The Rocketeer: High Flying Adventures

Rocketeer Adventures #1-8

by Marc Guggenheim, Darwyn Cooke, Walter Simonson

The Rocketeer Adventures continued where Dave Stevens' original masterpiece left off, creating for the first time new stories involving the ace stunt pilot Cliff Secord. This oversized deluxe edition collects 24 stories by some of the most talented creators in comics including: Kurt Busiek, Darwyn Cooke, Dave Gibbons, Marc Guggenheim, Walter Simonson, Bruce Timm, Stan Sakai, J. Bone, John Byrne, Matt Wagner, and more!

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Superheroes

260 pages, Hardcover

First published June 20, 2017

About the author

Marc Guggenheim grew up on Long Island, New York, and earned his law degree from Boston University. After over four years in practice, he left law to pursue a career in television.

Today, Guggenheim is an Emmy Award–winning writer who writes for multiple mediums including television, film, video games, comic books, and new media. His work includes projects for such popular franchises as Percy Jackson, Star Wars, Call of Duty, Star Trek, and Planet of the Apes.

His next book, In Any Lifetime, coming from Lake Union Publishing on August 1st.

Guggenheim currently lives in Encino, California, with his wife, two daughters, and a handful of pets.

Keep up to date on his latest projects with LegalDispatch, a weekly newsletter where he shares news and notes about writing, comics, and the entertainment industry.

Reviews

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Man I love the Rocketeer comics. Nice pulp era feel to the hero and stories. Nice art made this a entertaining read. Recommended

[Jinji · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Rocketeer High Flying Adventures!!! Cliff Secord and the gang are at it again! Be it saving Betty from disastrous movie sets, to fighting off Nazis in the world war, you’ll see the Rocketeer soaring through clouds at top speed! Dave Steven’s legacy is being carried on the soldiers of great writers and artists today. We have Kurt Busiek, Darwyn Cooke, Dave Gibbons, Marc Guggenheim, Walter Simonson, Bruce Timm, Stan Sakai, J. Bone, John Byrne, Matt Wagner, and more! These guys maintain the action, goofiness, and the American patriotism which the Rocketeer is known for. You could really feel the 1940’s days between the pages of this book. It’s a light fun read between the heavy dark stuff in comics.

[Philmore Olazo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Now this is a compilation of many stories and I really am not going to talk about each individual, because this book lies to you.

The Rocketeer was an amazing concept that sadly was never finished.

This compilation supposedly is a continuation of short stories from the main plot, this is a lie. This here is just a random compilation of random stories that don't have any sequence with each other, be it style, structure or even plot.

I'm not saying they’re bad, I just say that this is false advertisement.

For the stories by themselves, most of them are fun and I recommend them. But other than that. If you are not familiar with the character, better look away.

[Zach Rust · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series is the definition of the term “a murderer’s row”, in this case of comic creators. Never have I read a comic with this much top-tier talent. The anthology aspect of the series also allows for a wide variety of styles and tones to the subject matter. What ultimately holds this comic back is the shortness of the stories, which sometimes allow the story little space to breathe in the plot.

[Lindsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great art, fun quick stories, a bit misogynistic at times.

[Jacob · Rating 5 out of 5]

Public library copy.

Excellent short stories, only a few stood out that were sub par. Recommended and worth buying, but I'll seen a used copy because the hard cover price point is a bit much.

[Nipun Fernando · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had some favourite stories in this collection, and loved the artwork.

[Renee · Rating 3 out of 5]

A collection of short stories. There's a nice mix of styles in the art and plots. When the focus is on adventure, it's good. When it comes to Cliff being a possessive, jealous jerk I zoned out. He's rather awful even for a guy who is supposed to be from the 1940s.

[Markus Seaberry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple, but entertaining Rocketeer stories by some of comic’s best writers and artists.

[Robert · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fantastic collection of shorts by a fantastic collection of authors. There are not enough comics like it today.