The Paradise Plot

James Bond comic strips #14

by Jim Lawrence

The legend continues! Stand by for two more adventures with the world’s greatest and most famous secret agent, James Bond, as some of his most thrilling missions are collected for the first time ever in a deluxe collectors’ library edition!

In this latest action-packed volume, Bond teams up with fellow 00 agent Suzi Kew once again on another sun-soaked escapade, The Paradise Plot. Not seen since its original publication in a British newspaper, this ultra rare adventure finally returns to print!

This new, never-before-collected edition also features Lawrence and McLusky’s rarely seen story Death Mask! Plus a new introduction by David Hedison (Live and Let Die) and an exclusive feature on rare James Bond comics from around the world!

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Fiction, Spy Thriller

104 pages, Paperback

First published July 8, 2008

About the author

Aka Hunter Adams, Victor Appleton II

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.

Reviews

[John Yelverton · Rating 2 out of 5]

Decent stories, though they felt more like bad movie serials than James Bond stories. I also could have done without the pornographic artwork.

[Timo · Rating 3 out of 5]

The longer Lawrence worked with Bond, the more tedious his work got. There are good moments, mostly with the rough art, but man those stories aren't so good most of the time.

[Michael P. · Rating 3 out of 5]

The stories are OK but John Mclusky's art is not very good and that matters.

[Holger Haase · Rating 3 out of 5]

Compilation of two of the James Bond newspaper comics: THE PARADISE PLOT and DEATHMASK. Average stories but unusual plots, at least for 007, as they have certain apparently supernatural elements in them: one about a messianic cult, the other about viral murders that totally deform the victims' facial features. Worth a read for a James Bond Fan but altogether not too memorable.

[Roy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I preffered these larger format books, obviously the strip s are bigger to read than the much smaller Omnibus reprints .Jim Lawrence returned as illustrater following the departure of Horak .

[Poonam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Compilation of The Paradise Plot and Death mask - two pure pulp fiction stories with sexy molls who wilfully sleep with Bond. This book had better print - large don't. Easier to read.