Captain Haddock

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Captain Haddock
Captain Haddock (Capitaine Haddock) from The Seven Crystal Balls by Hergé
Publication information
Publisher	Casterman (Belgium)
First appearance	The Crab with the Golden Claws (1941) The Adventures of Tintin
Created by	Hergé
In-story information
Full name	Archibald Haddock
Partnerships	List of main characters
Supporting character of	Tintin

Captain Archibald Haddock (Capitaine Archibald Haddock) is a character in the comic book series The Adventures of Tintin. He is Tintin's best friend, a seafaring captain in the Merchant Navy or Merchant Marine, who was introduced in The Crab with the Golden Claws. Haddock was initially depicted as a weak and alcoholic character, but in later albums he became more respectable and genuinely heroic (notably in the seminal Tintin in Tibet, where he soberly volunteers his life to save his friend). Although when introduced Haddock has command of a freighter, in later volumes he is clearly retired. The Captain's coarse humanity and sarcasm acts as a counterpoint to Tintin's often implausible heroism; he is always quick with a dry comment whenever the boy reporter gets too idealistic.