This out-of-print deluxe slipcased hardcover edition has a large 8.25 x 12.25 page format AND an additional 128 pages not included in the trade edition. The additional pages reproduce Stevens' story notes, sketches, character designs, page layouts, other preliminary art, and fine photographic reproductions of selected finished pages (the better to appreciate Stevens' artwork).

From the publisher:

Take flight with Cliff and Betty in this beautiful oversized collection that features the orginal complete comics saga!

This long-out-of-print collection, and Eisner-award winner for best design, features the entire Rocketeer saga by Dave Stevens, plus more than 100 pages of supplemental material--sketches, prelims, and tons more--giving new insight into the artist's thought processes as he was developing The Rocketeer! And all wrapped up in a lovely slipcase!

Dave Stevens' The Rocketeer burst onto the shelves of comic book shops 40 years ago! This beautifully illustrated and charming story features the adventures of down-and-out stunt pilot Cliff Secord after he finds an experimental jetpack. With the help of his closest friend and confidante Peevy, and the support (mostly) of his beautiful girlfriend Betty, Cliff takes to the skies in 1938 Los Angeles. Intrigue abounds as Cliff finds himself fighting enemy spies and nefarious criminals, all the while trying to keep his personal life with Betty from being waylaid by his double-life as The Rocketeer!