'''Captain Hook''' is the antagonist of J. M. Barrie's play Peter Pan, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and its various adaptations. He is the villainous captain of the galleon Jolly Roger, where he commands a crew of pirates through guile and others' fear of him. He wears a big iron hook in place of one hand, which was cut off by Peter Pan and eaten by a crocodile. The crocodile liked the taste so much that he follows Hook around constantly, hoping for more. Luckily for Hook, the crocodile also swallowed a clock, so Hook can tell from the ticking sound when it is near. Hook has sworn revenge on Peter for this.

In Barrie's story, Hook captures Wendy Darling, the girl who loves Peter and whom Peter views as his surrogate mother, and challenges the boy to a final duel. When Hook is beaten, Peter Pan kicks him overboard to the open jaws of the waiting crocodile below. Just before his defeat, however, he takes a final jab at Peter by taunting him about his "bad form". Peter, with the callousness of youth, quickly forgets Hook and is said to go on to find a new nemesis.

All published appearances of Captain Hook from before January 1, )-(95)}} are public domain in the US.

Some notable appearances are listed below:

*The Peter Pan Picture Book, by Daniel O'Connor (1907)
*Peter and Wendy (1911)
*Peter Pan and Wendy, by May Byron (1915) (Illustrated version 1921)
*Memórias da Emília (1930)

*Peter Pan (1924)

*Peter Pan, Or the Boy That Won't Grow Up (1904/1928)

* Captain Science #5: The Shark Pirates act as the enforcers of the space raids, terrorizing the airlanes in shark-headed masks. Brant Craig later discovers the masked pirates are actually the resurrected Captain Hook and his crew, brought back to life by Bering using specialized carbon pellets and forced to serve as space pirates.

*The ''Peter Pan'' play is in the public domain in the United States (as of 2024), but not the United Kingdom. as Special legislation was passed that gave the play a perpetual copyright. The characters, however, are in the public domain (as are the novels).
*Barrie states in the novel that "Hook was not his true name. To reveal who he really was would even at this date set the country in a blaze." Despite some speculation as to whom Barrie was referring, it seems likely that he was simply teasing, and had no historical figure in mind. Hinting at a resumé for the character, Barrie explains that "he was Blackbeard's boatswain, and that he was the only man Long John Silver ever feared". In the play, Hook's final words are "Floreat Etona", the motto of Eton College, and Barrie confirmed in a speech delivered in 1927 at Eton that Hook had been a student there.

*[http://www.comicvine.com/captain-hook/4005-21540/ ComicVine]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Hook Wikipedia]
*[http://neverpedia.com/pan/Captain_Hook Neverpedia]
*[http://onceuponatime.wikia.com/wiki/Hook Once Upon a Time Wiki]
*[http://shrek.wikia.com/wiki/Captain_Hook Shrek Wiki]
*[http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Captain_Hook Disney Wiki]
*[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Captain_James_Hook Wickedpedia]
*[https://fictional-characters-in-media.fandom.com/wiki/Captain_Hook Fictional Characters in Media Wiki]
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