When Was the Rocketeer Created?

Drawing on the Commando Cody movie serials of the 1950s and pulp novels of the 1930s, Stevens created the Rocketeer and his world as a beautifully rendered homage to a more innocent age. The story, set in 1938, begins when a pair of criminals hide a stolen rocket pack in the cockpit of stunt pilot Cliff Secord's plane.

Who created the Rocketeer?

Dave Stevens, the comic book artist and commercial illustrator who created the hero the Rocketeer and was famous for his '50s-pinup-style renderings of women, died in Turlock, Calif., on March 10. He was 52.

How old is the Rocketeer?

The Rocketeer began as a comic series in 1982 by author-artist Dave Stevens as an homage to 1930s adventure serials.

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