Rocketeers (comics)

The Rocketeers is a fictional organization appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Rocketeers
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceDaredevil #131 (March 1976)
Dire Wraith version:
Rom #21 (August 1981)
Created byMarv Wolfman
Bob Brown

Fictional organization history

The Rocketeers are beings who wear special costumes with rockets on their backs, enabling the wearers to fly. The Rocketeers also fire rockets as weapons from portable launching equipment they carry. The Rocketeers' costumes and equipment were designed by the Dire Wraiths for use against the Spaceknights of Galador. The Rocketeers' costumes are, however, inferior imitations of their prototype, which was worn by the Torpedo until his death.

The first group of Rocketeers was a collection of human criminals who were unwittingly being used by the Dire Wraiths to test the costumes.[1] Later, Dire Wraiths in human form wore the costumes themselves.[2]

gollark: I duplicate ubq's liver, d6.
gollark: Wouldn't that be hard and require high scores?
gollark: I don't trust them. What if it's a trap?
gollark: Why should we trust the bartender with the macguffin?
gollark: Oh, so RANDOM BARTENDERS can be trusted with ULTIMATE COSMIC POWER which the nice goblins said was bad?

References
  1. Daredevil #131
  2. Rom #21
  • Rocketeers at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe


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