#66 - The Rocketeer
The Rocketeer blasted onto the scene in 1982, created by writer/artist Dave Stevens as an homage to pulp-serial heroes of the 1930s! Despite producing only a handful of issues of The Rocketeer's adventures, the character and Stevens' work were an inspiration to readers and peers alike, and led to the cult-classic 1991 film by director Joe Johnston. Dave Stevens passed-away in 2008 due to complications with leukemia, but his body of work lives on in THE ROCKETEER: THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES, available in trade paperback from IDW Publishing. Watch the documentary DAVE STEVENS: DRAWN TO PERFECTION in full on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaLdlvOdnh8 CLOSING SONG: "Rocket Man" by The Passionate & Objective Jokerfan, from the album "Songs Song Sing Songs Onion Llama" -- https://open.spotify.com/album/1qPmKfh8Jksmqd4zmpFFJj?si=ctjMt0A4Rke6R7JJWD3T2A --- Join our Patreon for bonus episodes and content-requests! https://www.patreon.com/theveryfinecomicbookpodcast/ Follow us on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/theveryfinecomicbookpodcast/ and send us questions to potentially read on-air via IG DM or via email at theveryfinecomicbookpodcast@gmail.com If you're enjoying The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast, please take the time to Rate it [on Spotify], Rate+Review it [on Apple Podcasts], Follow/Subscribe, and tell a friend! Mail us things c/o Justin Decloux, Unit 1010, 3230 Yonge St, Toronto, ON, M4N 3P6, Canada Thanks for listening! Keep reading comics! ---