"The Crab with the Golden Claws" was published in book form shortly after its conclusion. Hergé continued "The Adventures of Tintin" with "The Shooting Star", while the series itself became a defining part of the Franco-Belgian comics tradition. In 1943, Hergé coloured and redrew the book in his distinctive style for Casterman's republication. "The Crab with the Golden Claws" introduces the supporting character Captain Haddock, who became a major fixture of the series. The book is the first "Tintin" adventure published in the United States and the first to be adapted into a motion picture. "The Crab with the Golden Claws" was adapted for the 1947 stop motion film of the same name, the 1956 Belvision Studios animation "Hergé's Adventures of Tintin", the 1991 Ellipse/Nelvana animated series "The Adventures of Tintin", the feature film "" (2011) directed by Steven Spielberg, and the film's .