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James Bond comic strips
The James Bond Omnibus: Volume 004
The daring James Bond is back in a definitive bumper edition collecting the second period of Jim Lawrence's celebrated run in comic strip form!
Includes nine of Bond's most thrilling and dangerous missions: Trouble Spot, Isle of Condors, The League of Vampires, Die With My Boots On, The Girl Machine, Beware of Butterflies, The Nevsky Nude, The Phoenix Project and The Black Ruby Caper.
Includes nine of Bond's most thrilling and dangerous missions: Trouble Spot, Isle of Condors, The League of Vampires, Die With My Boots On, The Girl Machine, Beware of Butterflies, The Nevsky Nude, The Phoenix Project and The Black Ruby Caper.
288 pages, Paperback
First published November 6, 2012
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Jim Lawrence
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Jim Lawrence has written fiction extensively for both children and adults in a variety of media: books, magazine articles, film and radio scripts, and comic strips, including "decision" strips. He estimates that he has written some sixty books of fiction, many of them under pen names for series like Tom Swift Jr. and Nancy Drew. His radio credits include weekly scripts for Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, The Green Hornet, and Sky King. He has written for, and in some cases created and illustrated, the comic strips Dallas, Joe Palooka, Captain Easy, Friday Foster, and Buck Rogers. To date, he has authored two works of interactive fiction: Seastalker and Moonmist.
Jim Lawrence has written fiction extensively for both children and adults in a variety of media: books, magazine articles, film and radio scripts, and comic strips, including "decision" strips. He estimates that he has written some sixty books of fiction, many of them under pen names for series like Tom Swift Jr. and Nancy Drew. His radio credits include weekly scripts for Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, The Green Hornet, and Sky King. He has written for, and in some cases created and illustrated, the comic strips Dallas, Joe Palooka, Captain Easy, Friday Foster, and Buck Rogers. To date, he has authored two works of interactive fiction: Seastalker and Moonmist.
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October 31, 2023
Not bad with some good 007 action but very much reflective of 70s attitudes towards women which is a drawback.
July 31, 2020
Some good stories in this one that were not based on the original Fleming novels.
The manage to keep you entertained throughout and this volume especially has characters in multiple comics which builds storylines within the comics also.
The artwork has remained to a constant level and is above some of the other bond comics I have read in the past.
I would highly recommend this series to any bond fan or comics lover and I am looking forward to moving onto volume 005!
The manage to keep you entertained throughout and this volume especially has characters in multiple comics which builds storylines within the comics also.
The artwork has remained to a constant level and is above some of the other bond comics I have read in the past.
I would highly recommend this series to any bond fan or comics lover and I am looking forward to moving onto volume 005!
September 25, 2013
A lot of fun, and a strange mixture of the original books, the movies and the Swinging Sixties. The plots are clever, the artwork very action-oriented, and the girls quite delightful. It's a little odd having Bond call the girls "luv", though.
March 23, 2025
Nine stories that were first published in the Daily Express between December 1971 and July 1975 are collected in the James Bond Omnibus 004. The daily cartoon strip continued into the 1970s with a series of original adventures written by Jim Lawrence and excitingly illustrated by Yaroslav Horak, after the original Ian Fleming James Bond novels had run out completely.
Though they may not have the depth of some of Fleming's stories, Trouble Spot, Isle of Condors, The League of Vampires, Die with My Boots On, The Girl Machine, Beware of Butterflies, The Nevsky Nude, The Phoenix Project, and The Black Ruby Caper all have pacing that draws the reader in quickly and occasionally features scenes that resemble action scenes from Bond films.
The Nevsky Nude, in which Bond teams up with Bill Tanner and Miss Moneypenny to stop a kidnapping attempt by SMERSH on the Cornish Coast, is one of my favourites from this collection. The story is very much of its time but unusually keeps Bond based in England encountering hippies, a ghost of King Alfred and of course, a beautiful girl.
A few subtle innuendos can be found throughout the collection, and I found it difficult to accept that Bond would call girls "luv" and use the term "blimey"—these things just don't seem to fit the Bond persona that Fleming’s original books or the film series present. Though I only ever saw sporadic glimpses of the cartoon strips in the Daily Express as a child, it is wonderful to read and view these stories as whole entities and exquisitely laid out in this volume. Thoroughly recommended for fans of cartoon strips and of course, 007!
Though they may not have the depth of some of Fleming's stories, Trouble Spot, Isle of Condors, The League of Vampires, Die with My Boots On, The Girl Machine, Beware of Butterflies, The Nevsky Nude, The Phoenix Project, and The Black Ruby Caper all have pacing that draws the reader in quickly and occasionally features scenes that resemble action scenes from Bond films.
The Nevsky Nude, in which Bond teams up with Bill Tanner and Miss Moneypenny to stop a kidnapping attempt by SMERSH on the Cornish Coast, is one of my favourites from this collection. The story is very much of its time but unusually keeps Bond based in England encountering hippies, a ghost of King Alfred and of course, a beautiful girl.
A few subtle innuendos can be found throughout the collection, and I found it difficult to accept that Bond would call girls "luv" and use the term "blimey"—these things just don't seem to fit the Bond persona that Fleming’s original books or the film series present. Though I only ever saw sporadic glimpses of the cartoon strips in the Daily Express as a child, it is wonderful to read and view these stories as whole entities and exquisitely laid out in this volume. Thoroughly recommended for fans of cartoon strips and of course, 007!
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October 4, 2012See review here: http://pagesofnote.com/?p=9226
January 3, 2017
A British Secret Agents foils a number of dastardly plots.
I found this series of graphic short stories quite interesting, but they felt dated and some of the plots were a bit weak.
I found this series of graphic short stories quite interesting, but they felt dated and some of the plots were a bit weak.
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