The legend continues! Stand by for more adventures with the world's greatest secret agent, as some of his most thrilling missions are collected for the first time ever! When Bond is called in to investigate a mysterious 'box' which has gone missing after the murder of its owner, Mike Channing, he becomes involved with a beautiful, deadly young adventuress - and the nefarious Baron Sharck! Can 007 avoid betrayal and death while persuading Channing's blind wife that he is her husband? This new, never-before-collected edition also includes "Isle of Condors", "The League of Vampires" and "Die With My Boots On"! It also contains a new introduction by Bond girl, Martine Beswicke ("From Russia With Love"), and exclusive feature material about the Bond girls!
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The newspaper strips in this handsome British import deserve reprinting in themselves, besides demonstrating Bond's continuing potency as a cultural icon. After running out of novels to adapt into comics, the Daily Express had its crew of writer Lawrence and artist Horak create original adventures. The four tales gathered here, originally published in 1971–1973, offer solid storytelling and above-average art that was much more detailed than anyone who saw the strips on cheap newsprint could have imagined. They look good, and "Isle of Condors" and "The League of Vampires" are as loopily entertaining as recent films in the series. To be sure, Bond is a lesser strip than its quirkily original contemporary rival Modesty Blaise. Bond himself isn't so much a distinctive character as a container into which male readers can pour their fantasies. However, Lawrence's scripts efficiently set up the reliable mix of over-the-top villains, underclothed damsels in distress and clever-looking puzzles for suave, hypercompetent Agent 007 to solve. Horak's art presents baddies, babes and Bond with a sophisticated, brisk style that is a pleasure to read. The formula works, and this lovingly produced album shows how much fun vintage Bond still can be. (Jan.)
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"A cracking graphic novel." - SFX Magazine"
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Good Read but with out the latest thrills,
This review is from: James Bond: Trouble Spot (Paperback)
This book is a collection of four short stories which appeared as comic strips on news papers, and they don't feature latest thrills you might be used if you are a fan of bond from recent movies. I thought James Bond is more gullible and probably lacked basic trust skills in these stories, he picked up these skills later , usual with beautiful girls always in most parts. Its classic Bond set in the 50-70 the stories are simple, with a decent plots which seem to be same from one story to another but still offer a good read. Certainly recommend to any one who likes bond and graphic novels.
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