Continuing their relationship with Dave Stevens’ high-flying
hero, IDW Publishing is pleased to announce a brand-new Rocketeer miniseries
for 2013! Beginning in February, fans of Cliff Secord’s aeronautic acrobatics
will be treated to THE ROCKETEER: HOLLYWOOD HORROR! Written by Eisner and
Harvey Award winner Roger Langridge (Thor, Popeye, Snarked!) and illustrated by
Eisner nominee J. Bone (Batman/The Spirit), Hollywood Horror is another
action-packed chapter in the saga of comics’ favorite flyboy! As an added
bonus, legendary comics superstar Walter Simonson has signed on as cover
artist!
“You can count the really great superheroes created since
the 1960s without taking your shoes and socks off, and The Rocketeer would have
to be somewhere near the top of that very short list, so it's a great privilege
to be writing his adventures,” said Langridge. “And I'm particularly thrilled
to be working with J. Bone on the art chores. He’s definitely an artist's
artist, in the best possible sense. We're working hard to give this story our
own personal twist without losing the classic Rocketeer tone, so you can expect
plenty of fiendish schemes, famous cameos, derring-do, pretty girls and (of
course) thrills galore!" he continued.
“Roger has given me so many terrific characters from the
world of The Rocketeer and old Hollywood that drawing each scene excites me to
get on to the next; and the next,” said Bone. “I enjoyed my initial taste of
drawing the Cliff and Betty in The Rocketeer Adventures #4 so much that I'm
thrilled to be drawing them again!”
Always caught in the middle, it’s a pulp thrill ride when
Cliff finds himself embroiled in a dark mystery in the seemingly picturesque
heart of Hollywood’s golden age! He may be neck-deep in mystery and mayhem, but
it wouldn’t be a Cliff Secord caper if his sweetheart, the stunning Betty,
weren’t steamed at him!
Also flying onto shelves in February is the hardcover
collection of Mark Waid and Chris Samnee’s THE ROCKETEER: CARGO OF DOOM! Deadly
creatures from lost lands find their way to California’s shores and create some
awfully hot water for Cliff and friends in this rollicking four-issue series,
collected in a beautiful hardcover volume.
For fans of high-altitude adventure and on-the-ground
intrigue, there’s simply no substitute for The Rocketeer!
THE ROCKETEER: HOLLYWOOD HORROR #1 (FC, 32 pages, $3.99) in
stores 2/27/13. Diamond order code: DEC12 0420.
THE ROCKETEER: CARGO OF DOOM HC (FC, 104 pages, $21.99) in
stores 2/20/13. Diamond order code: DEC12 0424.