Product Overview
This is the definitive guide to Commando Cody The Rocket Man, star of a series of serials from Republic Pictures. The book, 145 pages, is divided into 12 chapters: 1 - The Cliffhangers (Introduction to the genre) 2 - A Coffin For Rocket Man (Tristram Coffin cast in role) 3 - King of the Rocket Men (The first Rocket Man serial) 4 - Blast Off! ( How they made the Rocket Man fly) 5 - Radar Men from The Moon (Second serial) 6 - The Iron Executioner (A klunky, retro-cool robot) 7 - Zombies of the Stratosphere (Third serial) 8 - Commando Cody Sky Marshall (Rocket Man TV series) 9 - The Rocketeer (Dave Stevens comic character) 10 - Captain Proton (Star Trek meets Rocket Man) 11 - Rocketman Secrets (Behind the scenes) 12 - Filmography (Names, dates, chapter titles) The book is jam-packed with photos, mostly full page photos. There are more than 200 of them! Basically, every known photo of Rocket Man, and many previously unknown! Page after page of pictures. The book is really more or less a photo-book -- but there's also plenty of text that presents a revealing history of the serials and the character, complete with rare quotes from all the actors who played him. The entire book (except a brief section in the back, with the movie posters) is in glorious black and white, like the serials! In terms of layout, the book is similar to the old FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND film book articles. Old-style boxy layout throughout. No modern silhouettes or collages. No obvious use of Photoshop. It's a period piece that could have been produced in the 1950s. IMPORTANT NOTE: This is the second edition of this book, correcting numerous technical problems with the first edition, improving photo quality and adding several color pages featuring the Rocket Man serial posters. Bottom line: Anyone who loves Rocket Man or old movie cliffhangers will LOVE this book! It really is one of a kind, because there is no other book like it. It's truly the DEFINITIVE Rocket Man book.
