2, reappearing in frame B2... p. 6 A1 p. 6 A2 p. 6 B2 On page 7, Tintin reads that Borduria conquered Syldavia in the XIth century, but the tourist brochure states that the year is 1195, which corresponds to XIIth century... Between pages 12 and 15 a piece of furniture has been added to Tintin's apartment. Where did it come from? p. 12 A2 p. 15 C2 The fresco in the treasure room of Kropow Castle appears to be haunted... On page 40, on the right wall, there are 5 figures. On page 41, a sixth figure (the next to last) is added.

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