Dave Stevens pulled off a miracle here: a story of a Depression-era, pre-WWII "superhero" that is funny without being precious, exciting without being manipulative, and just damn beautiful to look at. The film version wasn't bad (Billy Campbell of THE 4400, and the first screen appearance of Jennifer "The Hulk" Connolly!), but the comic is actually better. MUCH better, and charming as all get-out.

The Rocketeer had its interesting "moments", but it could have been much better.

Comic artist Dave Stevens is very talented but it's been said that he's supposedly been very ill for the last few years and has kept out of the public eye, because of. No one knows if he'll ever resurface again.