Rocketeer references in popular culture Rocketeer

1 rocketeer references in popular culture

1.1 movies
1.2 comics
1.3 video games
1.4 songs
1.5 television

rocketeer references in popular culture
movies

disney produced rocketeer in 1991, directed joe johnston, , starring billy campbell, jennifer connelly, alan arkin, timothy dalton, paul sorvino , tiny ron taylor. film released on june 21, 1991 , received favorable reviews critics, although plans rocketeer sequels abandoned after poor box office performance. rocketeer creator dave stevens appears in cameo german test pilot killed during test of nazi rocket backpack.
as of 2017s, efforts have been made disney toward doing remake.

comics

the character gabe penny arcade webcomic confuses term racketeering rocketeering both satirical jab @ recent event , tribute rocketeer character.
eric canete s cover iron man: enter mandarin#1 pays homage rocketeer film s art deco-style theatrical poster.
the webcomic basic instructions features character rocket hat , battles moon men, clear reference republic pictures original rocket man , commando cody movie serials inspired dave stevens in creating rocketeer.

video games

the first officially licensed rocketeer game released nintendo entertainment system on may 1991. side-scrolling action game published , developed bandai, , followed plot of movie.
developer novalogic released licensed pc game in december 1991 published disney software. novalogic went on port game super nes in may 1992 igs publisher. both versions collection of minigames based on film.

songs

the song rocketeer foxy shazam homage film.

television

in amazing world of gumball s season 5 episode boredom , rocketeer s jet pack can seen in dumpster.




^ maltin 2000, p. 302.
^ brodesser-akner, claude. exclusive: disney s rocketeer being reloaded. vulture. august 21, 2012. retrieved: august 22, 2012.
^ penny arcade! - our old tricks
^ best shots extra: cap: chosen #1, iron man: enter mandarin #1, ms. marvel #19 - newsarama
^ example strip. squidgemag.com, february 2010. retrieved: october 21, 2010
^ gamefaqs: rocketeer (nes)