Schedule Monthly Publication date May – August 1985 Inker(s) Al Gordon Writer Bill Mantlo Publisher Marvel Comics | Format Limited series Number of issues 4 Main character Rocket Raccoon Penciller Mike Mignola | |
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Genre Science fiction
Comics series featuring anthropomorphism Similar Annihilation: Conquest, Marvel Preview, Marvel 1985, Annihilation, Tales to Astonish | ||
Rocket Raccoon was a four-issue comic book limited series that was published in 1985 and featuring the eponymous character. It was written by Bill Mantlo, penciled by Mike Mignola and inked by Al Gordon (Issue # 3 was inked by Al Milgrom). All covers by Mignola and Gordon. The series took place on half world where Rocket and his anthropomorphic allies fought killer clowns with lethal juggling balls and deadly unicycles and who spoke in a stilted language full of alliteration and rhyme.
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Publication history
This series was reprinted as backup stories in the 1980s Transformers (Marvel UK) series. In November, 2008, the Rocket Raccoon limited series was reprinted in the Annihilation Classic books.
Plot synopsis
Rocket and his animal companions were genetically manipulated animals with human level intelligence and a bipedal body construction. They were created to be caretakers of the inmates (or "loonies") on the verdant side of halfworld. Rocket was a guard who protected the colony against various threats.
Rocket and his friends ultimately cured the inmates of their mental illnesses and then took off into space for their own adventures.
Issues
Marvel Age, #25 (April 1985): had a preview of the mini-series and featured Rocket Raccoon on the cover.
- "Rocket Raccoon/Animal Crackers"—May 1985
- "The Masque of the Red Breath"—June 1985
- "The Book of Revelations"—July 1985
- "The Age of Enlightenment"—August 1985
In other media
Collected editions
The story was collected in a single volume as an introduction to the early appearances of a number of the characters appearing in the "Annihilation" storyline: