This issuance celebrates the rich legacy of the Walt Disney Studios Ink & Paint Department with a pane of 20 stamps showcasing 10 classic Disney villains:
•    Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty)
•    Honest John (Pinocchio)
•    Cruella De Vil (One Hundred and One Dalmatians)
•    Captain Hook (Peter Pan)
•    Queen of Hearts (Alice in Wonderland)
•    Lady Tremaine (Cinderella)
•    Ursula (The Little Mermaid)
•    the Queen (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
•    Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)
•    Scar (The Lion King)

Captain Hook is the main antagonist of Disney's 1953 animated feature film, Peter Pan. He is the captain of a crew of pirates aboard the Jolly Roger and the archenemy of Peter Pan.

Captain Hook has long since abandoned sailing the high seas in favor of having revenge on Peter Pan for cutting off his left hand and feeding it to Tick-Tock, considering it, by Mr. Smee, a "childish prank"). While a worthy opponent for Peter Pan, Hook is destined to fail, sometimes because of Peter Pan's ability to fly, but more often through the bumbling actions of his first mate, Mr. Smee, who while unquestioningly faithful to the Captain, is incompetent and dim-witted. Hook ends up fleeing for his life from the Crocodile, of whom he is understandably terrified. Hook's frustrations are understandable; he lost a hand to his opponent, is constantly pursued by the crocodile and cannot fly. These factors arguably make him one of the most sympathetic Disney villains. His antics with the Crocodile are considered by many to be the funniest animated scenes ever created by Disney according to Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston in the book The Disney Villain.

As one of the most recognizable and popular villains in Disney's animated library, Captain Hook is also a primary member of the Disney Villains franchise.

Much of James Hook's past hadn't been revealed until Jake and the Never Land Pirates, where it is revealed that the captain had a rather miserable childhood. As a young buccaneer, he was trained in the ways of a pirate by his mother, Mama Hook, so that he would one day become a feared captain, much like her. However, according to Mama Hook, James was a somewhat pitiful pirate during his training and seemed hopeless for many years. It was also revealed that he was heavily ostracized by others as a child, as he explains to Mr. Smee several times throughout the series, resulting in him spending most of his childhood hated and alone. These are all prime factors in the reasons for Captain Hook's undeniable cruelty. It also makes Captain Hook one of the most tragic Disney villains.

The Pirate Fairy also gives a larger take at James' past. Twenty years before Peter Pan, James was captain of a crew different from his current one. In the film, James mentions he was educated at Eton College in England, and it is also revealed that he met Smee after abandoning his original crew and becoming stranded in the middle of the sea, to which Smee comes in and rescues him.