War of the Rocket Men

War of the Rocket Men was a proposed animated television series that would have been headed by John Semper Jr. and would have reunite all of the major cast members from Spider-Man: The Animated Series. As of 2018 it appears that all plans for War of the Rocket Men have been canceled.

Synopsis[]

During World War II the Rocket Men were a secret squadron protecting the skies of America from spies, saboteurs and other agents of destruction. They employed a top-secret technology that allowed man to defy gravity with the aid of a futuristic jetpack. They were the Rocket Men, and theirs was a battle no history book has yet to record. But when a band of fliers armed with a similar Nazi technology threatens to invade the U.S.A., a secret was ensuing that threatens freedom and democracy. And as airmen take to the skies to stage this battle of the millennium, thus begins the. . . WAR OF THE ROCKETMEN!

Cast[]

Christopher Daniel Barnes as Schuyler "Sky" King
Ed Asner
Sara Ballantine
Jennifer Hale
Gregg Berger
Rodney Saulsberry
Gary Imhoff
Patrick Labyorteaux
Lawrence Mandley

Trivia[]

War of the Rocket Men is a proposed animated series that will be wholly financed by crowdfunding, with a campaign that began on April 27, 2016.

The crowd funding ended on June 12, 2016, and a total of $17,655.00 was raised giving John Semper Jr. enough money to create a presentation for the pilot.

War of the Rocket Men would have been based off the 1949 movie serial King of the Rocket Men.

The movie The Rocketeer is also an inspiration for War of the Rocket Men. Coincidentally the star of The Rocketeer, Billy Campbell, was considered for the role of Spider-Man before Christopher Daniel Barnes was cast in the role.

Frank Grau was asked to design the characters of War of the Rocket Men in the style of the 1940s Superman cartoons which were produced by Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios.
Comic book artist Will Meugniot drew a birthday card for John Semper Jr. which combines Spider-Man with War of the Rocket Men, and Jay Jay the Jet Plane which Semper developed and produced for PBS preschool television.