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  • Rocketeer/The Spirit - Pulp Friction! #4



    Released by: IDW Comics
    Released on: December 11, 2013
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    More of a love letter to some titans from comics' Golden Age, the pairing of Cliff Secord and Denny Colt still works well in a fun homage kind of way.

    The story here has The Spirit trying to convince Secord's girlfriend, Betty, to not murder him as he's tied up and she's under the mind control of Spirit nemesis, The Octopus. And, being The Spirit, he's able to break that control and bring the dame about to her senses. Meanwhile, The Rocketeer is in the unfamiliar climes of Central City but the local cops know he's in league with The Spirit and help him out - despite his misgivings at discovering that The Spirit is, indeed, a dead man.

    Betty and The Spirit have some goons to fight but The Rocketeer and the cops soon arrive, capturing the goons and all the special equipment The Octopus left behind. All this action allow the two heroes to bond a bit better, with The Rocketeer getting his own Spirit-style mask to hide his identity while he's not wearing his trademark headgear. The good guys discover that all this equipment uses TV transmissions for teleportation and mind control and it's all owned by the evil Trask. Worse, Trask is setting up a television interview with President Roosevelt at that very moment…

    The heroes are able to utilize this technology against the villains, though, and soon have carted the President off to safety. They discover his secret in doing so - that he's in the early stages of the polio that would confine him to a wheelchair. But with the rocket pack strapped to him Roosevelt's able to kick some Nazi butt along with the main heroes. However, the Prez also thinks that Secord's invention is US property until Secord reminds him that, now, they've got secrets on each other.

    Light, fun, with clear respect for the original source material of the characters Mark Waid's story is a great new time with some classics. And the artwork from J. Bone captures the innocent, kinetic style of those old comic strips excellently.
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