The Rocketeer Joined by Shocking Co-Stars in Crossover Journey

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The Rocketeer Joined by Shocking Co-Stars in Crossover Journey

The Rocketeer‘s newest high-flying journey simply picked up three extra basic heroes that followers had been by no means anticipating.

Per Bleeding Cool, the upcoming The Rocketeer: The Island comedian guide collection from IDW Publishing options three basic comedian heroes other than its titular adventurer. Particularly, Tintin, Snowy, and Popeye all have key roles to play in The Rocketeer: The Island, which made its approach into shops in every single place on February 25.

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The Rocketeer: The Island #1

Written by JOHN LAYMAN & DAN STEVENS
Artwork by JACOB EDGAR
Colours by KIKE J. DÍAZ
Letters by JOHN LAYMAN
Design by SANDY TANAKA
Foremost cowl artwork by JACOB EDGAR & KIKE J. DÍAZ
Variant covers by DAN STEVENS; SEAN MURPHY & SIMON GOUGH; ELIZABETH BEALS; MICHAEL DOONEY; PAUL ROMAN MARTINEZ; CHRISTOPHER UMINGA; MARAT MYCHAELS; NATHAN SZERDY; and BRIAN LACY
The Rocketeer returns to avoid wasting Amelia Earhart in a brand-new story by creator Dave Stevens!
The yr is 1938, and Cliff Secord (A.Okay.A. the Rocketeer) is recruited to guide a search and rescue mission. The mission? Discover Amelia Earhart! Contemplating a yr has handed for the reason that well-known pilot went lacking, the Rocketeer is hesitant at first — that’s, till he learns the expedition is to the identical island Betty ran off to with the scummy photographer Marco! The Rocketeer must uncover the key of the century’s best thriller whereas attempting to win again his girlfriend. However what else awaits him on the island?
Beloved author John Layman (Chew, Titans) and creative powerhouse Jacob Edgar (Plastic Man: No Extra, The Ones) group as much as inform the wildest Rocketeer story ever, primarily based on a never-published define by Rocketeer creator Dave Stevens!

The Historical past and Legacy of The Rocketeer, Defined

Created by Dave Stevens, The Rocketeer initially appeared within the second situation of the Starslayer comedian guide collection printed by Pacific Comics again in 1982. Within the years since, The Rocketeer has modified fingers by means of 5 publishers, together with Eclipse, Comico, and Darkish Horse Comics.

The Rocketeer has additionally made his method to the massive and small screens at varied factors, the primary of those being the 1991 movie of the identical title, produced by Walt Disney Footage, Silver Display screen Companions IV, and the Gordon Firm. Though The Rocketeer was hardly a convincing success, the movie firmly established the character’s place inside the popular culture zeitgeist and cemented itself as a cult basic virtually instantly.

Forward of the discharge of The Rocketeer: The Island #1, author John Layman opened up concerning the title, stating, “This Rocketeer venture has been coming collectively for the previous few months, and I can not say sufficient about how a lot pleasure I am getting each time a brand new web page is available in. Enjoying in Dave Stevens’ world, a retro-world of appeal, humor, and rocket-fueled journey, has been an absolute blast.”

Layman added, “IDW, a writer I’ve already executed work for on a few of my very favourite comedian tasks, has given me one other improbable alternative to receives a commission whereas having enjoyable, whereas permitting me to honor a imaginative and prescient of a comic book guide hero of mine, and play in a world I’ve beloved for many years.”

The Rocketeer: The Island #1 from IDW Publishing is on sale now.