Rocketeer: Cliff's New York Adventure

The Rocketeer #2

by Dave Stevens

Fuel up your rocket pack and strap on your crash helmet! The Rocketeer's New York adventure is winging its way to you! Dave Stevens' classic character dons the dangerous prototype rocket pack to stop the brutish Lothar and find the beautiful Betty! What's got Lothar so mad? Who is behind Betty's disappearance? And why's the Rocketeer willing to risk his neck to answer these questions? Some things are just worth flying for! Get ready for the most lavishly illustrated adventure you'll ever see! Stevens pulls out all the stops in this heroic, high-flying, period fiction piece.

Genres: Comics, Fiction, Graphic Novels Comics, Graphic Novels, Comic Book

117 pages, Paperback

First published September 10, 1996

About the author

Dave Lee Stevenswas an American illustrator and comics artist. He is most famous for creating The Rocketeer comic book and film character, and for his pin-up style "glamour art" illustrations, especially of model Bettie Page. He was the first to win Comic-Con International's Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award in 1982, and received both an Inkpot Award and the Kirby Award for Best Graphic Album in 1986.
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[Travis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bit too much romantic drama/angst for my taste is the only flaw in this otherwise beautiful love letter to pulp novels and Golden age comics.

Cliff, our hero, has traveled to New York to win back the woman he loves. Along the way he gets mixed up with spies, a monsterous killer, a bit of his past and an awfully familiar looking mysterious investigator.

Actually, I lied, there is a second flaw to the Rocketeer series. That flaw is that there was only the two stories.In a perfect world, Cliff would have gotten into and out of trouble for years and years.

A fun, old fashioned series.