James Bond: Black Box #1

James Bond: Black Box #1

by Benjamin Percy, Rapha Lobosco (Artist)

Black Box Part One – Whiteout. The next epic adventure for 007 kicks off in the snowbound French Alps, where Bond finds himself in the crosshairs of an assassin who targets other assassins. This is the first puzzle piece in a larger adrenaline-fueled mystery that will send Bond across the globe to investigate a digital breach that threatens global security.

Genres: Comics, Thriller, Graphic Novels

31 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 1, 2017

About the author

Benjamin Percy is the author of seven novels -- most recently The Sky Vault (William Morrow) -- three short fiction collections, and a book of essays, Thrill Me, that is widely taught in creative writing classrooms. He writes Wolverine, X-Force, and Ghost Rider for Marvel Comics. His fiction and nonfiction have been published in Esquire (where he is a contributing editor), GQ, Time, Men's Journal, Outside, the Wall Street Journal, Tin House, and the Paris Review. His honors include an NEA fellowship, the Whiting Writer's Award, the Plimpton Prize, two Pushcart Prizes, the iHeart Radio Award for Best Scripted Podcast, and inclusion in Best American Short Stories and Best American Comics.

Reviews

[Stacy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lives up to Bond-quality storytelling. The art is good. Bond's behaviour is what we'd expect. The plot is not complicated. I quite enjoyed the dialogue and while I found the cliff-hanger to be predictable, it fits the trope so well I was glad to see it.

[Babs · Rating 2 out of 5]

Another Bond comic. Opening chase. Check. New mission from M. Check. Tooling up with Q check. "Exotic" location. Check.
Yawn.

[Casey Anderson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eh.

[itchy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Won't that EMP watch fry the smarter smartphone, too?

[Simon Harper · Rating 3 out of 5]

Looks great, intriguing set-up, much less keen on the dialogue. Promising start, though.

[David Dalton · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoy these James Bond thrillers. The 5 to 6 issues arcs are just about right to get involved in a story. Great villains, spies, and plots. Forgot to add this into the system last month, on to issue #2.