The Rocketeer takes to the skies to fight crime in this trio of stories that continue the high-flying, pulp-inspired adventures started by original creator Dave Stevens!
Writer/artist Stephen Mooney takes the helm in this trilogy full of intrigue and action, collecting The Great Race, In the Den of Thieves, and Breaks Free!
In The Great Race, 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.
Then, the Rocketeer finds himself In the Den of Thieves! The pilot is grounded. After Cliff and Betty’s adventures in Europe, they return home with a busted rocket pack but a fixed relationship. They’re as happy as they’ve ever been…but paradise doesn’t last long! An elite band of Nazis, foiled in the past by their attempts to construct their own rocket packs, decide on a new tactic: kidnapping the only person who can enable them to create their very own fleet of Rocketeers...Cliff’s beloved friend and mentor Peevy!
Finally, in The Rocketeer Breaks Free, the Rocketeer storms the City by the Bay! With Betty about to start work on a new film, Cliff and Peevy join the aspiring starlet on a trip to San Francisco, where they liaise with fellow pilot and friend (and government operative) Debbie Seville. As always, trouble seems to follow Cliff, who gets caught up in a cable car accident! But at least it’ll be all smooth sailing after that, right? Not if the Rocketeer’s luck stays true to form!
The Rocketeer: Race Against Crime includes over 290 pages of comics action in a convenient 6 x 9 format that lets you take the fun of reading wherever you want!
Stephen Mooney is a comics writer and artist from Dublin, Ireland. After drawing a series of TV spin-offs, his creator-owned pulp adventure series Half Past Danger is now being published by IDW. His other credits include Generation Zero, X-O Manowar, Grayson, and Midnighter. He also works as an illustrator, concept artist, and storyboard artist in advertising and is a member of the Eclectic Micks Sketch Blog.
The Rocketeer takes to the skies to fight crime in this trio of stories that continue the high-flying, pulp-inspired adventures started by original creator Dave Stevens!
Writer/artist Stephen Mooney takes the helm in this trilogy full of intrigue and action, collecting The Great Race, In the Den of Thieves, and Breaks Free!
In The Great Race, 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.
Then, the Rocketeer finds himself In the Den of Thieves! The pilot is grounded. After Cliff and Betty’s adventures in Europe, they return home with a busted rocket pack but a fixed relationship. They’re as happy as they’ve ever been…but paradise doesn’t last long! An elite band of Nazis, foiled in the past by their attempts to construct their own rocket packs, decide on a new tactic: kidnapping the only person who can enable them to create their very own fleet of Rocketeers...Cliff’s beloved friend and mentor Peevy!
Finally, in The Rocketeer Breaks Free, the Rocketeer storms the City by the Bay! With Betty about to start work on a new film, Cliff and Peevy join the aspiring starlet on a trip to San Francisco, where they liaise with fellow pilot and friend (and government operative) Debbie Seville. As always, trouble seems to follow Cliff, who gets caught up in a cable car accident! But at least it’ll be all smooth sailing after that, right? Not if the Rocketeer’s luck stays true to form!
The Rocketeer: Race Against Crime includes over 290 pages of comics action in a convenient 6 x 9 format that lets you take the fun of reading wherever you want!
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Stephen Mooney is a comics writer and artist from Dublin, Ireland. After drawing a series of TV spin-offs, his creator-owned pulp adventure series Half Past Danger is now being published by IDW. His other credits include Generation Zero, X-O Manowar, Grayson, and Midnighter. He also works as an illustrator, concept artist, and storyboard artist in advertising and is a member of the Eclectic Micks Sketch Blog.
