The Rocketeer, or Chekhov's Gum (Patreon)

Pulp Month continues here on Marvelous as we discuss a film that isn't an adaptation of an old character, but an adaptation of a comic that rode the same wave of serials revivalism as Star Wars and Indiana Jones: The Rocketeer. Join us as we discuss director Joe Johnston, comics artist Dan Dave Stevens, their overlapping career histories with Raiders of the Lost Ark, the battle to preserve the comic's ethos against the whims of Disney God-Emperor Michael Eisner, what makes a movie like this successful, and why it might have flopped in the fast-paced, rapidly evolving world of the 90s. Also in this episode: Bettie Page!