IDW announces ‘The Complete Rocketeer by Dave Stevens’
IDW Publishing has announced the upcoming release of The Complete Rocketeer by Dave Stevens, collecting the classic series in its entirety for the first time ever.
After more than a decade out of print, The Rocketeer makes a triumphant return to stores this October with a comprehensive hardcover edition featuring artwork digitally re-mastered from Stevens’ own lovingly maintained collection of originals, and all-new coloring by Laura Martin, the Eisner-Award-winning colorist handpicked by Stevens himself.
The Rocketeer, a rollicking tribute to pulp novels and Saturday morning matinee serials, follows the high-flying adventures of stunt pilot Cliff Secord and his girlfriend Betty, after Cliff finds a mysterious jet pack and takes to the sky. The graphic novel went on to become a much-loved major motion picture directed by Joe Johnston.
In addition to the mass-market hardcover, a very special deluxe edition is planned. Presented in a larger format, the deluxe edition will be filled with behind-the-scenes material, a treasure of additional pages featuring previously unpublished Rocketeer designs, preliminaries, and sketches by Dave Stevens, many taken from his personal sketchbooks.
“It is an honor to work on The Rocketeer,” said IDW Special Projects editor Scott Dunbier, “I’ve been a fan of Dave Stevens and The Rocketeer since I first read it in the early 80s. It was a dream of Dave’s to see his creation return to the shelves in a complete collection. We are dedicated to making this the definitive edition, a book Dave would have been proud of.”
This sounds GREAT but it from IDW the home lets stop doing reprints of tpb's GRIMJACK for no real reason than to upset the fans buying them !
Your comment has been noted and forwarded to the nice folks at IDW. (We told you it was a rabid fanbase, guys.)
So, is "The Complete Rocketeer" going to include Cliff's New York Adventure? Cause it wont be terribly complete without it.
Hey – I was going to ask that!
Yup, it will have The Rocketeer and The Rocketeer: Cliff's New York Adventure.
Here's my money, then…
But which version will you get, regular hard cover or the deluxe edition?
I don't think there has been any Grim Jack tpbs in the past year. Same with Jon Sable.Low sales.
You mean from IDW– we did do that tiny print run a while back.
Yes I was lucky to get an Comicmix Grimjack tpb but would liked to get the others but I think they are all sold out !! as rabid fanbase well I have been in touch with IDW over this a few times myself even asking if they would just collect John Ostrander/Steve Pugh storys and sell it as a "year one" but got no reply as I feel just adding numbers to tpb puts off new readers
"much loved motion picture"? Huh? I must be missing something. That has to be the exaggeration of the week and possibly the past few months.
Funny, I still know plenty of people that think The Rocketeer is one of the best comic adaptations out there. Any time I hear that I stop and think… they're on to something. They got all the key elements right AND managed to make an entertaining movie that had to compete with he likes of T2.