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Comics Scene Vol. 2 Covers (1990-91)
7th May 2021
Cliff Secord
Also known as the Rocketeer, Cliff Secord was a stunt pilot for Bigelow’s Air Show and superhero who appeared in the 1991 Disney film The Rocketeer and in a cameo in the 2019 Disney Jr Show The Rocketeer, both based on the 1980s comic book of the same name. In the film set in the 1930s, Cliff discovers a mysterious jetpack and uses it to beat up some Nazis and becomes a superhero dubbed The Rocketeer. By the time of The Rocketeer (2019) Cliff has long since passed (as it is set in the modern day) and it is shown that he settled down and had a family as his great-granddaughter Kit became the new Rocketeer.
In the Disney Parks, a ‘roastie-toastie’ can be found of him at a popcorn cart in Tomorrowland at Disneyland Park. In Walt Disney World however, at Jock Lindsey’s Hangar Bar, it’s shown that Jock Lindsey knew Cliff Secord as there are pictures of the two together and there is a poster for Bigelow’s Air Circus. This connects Cliff Secord to the Society of Explorers and Adventurers.
He is also a playable character in Disney Heroes: Battle Mode.
