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“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!”
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.