As The Rocketeer celebrates its 40th anniversary, IDW Publishing marks the occasion with the launch of the brand new series The Rocketeer: The Great Race, and we have the official preview of the first issue for you here…
Ace stunt pilot Cliff Secord has returned from his New York Adventure to a West Coast steeped in paranoia over the looming war in Europe. Having finally had enough of his near-death scrapes as the high-flying Rocketeer, the only thing in Cliff’s crosshairs is The Great Race: a prestigious, winner-take-all air race that runs from California to France! Maybe it’s finally time to smarten up and fly straight . . . by taking his best girl Betty to Paris! But other parties want to win the race for their own nefarious ends, and Cliff will need to decide which prize is truly the most valuable of all.
BONUS FEATURE: Each issue will contain an oral history-featuring Dave Stevens’s friends, family and fellow artists-all culled together by Kelvin Mao, longtime friend of Stevens’s and the director of the forthcoming documentary on the beloved artist!
The Rocketeer: The Great Race #1 is out on Wednesday, April 6th.
