{"id":21844,"date":"2022-01-20T19:16:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T01:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=21844"},"modified":"2022-01-20T19:16:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T01:16:14","slug":"the-rocketeer-the-great-race-comic-book-celebrates-the-40th-anniversary-of-the-high-flying-adventurer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2022\/01\/20\/the-rocketeer-the-great-race-comic-book-celebrates-the-40th-anniversary-of-the-high-flying-adventurer\/","title":{"rendered":"THE ROCKETEER: THE GREAT RACE Comic Book Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of the High-Flying Adventurer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cRocketeer Month\u201d Honors the Legacy of Rocketeer Creator Dave Stevens with Brand-New Miniseries and Encore Printing of The Rocketeer Artist\u2019s Edition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
This April,\u00a0IDW<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0invites pulp adventure fans on a trans-Atlantic journey in\u00a0The Rocketeer: The Great Race<\/em><\/strong>! A brand-new four-issue comic book miniseries commemorating 40 years of Dave Stevens\u2019 iconic hero,\u00a0The Great Race<\/em>\u00a0soars to stratospheric storytelling heights courtesy of\u00a0New York Times<\/em>\u00a0bestselling writer\/artist\u00a0Stephen Mooney<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

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\u201cWriting and drawing a\u00a0Rocketeer<\/em>\u00a0book has long been somewhat of a bucket-list item for me. I grew up on Dave Stevens’ unique blend of swashbuckling derring-do and pulpy adventure with Cliff, Betty, and Peevy, and those seminal issues still stand today as one of my favorite series of all time,\u201d\u00a0 says Mooney. \u201cIt’s incredibly daunting and yet also fantastically thrilling and a real challenge. Let’s take to the skies!\u201d<\/p>\n

In\u00a0The Great Race<\/em>, stunt pilot Cliff Secord returns to a West Coast steeped in paranoia over the looming war in Europe. Having finally had enough of his near-death scrapes as the high-flying Rocketeer, the only thing in Cliff’s crosshairs is a prestigious, winner-take-all air race that runs from California to France! Maybe it’s finally time to smarten up and fly straight\u2026 by taking his best girl Betty to Paris! But other parties want to win the race for their own nefarious ends, and Cliff will need to decide which prize is truly the most valuable of all.<\/p>\n

As an additional bonus, each issue of\u00a0The Rocketeer: The Great Race<\/em>\u00a0will contain an oral history featuring Dave Stevens\u2019s friends, family, and fellow artists, all culled together by\u00a0Kelvin Mao<\/strong>, the director of the forthcoming documentary on the beloved artist!<\/p>\n

\u201cStephen Mooney has a love and affinity for\u00a0The Rocketeer<\/em>, and the time period the iconic character inhabits\u2026 all of which is abundantly evident in the story he has crafted,\u201d says editor\u00a0Scott Dunbier<\/strong>. \u201cIt\u2019s a fun-filled romp, one I think Dave Stevens would enjoy!\u201d<\/p>\n

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The debut issue of\u00a0The Rocketeer: The Great Race<\/em>\u00a0will be available with multiple cover variants for retailers and fans to enjoy, including Cover A by\u00a0Gabriel Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong>\u00a0(of\u00a0Locke & Key<\/em>\u00a0fame), Cover B by Stephen Mooney himself, a Blank Sketch edition for Cover C (which fans can illustrate themselves, or ask their favorite artists to draw), and a Retailer Incentive edition featuring virgin artwork by Rodr\u00edguez.<\/p>\n

April 2022 marks the 40th anniversary of\u00a0The Rocketeer<\/em>\u2019s debut as a backup feature in 1982\u2019s\u00a0Starslayer<\/em>\u00a0#2. In addition to\u00a0The Great Race<\/em>, IDW will celebrate \u201cRocketeer<\/em>\u00a0Month\u201d with an encore release of\u00a0Dave Stevens\u2019 The Rocketeer Artist\u2019s Edition<\/em><\/strong>, a new printing of the inaugural release in IDW\u2019s multiple award-winning Artist\u2019s Edition line. Long out of print, this completely redesigned reissue of the long-out-of-print Artist\u2019s Edition reproduces an integral work of comics history, meticulously scanned from the original art.<\/p>\n

For information on how to acquire\u00a0The Rocketeer<\/em>\u00a0comics, graphic novels, and Artist\u2019s Editions from IDW, please contact your local comic shop or visit\u00a0www.comicshoplocator.com<\/a>\u00a0to find a store near you.<\/p>\n

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IDW (NYSE AMERICAN: IDW) is a leading media company providing uniquely compelling stories and characters in various genres for global audiences across all entertainment platforms. The award-winning\u00a0IDW Publishing<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0IDW Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0divisions holistically evaluate and acquire IP for franchise development across comics and graphic novels, television, theatrical, games, merchandise, and other entertainment platforms, in addition to bringing world-renowned storytelling to life with our creative partners.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cRocketeer Month\u201d Honors the Legacy of Rocketeer Creator Dave Stevens with Brand-New Miniseries and Encore Printing of The Rocketeer Artist\u2019s Edition This April,\u00a0IDW\u00a0invites…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[17,16],"tags":[56,1628],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/unnamed-5-e1642727752313.jpg?fit=1240%2C1882","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9438,"url":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2018\/10\/26\/idw-announces-dungeons-dragons-a-darkened-wish-comic-book-series\/","url_meta":{"origin":21844,"position":0},"title":"IDW Announces DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: A DARKENED WISH Comic Book Series","author":"DiRT","date":"October 26, 2018","format":"image","excerpt":"Five-Issue Miniseries Brings War to the\u00a0Forgotten Realms SAN DIEGO, CA (October 25, 2018) \u2013 The\u00a0Forgotten Realms, the fantasy setting beloved by\u00a0Dungeons & Dragons\u00a0fans the world over, is the centerpiece for IDW\u2019s all-new comic book miniseries, subtitled\u00a0A Darkened Wish. 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