The Belgian illustrator Georges Remi (1907–1983), who worked under the pen name Hergé and is best known for creating the comic-book character Tintin, is about to break his own auction record of €3 million. The prize item? A 1942 cover of Tintin in America, the first to be produced in color, which features a Native American chief pointing his finger at a roped-up Tintin. It was a re-publication of the Belgian boy’s third adventure, originally published in black and white in 1932. Just two years ago, Hergé’s 1936 cover of the The Blue Lotus, which finds Tintin in China, sold at auction for €3.2 million, setting the record for a comic book. Fans anticipate an even larger hammer price at the Paris auction. —Clara Molot