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| Rocketeer Adventures #3, cover art by Dave Stevens |
Through the 1980s, cartoonist Dave Stevens presented
The Rocketeer to the comics world. Influenced by the pulps and film serials of the '30s and '40s, these stories centered around Cliff Secord, a young stunt pilot living in Los Angeles on the cusp of World War II, and his adventures with an experimental jetpack. While only a few issues were published, the character gained notoriety in 1991 when
The Rocketeer was adapted into a film from Walt Disney Pictures.
While Stevens' throwback to an era of Nazi-punching and prop-planes was beloved by many, including yours truly, Cliff never flew over Hollywood again before his artist passed away in 2008. However, a fondness for the character and his world still resonates, leading to IDW's recent
collection of the original Rocketeer stories and a new limited series,
Rocketeer Adventures.
