The Rocketeer remains for me to be one of the most re-watchable superhero movies ever made. One big reason is the absolutely beautiful score by composer James Horner. Horner created many great soundtracks (Titanic, Braveheart, Avatar, Aliens, Legends of the Fall and on and on), but The Rocketeer's is my favorite. You can tell how well regarded it is by the fact that it is often used as a temp track for trailers of movies that do not have their own scores completed yet.
The Rocketeer met Cap along with the res of The Invaders back in STF #2206...
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"Who Bombed L.A.?"
I'll say...a nullatronically brainwashed Roy Lincoln.*
*Alias the Human Bomb (formerly of Uncle Sam's Freedom Fighters).
I love the Rocketeer, but his helmet looks a little off-the-shoulder here. Maybe he's trying to pull it off. Still, Cap looks suitably sombre.
Just checked out the earlier cover with the Invaders. Great. The Rocketeer looks a lot more on the ball there. Rocketing merrily.
This would've been a perfect cover to post on the 11th. Seriously -- like Superman, the Rocketeer is one of those "second level" patriotic heroes who doesn't use an "all-American" theme but still defends and protects the country with no less passion or dedication.
Regardless, I can see some LA-based heroes like She-Hulk* or Blue Devil joining in this investigation. It might even warrant a follow-up issue.
*Congratulations to Tatiana Maslany on recently being cast in this role. Having seen her deservedly award-winning performances on Orphan Black, I have no doubt that she'll be fantastic.
Time then or time now? Hard to tell by the cover alone.
Music themes reused is always a real surprise depending on how long after it first went to consumer experience. Superman's theme still in use 42 years later? Star Trek's opening notes still in use on new projects. There was a show, Bristol County Jr, that sees it's theme used for promos during the Olympics. Some music was connected to a project that was worth its creation. People may not know its origin, but those notes maintain a strong response.
I'll say...time then. As this could very well be a sequel to STF #2084!
This being one of the very few times I will admit (however reluctantly) that Carycomic is right!
Down there to the left of the Rocketeer's left foot--is that Mjolnir?
you nailed it.
Could still be in the 1940's. There was a Golden Age Thor who's now public domain. But, he was originally published by Ajax-Farrell Comics!
More likely it's the mid-60s, late in the Rocketeer's active career.
Or, early in the career of Bill Secord, Junior.
P.S.---Wait a minute! I just got it. It wasn't the Human Bomb who blew up L.A. It was...Thor of Asgard!!
He was compelled to do it (at the cliff-hanger "end" of STF #3074) by T-bolt on the orders of a mind-controlled Johnny Thunder. But, who was the mind controller in question?
The Voice (of Red Skull's Skeleton Crew)!!!
But, wasn't it Loki who was zapping Thor, via Johnny's Thunderbolt, on the cover of STF #3074?
Merely an android double of Loki remotely controlled by Machinesmith.*
*The Skeleton Crew's resident bio-electric consciousness (nee Samuel Saxon).
On a lighter note; how about the Rocketeer meeting Rocket Raccoon?
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