The rocketeer the official movie adaptation buds art books. The official movie adaptation david, peter, russ heath on. Dave stevens covers comic book speculation and investing. Walt disney studios is developing a reboot of the 1991 actionadventure movie, hiring max winkler and matt spicer to pen the script, which is being. We are temporarily closed but will reopen monday, april 20th, and begin accepting orders again friday april 17th. A daredevil pilot turns into the rocketeer to fight crime and get the gal, in this 1940s based crime drama. The rocketeer the complete adventures by dave stevens. The franchise was brought back to comics with an adaptation of the movie and russ heaths cinematic style was an excellent choice to take on the highflying hero. Dave stevens rocketeer was one of the rare 1980s independents that made the leap to the bigscreen with a feature film from disney studios. A comic adaptation of the 90s hit movie the rocketeer.
The movie is more wellknown than the comic book awesome music. Created by writerartist dave stevens, the character first appeared in 1982 and is a homage to the saturday matinee serial heroes from the 1930s through the 1950s the rocketeer s secret identity is cliff secord, a stunt pilot who discovers a mysterious jetpack that allows him to fly. Dick tracy film adaptations of comic books, the rocketeer is, if not an exceptional movie, still an underrated and unexpectedly strong one. The rocketeer movie adaptation is totally pure and full of an earnest geewhiz, aw shucks mentality thats hard to come by these days, so it seems perfect for this age group until that new. The film is based upon the character of the same name created by comic book artist and writer dave stevens. Raiders of the lost ark took the saturday afternoon serials of the late 1930s and 1940s as an inspiration, while the rocketeer takes them as a model. Collecting the entire rocketeer saga,119 pages and 7 covers, from 198194, featuring his iconic, pulpinspired hero. The comic book showing his age a little bit on the cover slight discoloration but it does not affect the overall comic book inside. The rocketeer is a 1991 american period superhero film from walt disney pictures, produced by charles gordon, lawrence gordon, and lloyd levin, directed by joe johnston, that stars bill campbell, jennifer connelly, alan arkin, timothy dalton, paul sorvino, and tiny ron taylor. The franchise was brought back to comics with an adaptation of the movie and russ heaths cinematic style was an excellent choice to take on the highflying.
Rocketeer, the internet movie firearms database guns. The movie was based on the popular comic the rocketeer created by dave stevens. The rocketeer is a 1991 american period superhero film from walt disney pictures, produced. Anticipating by a dozen years the trend towards more naturalistic as opposed to heavily stylized, e. I have nothing against movies over two hours, but this just doesnt have enough life to it, im afraid, to attract modern audiences.
The film costarred timothy dalton, paul sorvino, and jennifer connelly and was directed by. The rocketeer disney movie reboot in the works exclusive. Straight from the pages of a pulp comic from a past era, the rocketeer recreates 1930s hollywood, complete with gangsters, nazi spies, and the growth of the age of aviation. Dave lee stevens july 29, 1955 march 11, 2008 was an american illustrator and comics artist. For now ill post some excerpts that i found interesting. If you are a fan of the movie you must own this comic book and at this great price you. This is the rocketeer the official comic book version of the movie that came out in 1991. A stat is essentially a photocopy glued on to one or more of the panels by the artist done during production of the piece and is not original artwork. The rocketeer movie adaptation comic featured a cover illustrated by dave stevens. Read more about the rocketeer animated series here. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.
If you have any questions or if you would like to contribute scans please contact me. Another bad movie that remains deeply watchable is the guyver, an adaptation of a japanese manga from a director named, i swear to god, screaming mad george. May 06, 2012 a blog dedicated to scanning and posting cracked magazines and similar media. Original superhero design, a world war ii setting, jetpacks, timothy dalton, jennifer connely, the disney name backing it. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4.
Dave stevens, the writerartist of the original graphic novel, gave the films production designer jim bissell and his two art directors his entire reference library pertaining to the rocketeer at that time period, including blueprints for hangars and bleachers, schematics for building the autogyro, photos and drawings of the bulldog cafe, the. The official movie adaptation comic books for sale. An art deco love letter to the pulp heroes of the early 20th century, the rocketeer had enough action, intrigue, and cleavage thank you, jennifer connolly to blow my little prepubescent mind. Thankfully, this walt disney dvd release gives the fun, exceedingly goodnatured movie a proper showcase, and the film has built up a large fan base over the years. In may of 2011, idw began publishing rocketeer adventures with painted cover art by. The rocketeer is the 1991 feature film adaptation of the graphic novel series created by dave stevens. The rocketeer was created in 1982 by dave stevens as a tribute to the old pulp fiction magazines of the early twentieth century. There was a feature film in 1991, and rocketeer comics continue to be published as of the 2010s. Jul 28, 2016 the rocketeer is ready to blast off once again. In 1991 comics artist russ heath illustrated the graphic novel the rocketeer. One of the best cinematic comic book adaptations, the rocketeer was supposed to be the summer of 1991s big hit, but the vastly entertaining movie didnt find a big audience.
I would love to post the whole thing but it is 119 pages long, and would require a lot of scanning. Beautiful artwork beautifully drawn a great comic book to go along with a great movie. The rocketeers will be one of those sequels that also acts as a reboot, offering a clean jumpingon point for people who arent familiar with the original movie. Rocketeer official movie adaptation comic 1991 comic books. The first is the graumans chinese theatre scene that was cut from the final film. For instance, two statues require a much bigger box.
There are conflicting accounts of whether this scene was filmed, but it did wind up in the comicbook adaptation of the film. The lady he saves signs the footprints as rocketeer. More 1shots there are 3 versions of this comic the deluxe edition which is squarebound, the stapled edition and a 3d edition. He is most famous for creating the rocketeer comic book and film character, and for his pinup style glamour art illustrations, especially of model bettie page. The hero of the rocketeer is being marketed as a new action hero along the lines of indiana jones, but the difference between this movie and the indy series is fundamental. Young pilot cliff secord stumbles on a top secret rocketpack and with the help of his mechanicmentor, peevy, he attempts to save his girl and stop the nazis as the. The rocketeer is a fictional superhero appearing in american comic books originally published by pacific comics.
Rocketeer billy campbell cliff secord character profile. Walt disney studios is developing a reboot of the 1991 actionadventure movie, hiring max winkler and matt spicer to pen the script, which is. The rocketeer animated series coming to disney junior in 2019. The greatest batman stories ever told volume 2 july 1992 a.
Jun 21, 2018 on june 21, 1991, disney brought joe johnstons the rocketeer comic book adaptation to the big screen. Its nice to see a projesus movie, something almost extinct since the 1960s. I was recently able to get an original screenplay from the rocketeer dated may 1990. Perhaps this is due to solid casting choices alan arkin, as cliffs mentor, has most of the best. As a nazithemed actionadventure, the film cant help but bring to mind the funnier and more exciting raiders of the lost ark. The official movie adaptation squarebound edition, the 1991 c pf rocketeer. The movie is filled with delicious 1938 atmosphere. That in turn inspired his appearance in the classic disney film, which is in turn based on dave stevens original creation.
Disney has started production on an animated kids show based on the rocketeer, dave stevens comic series that was adapted into a movie in 1991. The entire score in particular is the main theme, people have described it as the perfect audio representation of the feeling of flight. Cover from the rocketeer movie adaptation graphic novel isbn. The official movie adaptation comic books for sale online.
On june 21, 1991, disney brought joe johnstons the rocketeer comic book adaptation to the big screen. You are looking at andor buyingthe rocketeer official movie adaptation w. More style than substance but fun, if gunheavy, action. It has light spine stress, light cover wear, and a 12 crease on the back upper left. Multiple art pages can easily be combined because they are light and thin.
Created by writerartist dave stevens, the character first appeared in 1982 and is a homage to the saturday matinee serial heroes from the 1930s through the 1950s. Rocketeer, the internet movie firearms database guns in. The rocketeer rescues a lady from falling, then lands in wet cement outside the theater, leaving his footprints in the cement before taking off again. The official movie adaptation, based on walt disneys 1991 feature film the. Downonhis luck aviator cliff secord finds an experimental jetpack, then is pursued by nazi agents intent on capturing the. The retro, rocketfueled superhero strikes a pose atop a building in this new premier collection resin statue, clearly in the style of creator dave stevens. If you like the rocketeer you are looking for exciting, stylized and semi serious movies about with superhero, good versus evil, adventure, flying man, family, nazi collaborator and treasure hunt themes of action, adventure and family genre shot in usa. A blog dedicated to scanning and posting cracked magazines and similar media. Visually elegant and fitfully exciting, the rocketeer suffers for its formulaic and occasionally vague plot.
The rocketeer the official movie adaptationhollywood comics. I wasnt around to enjoy it but its always struck a resonant chord in me when i glimpse it in movies or listen to. The rocketeer was one of my favorite movies as a kid and, having rewatched it recently, im pleased to say that it still holds up nicely. The rocketeer was more enduring than most indie heroes of his generation.