In 1954, in The Adventures of Tintin comic Explorers on the Moon, a drunken Captain Haddock almost becomes a satellite of the asteroid, improbably depicted passing between the Earth and the Moon.
Surprisingly, the specific name tintinnabulum does not refer to The Adventures of Tintin character Captain Haddock, whose catchphrase was "Blistering barnacles"; it was designated by 18th century taxonomist Linnaeus and refers to the animal's shape — a tintinnabulum is a handbell .
In France and Quebec, Captain Harlock is known as "Albator, le corsaire de l'espace", to avoid confusion with the completely different character Captain Haddock, and is very popular there.
In The Adventures of Tintin album Tintin in Tibet, Captain Haddock is told that one should always walk left of a chorten when crossing one, because walking right unleashes demons.
A set of six stamps, each depicting one of the characters - Tintin and Snowy, Professor Calculus, Captain Haddock, Thomson and Thompson, Bianca Castafiore and Chang.
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The stamp featured Tintin and Snowy with a magnifying glass examining a stamp depicting Captain Haddock.
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In Black Island, Captain Haddock plays a leading part, whereas he wasn't in the original book.