Appearances in Modern Media
Rackham appears as a main character in George MacDonald Fraser's 1983 The Pyrates and as a skeleton in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl hanging outside Port Royal when Jack Sparrow sails in, with the sign "Pirates, Ye Be Warned!" hanging next to him. In the same film, the Black Pearl flew Rackham's Jolly Roger (a skull and crossed swords as seen in the beginning of the film).
George MacDonald Fraser's novel The Pyrates features Calico Jack as the leader of a federation of pirate captains known as The Coast Brotherhood.
In Carrie Vaughn's young adult novel Steel, when the main character's ship ports in the Bahamas, the crew go to a tavern at which Rackham is present with his shipmates Anne Bonny and Mary Read, as well as a number of other famous pirates, such as Blackbeard.
In Sid Meier's Pirates! Rackham is one of the most notorious pirates that the player may enter battle with.
In the acclaimed Adventures of Tintin comic book series, a character named Red Rackham, based on Calico Jack, appears in two consecutive episodes: The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham's Treasure. In the feature film The Adventures of Tintin, the Red Rackham character is Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine's pirate ancestor. This is not present in the books.
The pirate game Captain Claw briefly mentions Calico Jack in the gameplay as an allusion. In the levels, a Wanted poster of a yellow monkey can be seen posted on the walls. If Claw approaches this poster, he will speak out Who is this Calico Jack?.
The eleventh and final track on German heavy metal band Running Wild's 1988 album Port Royal is entitled, "Calico Jack". The final minutes of the song are about Rackham's trial and Rackham being sentenced to death. This part of the song is told from the perspective of the judge and Rackham himself.
In the animated TV show Octonauts, Kwazi Kitten (himself an ex pirate) states that his father was Calico Jack.
Summerwine brewery in Yorkshire named a rum barrel aged imperial stout Calico Jack.
Calico Jack is mentioned in the book Thirty Nine Clues Book 9, Storm Warning, along with Anne Bonny and Mary Read.
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