Cigars of the Pharaoh
Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier considered "Cigars of the Pharaoh" to be graphically between "Tintin in America" and "The Blue Lotus", as Hergé was expanding his "visual vocabulary" and making use of "unforgettable moments" such as the dream sequence in the tomb. Although recognising that Hergé was still devising his plot on a week-by-week basis, they thought that the work was an improvement on his earlier stories because of the inclusion of "mystery and fantasy".