The Rocketeer: Race Against Crime--IDW Classic Collections FOC February 1, 2027

The Rocketeer takes to the skies to fight crime in this trio of stories that continue the high-flying, pulp-inspired adventures started by original creator Dave Stevens!Writer/artist Stephen Mooney takes the helm in this trilogy full of intrigue and action, collecting The Great Race, In the Den of Thieves, and The Rocketeer Breaks Free!In The Great Race, ace stunt pilot Cliff Secord has returned from his New York adventure to a West Coast steeped in paranoia over the looming war in Europe. Having finally had enough of his near-death scrapes as the high-flying Rocketeer, the only thing in Cliff’s crosshairs is the Great Race: a prestigious, winner-take-all air race that runs from California to France! Maybe it’s finally time to smarten up and fly straight, by taking his best girl, Betty, to Paris! But other parties want to win the race for their own nefarious ends, and Cliff will need to decide which prize is truly the most valuable.Then, the Rocketeer finds himself In the Den of Thieves! The pilot is grounded. After Cliff and Betty’s adventures in Europe, they return home with a busted rocket pack but a fixed relationship. They’re as happy as they’ve ever been…but paradise doesn’t last long! An elite band of Nazis, foiled in the past by their attempts to construct their own rocket packs, decide on a new tactic: kidnapping the only person who can enable them to create their very