Red Rackham

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Red Rackham is a fictional pirate who appears in the comic book series The Adventures of Tintin, inspired by the real life pirate Jack Rackham.^{[citation needed]} He appears in The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham's Treasure.

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Rackham is the pirate who attacks The Unicorn, the ship captained by Sir Francis Haddock (Captain Haddock's ancestor). In the story, Rackham engages Haddock in battle, resulting in the destruction of Rackham's ship. As his ship is sinking, Rackham boards The Unicorn and manages to gain control of the vessel. Haddock is captured and tied to the ship's mast but is able to escape. Before fleeing, he sets a gunpowder fuse alight to destroy the ship with the pirates on it. As he is about to leave, Rackham appears and the two engage in combat. Haddock kills Rackham and makes his getaway by rowboat to a small island before the ship explodes.