Captain Hook by halitosis, beady black eyes, a pock-marked face, and perpetual filth of his person and surroundings, contrasting strongly with J. M. Barrie's Etonian gentleman. The novel, which takes place before the Captain meets Peter Pan, calls Hook "Black Stache" for his prominent moustache, and his ship is called the "Sea Devil"; he captures the "Jolly Roger", originally a British ship called the "Wasp", later. Black Stache is renamed 'Captain Hook' in the second instalment, "Peter and the Shadow Thieves". In Barry and Pearson's book, his left hand is accidentally cut off by Peter. In Rick Ellis' theatrical adaptation of the
Peter Pan (1953 film) a story about Peter Pan and the pirates, told to them by their older sister, Wendy. George, who is fed up with the stories that have made his children less practical, angrily declares that Wendy has gotten too old to continue staying in the nursery with them. That night, they are visited in the nursery by Peter Pan himself, who teaches them to fly with the help of his pixie friend, Tinker Bell, and takes them with him to the island of Never Land. A ship of pirates is anchored off Never Land, commanded by Captain Hook with his sidekick,