Newspaper Comic Strips (1958 – 1983)

SERIES ONE (1958 – 1962)

Casino Royale

• Daily Express.
• 7 July 1958 to 13 December 1958
• Series 1, strips 1-138
• Writer: Anthony Hearn. Artist: John McLusky
• Plot: Adaptation of the Ian Fleming novel.

Live And Let Die

• Daily Express
• 15 December 1958 to 28 March 1959
• Series 1, strips 139 – 225
• Writer: Henry Gammidge. Artist: John McLusky
• Plot: Adaptation of the Ian Fleming novel.

Moonraker

• Daily Express
• 30 March 1959 to 8 August 1959
• Series 1, strips 226 – 339
• Writer: Henry Gammidge. Artist: John McLusky
• Plot: Adaptation of the Ian Fleming novel.

Diamonds Are Forever

• Daily Express
• 8 October 1959 to 30 January 1960
• Series 1, strips 340 – 487
• Writer: Henry Gammidge. Artist: John McLusky
• Plot: Adaptation of the Ian Fleming novel.

From Russia With Love

• Daily Express
• 3 February 1960 to 21 May 1960
• Series 1, strips 488 – 583
• Writer: Henry Gammidge. Artist: John McLusky
• Plot: Adaptation of the Ian Fleming novel.

Doctor No

• Daily Express
• 23 May 1960 to 1 October 1960
• Series 1, strips 584 – 697
• Writer: Peter O’Donnell. Artist: John McLusky
• Plot: Adaptation of the Ian Fleming novel.

Goldfinger

• Daily Express
• 10 October 1960 to 1 April 1961
• Series 1, strips 698 – 849
• Writer: Henry Gammidge. Artist: John McLusky
• Plot: Adaptation of the Ian Fleming novel.

Risico

• Daily Express
• 3 April 1961 to 24 June 1961
• Series 1, strips 850 – 921
• Writer: Henry Gammidge. Artist: John McLusky
• Plot: Adaptation of the Ian Fleming short story.

From A View To A Kill

• Daily Express
• 25 June 1961 to 9th September 1961
• Series 1, strips 922 – 987
• Writer: Henry Gammidge. Artist: John McLusky
• Plot: Adaptation of the Ian Fleming short story.

For Your Eyes Only

• Daily Express
• 11 September 1961 to 9 December 1961
• Series 1, strips 988 – 1065
• Writer: Henry Gammidge. Artist: John McLuskyPlot:
• Adaptation of the Ian Fleming short story.

Thunderball

• Daily Express
• 12th December 1961 to 10 February 1962
• Series 1, strips 1066 – 1128
• Writer: Henry Gammidge. Artist: John McLusky
• Plot: Adaptation of the Ian Fleming novel.

SERIES TWO (1964 – 1966)

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

• Daily Express
• 29 June 1964 to 17 May 1965
• Series 2, strips 1 – 274
• Writer: Henry Gammidge. Artist: John McLusky
• Plot: Adaptation of the Ian Fleming novel.

You Only Live Twice

• Daily Express
• 18 May 1965 to 8 January 1966
• Series 2, strips 275 – 475
• Writer: Henry Gammidge. Artist: John McLusky
• Plot: Adaptation of the Ian Fleming novel.

SERIES THREE (1966 – 1977)

The Man With The Golden Gun

• Daily Express
• 10 January 1966 to 10 September 1966
• Series 3, strips 1 – 209
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: Adaptation of the Ian Fleming novel.

The Living Daylights

• Daily Express
• 12 September 1966 to 12 November 1966
• Series 3, strips 210 – 263
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: Adaptation of the Ian Fleming short story.

Octopussy

• Daily Express
• 14 November 1966 to 27 May 1967
• Series 3, strips 264 – 428
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: Adaptation of the Ian Fleming short story.

The Hildebrand Rarity

• Daily Express
• 29 May 1967 to 16 December 1967
• Series 3, strips 429 – 602
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: Adaptation of the Ian Fleming short story.

The Spy Who Loved Me

• Daily Express
• 18 December 1967 to 3 October 1968
• Series 3, strips 603 – 815
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: Bond is sent to Canada to investigate a series of espionage attempts related to the development of a new jet. He uncovers a connection to SPECTRE but his lead is killed in a firefight. Heading out of Canada he travels through the USA and stops at a hotel where he encounters a Viviene Michaels. – The rest of the strip from this point is a straight adaption of the last third of Ian Fleming’s novel The Spy Who Loved Me. [SWLMcs]

The Harpies

• Daily Express
• 4 October 1968 to 23 June 1969
• Series 3, strips 815 – 1037
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: Dr John Phineus, inventor of the Q-Ray is kidnapped by The Harpies, a gang of female villains who use hang gliders and rocket packs. Bond infiltrates the operations of Phineus’s chief rival, Simon Nero, by posing as a corrupt police officer Mike Hazard and gaining employment as the new Head of Security. With the help of Nero’s daughter he uncovers Nero’s connections to The Harpies and rescues Phineus [HARPcs].

River of Death

• Daily Express
• 24 June 1969 to 29 November 1969
• Series 3, strips 1038 – 1174
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: Bond is assigned to investigate a series of bizarre murders apparently committed by trained animals. Tracing one of the animals, a howler monkey, to its place of origin, Bond ends up in Rio DeJanerio where he learns another 00 agent has been killed. All clues point to the sadistic biochemist known as Dr. Cat who has been spotted working deep in the jungle. Bond teams up with native-American CIA agent Kitty Redwing. The two are kidnapped and tortured by Dr. Cat but manage to escape and release the nerve gas that Dr. Cat was working on [RODcs].

Colonel Sun

• Daily Express
• 1 December 1969 to 20 August 1970
• Series 3, strips 1175 – 1393
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: Adaptation of the Kingsley Amis continuation novel.

The Golden Ghost

• Daily Express
• 21 August 1970 to 16 January 1971
• Series 3, strips 1394 – 1519
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: Living up to the “extortion” part of their name, SPECTRE offers the British Secret Service information about a plot against the new nuclear powered airship The Golden Ghost. Their price? One million pounds and James Bond as hostage. Bond agrees and goes to Cannes to meet his SPECTRE contact. The SPECTRE agent is killed and tries to leave Bond a clue to the plot. Following various clues Bond eventually gets himself a place on the airship’s maiden voyage. All the passengers are drugged and awake to find themselves and the airship held hostage on a deserted island by Felix Bruhl, another SPECTRE agent. Bruhl throws Bond to the sharks as an example, but using a concealed knife Bond escapes. Bond and Bruhl eventually face off in a brutal battle on board the airborne ship from which Bruhl falls to his death [GGHOSTcs].

Fear Face

• Daily Express
• 18 January 1971 to 20 April 1971
• Series 3, strips 1520 – 1596
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: Briony Thorne, the former 0013 and Bond’s former lover, returns to London where she is suspected of having been turned by the Chinese secret service. Thorne declares her innocence but the only person who believes her is Bond. She claims to have been framed by a man names Kress who has connections to Magnus Mining and someone called Lambert. Their investigations uncover that Lambert has perfected a series of faceless robots and that they plan to use them to set up a fake robery of maps of ore strikes that Magnus’ company have found, he won’t profit from them and wants to sell the maps. However, one of the robots has killed a stripper, and Kress is using that as leverage to sell the plans to whichever foreign power will pay the most [FFcs].

Double Jeopardy

• Daily Express
• 21 April 1971 to 28 August 1971
• Series 3, strips 1597 – 1708
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: A New York museum art director steals his own paintings, while in Paris a French industrialist steals his own company, then both die in mysterious circumstances. Meanwhile the wife of a top Ministry of Defence official is blackmailed into spying. In order to divert attention from his wife, the MoD official shots himself. Bond is assigned to investigate the shooting and the blackmailer is revealed as an agent of SPECTRE.  Bond’s investigations lead him to Morocco where he uncovers SPECTRE’s plans to replace certain key people with surgically altered body doubles [DJcs].

Starfire

• Daily Express
• 30 August 1971 to 24 December 1971
• Series 3, strips 1709 – 1809
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: Several people who have openly criticized “Lord Astro” the leader of a hippie cult, are mysteriously killed by fireballs that seem to be called down from the skies. One of the people killed is a CIA agent, so Bond is assigned to investigate. The investigations lead him to an electronics expert named Quantrill who seems to have some connection to each victim. It turns out that Quantrill had once sold secrets to the Russians and is now a SPECTRE operative. Bond trails Quantrill to a family party and manages to lure him outside and plant one of Quantrill’s own homing devices, used to summon the deadly fireballs, which are a radio controlled toy plane with a fluorescent helium balloon containing devices on top, on him [STARFcs].

Trouble Spot

• Daily Express
• 28 December 1971 to 10 June 1972
• Series 3, strips 1810 – 1951
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: Bond has been set on the trail of a mysterious box and impersonates an agent called Mike Channing to try and track it down. Channing’s girlfriend reveals that she believes Channing’s blind wife may have it. They head for California in search of Mrs. Channing, closely pursued by a Russian commissar who also wants the box. Bond decides to try and convince Folly Channing that he is her husband by imitating his voice as she was blind when she married. The only positive identification he has for Mrs. Channing is a birthmark on her backside. Luckily for Bond, Folly Channing lives in a nudist colony! After convincing Folly that he is her husband, Bond recovers the box only to be confronted by the Russian. A shoot out occurs and Bond kills the commissar. The box turns out to contain the skull of a Russian double agent as proof of his death [TScs].

Isle of Condors

• Daily Express
• 12 June 1972 to 21 October 1972
• Series 3, strips 1952 – 2065
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: While in Italy on the trail of a Belgian woman who stole NATO secrets, Bond encounters a nude woman on horseback who claims she is escaping kidnappers.  Amazingly Bond returns her to the villa where she claims she was being held prisoner and is then promptly drugged by its owners, the Gallews. Searching Bond’s papers, the Gallews find a photo of the Belgian female spy. Panicked, they head for the nearby island of a man called Uccelli who runs a school for female spies. One downside to the school is that after completing a mission the girls are fed alive to Uccelli’s pet condors. In the show down confrontation, Bond manages to spray Uccelli with the homing scent he uses to attract the birds, and leaves him to his fate [IOCcs].

League of Vampires

• Daily Express
• 25 October 1972 to 28 February 1973
• Series 3, strips 2066 – 2172
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: A vampire cult that is growing across Europe seems to be linked to a series of mysterious deaths, including one of an MI6 agent. MI6 are alerted by shipping magnate Xerxes Xerophanos that his wife may be in the process of being recruited by the vampire cult. Bond infiltrates a cult ceremony where Margo Xerophanos is to be the victim. Bond deciphers that Xerxes is behind the cult and is trying to get her killed so he can inherit her fortune. He also plans to kill off her father using a tactical nuclear missile launched from one of his ships. Bond manages to persuade the crew to mutiny, foiling the plan [LOVcs].

Die With My Boots On

• Daily Express
• 1 March 1973 to 18 June 1973
• Series 3, strips 2173 – 2256
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: The Mafia are after a new British developed sedative that has been found to have psychedelic properties and is growing in use as a recreational drug. It also leaves the user impervious to pain. Bond is sent to New York to find the niece of the drug’s inventor and keep the Mafia from getting hold of her [DWMBOcs].

The Girl Machine

• Daily Express
• 19 June 1973 to 3 December 1973
• Series 3, strips 2257 – 2407
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: Britain wishes to install the Emir of Hajar on the throne and overthrow his uncle in order to secure oil rights. However the Secret Service must first find out where the Emir is being held. Clues lead Bond to a man called Rashid in Las Palmas, but he is killed before 007 can get information from him. Bond then tries Rashid’s sister who turns out to be one of the wives of the regent holding the Emir.  Bond is smuggled into Hajar in the titular, girl machine, a large cabinet filled with scents, alcohol and blue movies that was meant to be a bribe for the regent. Bond eventually contacts Rashid’s sister, rescues the Emir and the three flee for the border [GIRLMcs].

Beware Of Butterflies

• Daily Express
• 4 December 1973 to 11 May 1974
• Series 3, strips 2408 – 2541
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: Bond and new 00 agent Suzi Kew are assigned to kill an agent of the Butterfly spy network in Paris, which they do. On leave in Jamaica afterwards, Bond is kidnapped and brain washed. Suzi Kew is assigned to go after Bond and finds him amnesiac in Jamaica. His memory restored by the Secret Service, he infiltrates the Butterfly network and kills Attila, the head of the network [BOBcs].

Nevsky Nude

• Daily Express
• 13 May 1974 to 21 September 1974
• Series 3, strips 2542 – 2655
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: MI6 receive a tip off about something called “Operation Nevsky.” Following the lead Bond arrives in Sussex where he is surprised by a nude woman descending in a parachute. The woman and a Russian agent are killed in an exchange of gun fire. Shortly afterwards a renegade aristocrat claims to broadcast a message from King Arthur and ghostly knights are seen in Cornwall. It all turns out to be a SMERSH backed plot to kidnap the Secretary of State for Defence and hustle him away via submarine [NNcs].

The Phoenix Project

• Daily Express
• 23 September 1974 to 18 February 1975
• Series 3, strips 2656 – 2780
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: The Phoenix Project is a new suit of armor that will render the wearer impenetrable to bullets, grenades or fire. During a test it goes wrong and the wearer is killed. Investigations lead Bond to Istanbul and an arms dealer named Kazim. Bond manages to work his way into Kazim’s inner circle before his cover is blown and he has to escape using a fully functioning version of The Phoenix Project armor [PPROJcs].

The Black Ruby Caper

• Daily Express
• 19 February 1975 to 15 July 1975
• Series 3, strips 2781 – 2897
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: Bond is sent after a bomber called Herr Rubin, aka Mr. Ruby, and tricks Ruby into believing that his girlfriend is helping Bond. Ruby escapes and resurfaces in Ghana where he has recruited a sculptor named Roscoe Carver, who had once been hunted by the FBI, to build a hollow statue in which Ruby can plant another bomb. Carver’s daughter and a beautiful model team up to help Bond by luring Ruby into a trap where Bond kills him by pouring molten metal over him [BRCcs].

Till Death Do Us Part

• Daily Express
• 17 July 1975 to 14 October 1975
• Series 3, strips 2898 – 2983
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: Bond is sent out to seduce Ardra Petrich the daughter of an ex MI6 agent in Eastern Europe, with the intention of getting her to return to Britain. Her married lover also believes that she knows her father’s secrets and offers to sell her to the KGB [TDDUPcs].

Torch Time Affair

• Daily Express
• 15 October 1975 to 15 January 1976
• Series 3, strips 2984 – 3060
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: Bond is sent to locate agent Tim Hurst who is meant to be in possession of Torch-Time, a document time tabling various subversive acts. The trail leads to a deserted beach in Acapulco where, instead of Hurst, he finds a woman buried in the sand up to her neck. Bond resuces the woman, Carmen Perez, who says she was lured to the beach by a known SMERSH agent. Hurst’s body turns up in Mexico City along with an empty tape recorder. Various clues lead Bond to realize that Carmen is an enemy agent also after the tape [TTAcs].

Hot Shot

• Daily Express
• 16 January 1976 to 1 June 1976
• Series 3, strips 3061 – 3178
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: Bond teams up with Fatima Khalid, a Palestinian freedom fighter, to investigate the Elbis terrorist group who appear to be responsible for several aircraft midair explosions. The Elbis group is lead by a man known only as Huliraya. Huliraya means King Tiger and a string of tiger themed deaths lead Bond and Fatima to uncover the truth – Huliraya is in fact Dr. Julius No! Dr. No plans to use a giant parabolic mirror that can focus the sun’s rays to destroy a plane carrying the US Secretary of State. The ray-gun is mounted on board a super tanker, but Bond gets on board and destroys the tanker before the weapon can be fired [HScs].

Nightbird

• Daily Express
• 2 June 1976 to 4 November 1976
• Series 3, strips 3179 – 3312
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: An old girl friend of Bond’s is apparently kidnapped by “Martians” and killed before a ransom can be paid. As Bond investigates, one of his informants is killed and several other people are abducted by the strange looking creatures.  Bond eventually traces the various clues to film producer Ferdinand Polgar. Bond befriends Polgar’s girl friend who leads him to the producer’s villa on Sardinia where the kidnap victims are being held [NBRDcs].

Ape of Diamonds

• Daily Express
• 5 November 1976 to 22 January 1977
• Series 3, strips 3312 – 3437
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artists: Yaroslav Horak (strips 3312-3380 / Neville Colvin (strips 3381-3437)
• Plot: The Secret Service are sent a film showing a gorilla attacking a woman accompanied by an “Ape of Diamonds” playing card. Another ape kidnaps an Arab dignitary in London and Bond is assigned to find out what’s going on. The woman in the film is identified and Bond travels to Egypt to ask questions at the game park where she worked.  Here he meets the woman’s sister who admits she uses trained gorillas to assassinate people, and Bond offers her a job!! [AODcs].

SERIES FOUR (1977 – 1979?)

When The Wizard Wakes

• Sunday Express
• 30 January 1977 to 22 May 1977
• Series 4, strips 1-54
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: Bond is sent to confirm that a Hungarian traitor died many years before. When the grave is opened Bond is surprised to see the body move just before a bomb destroys the grave site. It transpires that the Mafia is trying to convince the Hungarian government that the traitor is still alive and has smuggled the Crown of St. Stephen out of Hungary. The truth is that the real Crown is being held by the CIA in Fort Knox, but the CIA can’t tell the Hungarians because SPECTRE has threatened to release a list of CIA agents in Hungary to the Russians if they do [WTWWcs].

Sea Dragon

• Produced for Express newspapers but not published
• Series 4, strips 55 – 192
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: When oil magnate Sir Ivor Morlock is murdered in an explosion on his private boat in the Bahamas, Bond escapes with his life, but only just. The mystery deepens when a second member of Morlock’s oil consortium is killed by a sea dragon! [SEADcs].

Death Wing

• Produced for Express newspapers but not published
• Series 4, strips 193 – 354
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: Bond catches a female spy trying to interfere with a Royal Air Force test. His investigations lead him to Matteo Mortellito, an aerospace engineer who has created the Deathwing flying sleds. Bond manages to work his way into Mortellito’s organization aiming to prevent the sleds from being put to use [DWINGcs].

The Xanadu Connection

• Produced for Express newspapers but not published
• Series 4, strips 355 – 468
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: Bond is sent into East Germany to extract undercover MI6 agent Heidi Franz. Franz’s tells MI6 about a plan to capture a Russian dissident and MI6 informer known only as Marco Polo. The plot is somehow linked to the mysterious performer and his shadowy Xanadu organization [XCONcs].

Shark Bait

• Produced for Express newspapers but not published
• Series 4, strips 469 – 636
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: Bond and KGB agent Katya Orlova team up to stop a renegade Red Navy officer and his pilots [SKBTcs].

War Cloud

• Planned for Express newspapers but not completed
• Series 4, strips 637 – 648 known to exist
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: While trailing a couple of suspected KGB agents Bond stumbles across their meeting with a member of the IRA as part of a planned arms deal [WCcs].

SERIES 5 (1981 – 1983)

Doomcrack

• Daily Star
• 2 February 1981 to 19 August 1981
• Series 5, strips 1-174
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Harry North
• Plot: The Doomcrack is a sonic weapon with the ability to topple buildings. Bond is initially assigned to bring it back to Britain, but it is stolen and various international landmarks are threatened. Bond believes that SPECTRE is back in action. Bond is set up to look like he has been stealing secrets from MI6 so he can appear to have “turned.” He eventually works his way on to SPECTRE’s submarine base where he eventually meets Madame Spectra. Bond uses a new improved version of the Doomcrack weapon to destroy the submarine and escape [DCRKcs].

The Paradise Plot

• Daily Star
• 20 August 1981 to 4 June 1982
• Series 5, strips 175 – 378
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: John McLusky
• Plot: Two industrialists appear to be visited by their dead children and all the clues lead to a cult leader known as Father Star. Bond follows the trail to Star’s “Project Polestar” based on a Caribbean island, and using the “I’ve been kicked out of MI6” ploy once again is accepted into the villain’s organization. Bond learns that Star uses a nuclear powered airship to attack his enemies, has managed to gain control of a US spy plane by brain washing its pilot, and is building a private army! [PPLOTcs].

Deathmask

• Daily Star
• 7 June 1982 to 8 February 1983
• Series 5, strips 379 – 552
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: John McLusky
• Plot: A series of mysterious deaths are linked to a fast acting virus that leaves the face swollen, and one of the corpses is found holding a Greek deathmask. The trail of clues leads Bond to Crete where he finds a secret cavern marked with the deathmask. The cavern blows up before he can investigate further. The deathmask is connected to the industrialist Ivor Nyborg.  Nyborg has genetically engineered the new virus which he intends to spread around the world using his robotic plane, the Global Ghost, but Bond manages to gain control of the plane and crash it into Nyborg’s headquarters [DMSKcs].

Flittermouse

• Daily Star
• 9 February 1983 to 20 May 1983
• Series 5, strips 553 – 624
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: John McLusky
• Plot: Flittermouse (1983) – Two people who try and sell the same intelligence report to MI6 are murdered using vampire bats. Amazingly, Bond manages to deduce from this that Dr. Cat (from River of Death) has returned. Bond and Suzie Kew fall into an ambush at Dr. Cat’s headquarters. Cat orders the captured Bond to strip but Bond manages to shot him with a gun concealed in the medallion he is wearing around his neck! [FMcs].

Polestar

• Daily Star
• 23 May 1983 to 15 July 1983
• Series 5, strips 625 – 719
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: John McLusky
• Plot: Strange deaths and mysterious missile interceptions lead Bond to the North Pole and the Polestar scientific outpost. Bond infiltrates the post by posing as a renegade rocket engineer, but has to break cover when his companion is threatened [PSTRcs].

The Scent of Danger

• Produced for the Daily Star newspaper but not published
• Series 5, strips 720
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: John McLusky
• Plot: Posing as a member of the British Embassy Bond attempts to woe a showgirl with possible connections to a spy network. All goes to plan until she is eaten by a shark. As he investigates Bond uncovers a connection via a new scent with a familiar name, Specter de la Rose [SODcs]

Snake Goddess

• Produced for the Daily Star newspaper but not published
• Series 5, strips 822-893
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yaroslav Horak
• Plot: A giant snake attacks Moneypenny and a village in Cornwall. Bond’s investigations lead him to a girl called Freya who claims to be a reincarnation of the Norse goddess. Freya is in fact being controlled by a villain named Vidyala who plans to use his giant snake to attack the British Navy [SGcs].

Double Eagle

• Produced for the Daily Star newspaper but not published
• Series 5, strips 894 – 965
• Writer: Jim Lawrence. Artist: Yarolsav Horak
• Plot: Bond’s search for an elusive former Nazi war criminal takes him to Australia, and an expolosive final face-off [DEcs].

REPRINT COLLECTIONS

James Bond Annual 1968 (World Distributors – 1967) – Contains reprint of Live and Let Die

The Illustrated James Bond, 007 (James Bond 007 Fan Club – February 1981) – Contains reprints of Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, and Doctor No.

James Bond 007: The Man With The Golden Gun (Titan Books – February 2004) – Contains reprints of The Man With The Golden Gun and The Living Daylights

James Bond 007: Octopussy (Titan Books – May 2004) – Contains reprints of Octopussy and The Hildebrand Rarity

James Bond 007: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (Titan Books – August 2004) – Contains reprints of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and You Only Live Twice.

James Bond 007: Goldfinger (Titan Books – November 2004) – Contains reprints of Goldfinger, Risico, From A View To A Kill, For Your Eyes Only, and Thunderball.

James Bond 007: Casino Royale (Titan Books – February 2005) – Contains reprints of Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, and Moonraker.

James Bond 007: Dr No (Titan Books – May 2005) – Contains reprints of Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, and Dr No

James Bond 007: The Spy Who Loved Me (Titan Books – August 2005) – Contains reprints of The Spy Who Loved Me and The Harpies

James Bond 007: Colonel Sun (Titan Books – December 2005) – Contains reprints of Colonel Sun and River of Death.

James Bond 007: The Golden Ghost (Titan Books – April 2006) – Contains reprints of The Golden Ghost, Fear Face, Double Jeopardy and Star Fire

James Bond 007: Trouble Spot (Titan Books – September 2006) – Contains reprints of Trouble Spot, Isle of Condors, The League of Vampires, and Die With My Boots On.

James Bond 007: The Phoenix Project (Titan Books – February 2007) – Contains reprints of The Phoenix Project, The Black Ruby Caper, Till Death Us Do Part, and The Torch-Time Affair

James Bond 007: Death Wing (Titan Books – July 2007) – Contains reprints of When The Wizard Awakes, Sea Dragon, and Death Wing

James Bond 007: Shark Bait (Titan Books – January 2008) – Contains reprints of Shark Bait, The Xanadu Connection, and Doomcrack

James Bond 007: The Paradise Plot (Titan Books – June 2008) – Contains reprints of The Paradise Plot and Deathmask

James Bond 007: Polestar (Titan Books – November 2008) – Contains reprints of Flittermouse, Polestar, The Scent of Danger, Snake Goddess, and Double Eagle.

James Bond 007: The Girl Machine (Titan Books – July 2009) – Contains reprints of The Girl Machine, Beware of Butterflies, and The Nevsky Nude

James Bond 007: Nightbird (Titan Books – March 2010) – Contains reprints of Hot-Shot, Nightbird, The Ape of Diamonds, and War Cloud

The James Bond Omnibus Vol. 001 (Titan Books – December 2009) – Contains reprints of Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, From A View To A Kill, For Your Eyes Only, and Thunderball.

The James Bond Omnibus Vol 002 (Titan Books – April 2011) – Contains reprints of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man With The Golden Gun, The Living Daylights, Octopussy, The Hildebrand Rarity, and The Spy Who Loved Me.

The James Bond Omnibus Vol 003 (Titan Books – April 2012) – Contains reprints of The Harpies, River of Death, The Golden Ghost, Fear Face, Double Jeopardy, Starfire and Colonel Sun.

The James Bond Omnibus Vol 004 (Titan Books – October 2012) – Contains reprints of 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.

The James Bond Omnibus Vol 005 (Titan Books – November 2013) – Contains reprints of Till Death Do Us Part, The Torch-Time Affair, Hot-Shot Nightbird, Ape of Diamonds, When The Wizard Awakes, Sea Dragon, Death Wing, and The Xanadu Connection!

The James Bond Omnibus Vol 006 (Titan Books – November 2104) – Contains reprints of Shark Bait, Doomcrack, The Paradise Plot, Deathmask, Flittermouse, Polestar, The Scent of Danger, Snake Goddess, and Double Eagle

The Complete James Bond: Spectre (January 2016) – Contains reprints of Thunderball,  On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, You Only Live Twice and The Spy Who Loved Me

The Complete James Bond: Dr. No (Titan Books – November 2016) – Contains reprints of Casino Royale, Dr. No, Diamonds Are Forever, Moonraker, Live and Let Die, and From Russia, With Love

The Complete James Bond: Goldfinger (Titan Books – April 2017) – Contains reprints of Goldfinger, Risico, From A View To A Kill, For Your Eyes Only, The Man With The Golden Gun and The Living Daylights

The Complete James Bond: Octopussy (Titan Books – November 2017) – Contains reprints of Octopussy, The Hildebrand Rarity, The Harpies and River of Death