IDW Publishing announced a hardcover edition collecting the entire Rocketeer series for the first time, due originally in October 2009. "Dave Steven's The Rocketeer, The Complete Adventures" would contain all-new coloring by Laura Martin who was chosen by Dave Stevens before his untimely death. The book finally appeared in December of that year in two separate states: a trade hardcover edition with full color dust jacket and a second, more lavish, deluxe hardcover edition () of 3000 copies. The deluxe edition sold out almost immediately upon publication, and IDW announced a second printing.