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    The Rocketeer At 25: Revisiting An Underrated Comic Book Movie Classic

    Johnston has notably returned to comic book fare in more recent years, directing 2011’s ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ for Marvel – and there can be little question in anyone’s mind that ‘The Rocketeer’ was his main calling card for that particular job. The films are of course very far removed in tone and content – but both are hugely faithful to the spirit of their source material, so much so that it’s almost as if the character literally leapt off the page and onto the screen.