Captain Haddock since creating Tintin." Sales of the volume in which Haddock was introduced indicated the character was well received. After a fairly serious role in "The Shooting Star", where he has risen to become the President of the Society of Sober Sailors (replete with a cabin full of rum), Haddock takes a more central role in the next adventure, split over two books, "The Secret of the Unicorn" and "Red Rackham's Treasure"— indeed, his family history drives the plot. Upon locating the treasure, the newly wealthy Haddock retires. Hergé built the next adventure around Haddock, furnishing the character with an ancestral
Unicorn (ship) Unicorn (ship) The Unicorn () is a fictional 17th-century three-masted armed Royal Navy vessel appearing in "The Adventures of Tintin", the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The ship plays a leading role in both "The Secret of the Unicorn" and "Red Rackham's Treasure", published in 1943 and 1944, respectively. The "Unicorn" also appears in the 2011 film adaptation "". In the "Tintin" adventures, the "Unicorn" is the setting of a battle between pirates and sailors followed by a duel between its captain, Sir Francis Haddock (an ancestor of Captain Haddock) and the pirate Red Rackham. The "Unicorn" is scuttled