By: Marc Guggenheim, Peter David & Stan Sakai (story), Sandy Plunkett, Bill Sienkiewicz, Sakai & Arthur Adams (art), Jeromy Cox, Dave Stewart & John Rauch (colors) and Scott Dunbier (editor)
The Story: Another anthology of Rocketeer stories from top-shelf creative talent.
Review: If you enjoyed Rockteer Adventures last time around, IDW is back with another helping of Dave Stevens-inspired goodness. For those who don’t know, Dave Stevens created the Rocketeer character back in the 1980’s and even got a movie made of the character in the early 1990’s (which isn’t a half-bad movie, btw). Stevens tragically died of cancer in 2008 at the age of 53. Truly he was taken too soon, but one wrinkle when comic creators die is: What happens to their creator-owned material? We all know what happens to Marvel/DC characters when Jack Kirby or Joe Simon die, but it is different with creator-owned characters. Does anyone even have the right to legally publish the character? Will creators see it as (a) continuing the passion of a dearly departed colleague or (b) treading on the grave?
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