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* Only published in a version with a matte cover. * Magazine: Tintin. Date of publication: October 15, 1953 - December 15, 1954. Inks: Karel Boumans. published as Gold for Rome / Le Gladiateur - mystère. The first album release was in 1955, where the French title was taken over in Dutch: The secret of gladiators. The Secret of the Gladiators is a story from the blue series, this series was pre-published in Tintin. Willy Vandersteen had to adapt his stories and drawing style to the weekly magazine; Aunt Sidonia, Jerom and Professor Barabas do not appear in the blue series. Schanulleke disappears in the first story in the blue series (The Spanish ghost) and therefore does not appear in this story. Suske, Wiske and Lambik have a different appearance and especially Lambik is braver and smarter than in the stories from the red series.
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