Dave Stevens’ high-flying hero The Rocketeer is set to soar once more this May with the release of an anthology one-shot from IDW Publishing which sees Adam Hughes, Jae Lee, Gabriel Rodríguez, Phil Noto and other comic luminaries paying tribute to the legendary creator with three all-new action-packed tales.
The new one-shot began life during the making of the documentary Dave Stevens: Drawn to Perfection, when filmmaker Kelvin Mao discovered that Danny Bilson and the late Paul De Meo, the original screenwriters of the 1991 film, had written an unpublished Rocketeer comic book story guest starring aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. Mao and executive producer Robert Windom approached Adam Hughes to illustrate the story, with the project then evolving into this celebratory one-shot.
“What an amazing gift born out of making Dave Stevens: Drawn to Perfection,” states It’s been a singular privilege collaborating with some of Dave’s longtime pals on a bonafide Rocketeer comic,” says Kevin Mao.
The Rocketeer one-shot includes the aforementioned eight-page story by Bilson, De Meo, and Hughes; a 12-page story of Cliff Secord’s date night with Betty leading to trouble with a vaguely familiar adventurer/archeologist, written by Mao, drawn by Craig Cermak (Elvira, Mistress of the Dark), and colored by award-winning Laura Martin; a four-page story of the Rocketeer fighting a Japanese Zero in the South Pacific, written by Robert Windom (Seven Sons), drawn by the fan favorite Jae Lee (Batman/Superman), and colored by June Chung; pinups by Phil Noto (Black Widow) and Maria Laura Sanapo; and more!
The Rocketeer will go on sale in May.
