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⭐⭐⭐ ⭐  Stars Blurb A friendship is finished. The world is in peril. And Goldfinger wants diamonds? You think you know Goldfinger. But you don't know THIS Goldfinger. Go inside the mind of the most ruthless sociopath in the world, courtesy of GREG PAK (World War Hulk, Weapon X) and ERIC GAPSTUR (Batman Beyond, The Flash: Year Zero). James Bond 007, Vol. 1 by Greg Pak  A very entertaining graphic novel. These graphic novels are like a breath of fresh air when it comes to canon readers. The stories are blunt and slip several decades back to give the feel of the original Fleming novels.  The experience is very different for the Bond we have come to love from the recent movie adaptations. There are current situations in the stories and we see Lee again getting a lot of page time in the story. Even Aria gets a lot of presence in the story.  The story features the quintessential Bond villain Goldfinger as the sociopathic villain continuing from the previous volume. Here he ...

From the Back Cover Ian Fleming's literary debut of British Secret Service agent 007 is stylishly adapted to the sequential art medium by Van Jensen and Matt Southworth in the official James Bond: Casino Royale graphic novel. Sent to a French casino in Royale-les-Eaux, Bond aims to eliminate the threat of the deadly Le Chiffre by bankrupting the ruthless SMERSH operative at the baccarat table. However, when the luck of the draw favors his enemy, 007 becomes the target of assassins and torturers in a high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse. James Bond Casino Royale by Ven Jensen Bond's oldest secret, his one love lost in a graphic novel which stays true to Fleming's story.  Much of the art is dark and sombre like the story which plays like a funeral.  Discussing about a graphic novel on Casino Royale takes one back to the origins of Bond. The world got its first taste of Bond in Ian Fleming's Casino Royale in 1953, when this was the first Bond novel to be released, giving read...

James Bond: M (James Bond: Case Files #4) by Declan Shalvey James Bond’s superior, code-named M, scrambles MI6’s secret agents across the globe. Sometimes, he knowingly sends them to their deaths, for the greater good. But a traumatic event from M’s early days in the field returns to haunt him, forcing M to return to the scene of a crime…HIS crime. About the Author - Declan Shalvey Declan Shalvey is an Irish comics artist and writer. He has worked for Marvel Comics, drawing titles like Moon Knight, Thunderbolts and Deadpool. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declan_Shalvey ) Dynamite Comics the comic book print house that creates new material of established media. Over the last 6-7 years since they began to publish the comic book series featuring James Bond in a contemporary setting, the franchise has spanned several original stories and several spinoffs featuring notable Bond characters. The M in these Bond stories is a different character from the one that we have been seeing in the...

COVER PAGE  👆 ALTERNATE CLASSIC COVER PAGE  👆 James Bond: Hammerhead Vol. 1 Synopsis Bond is assigned to hunt down and eliminate Kraken, a radical anti-capitalist who has targeted Britain's newly-upgraded nuclear arsenal. But all is not as it seems. Hidden forces are plotting to rebuild the faded glory of the once-mighty British Empire, and retake by force what was consigned to history. 007 is a cog in their deadly machine - but is he an agent of change, or an agent of the status quo? Loyalties will be broken, allegiances challenged. But in an ever-changing world, there's one man you can rely on: Bond. James Bond. Hammerhead Brief Bond must navigate the murky waters of the arms trading world, as a radical anti-capitalist force, Kraken, schemes in the shadows. After a covert mission to investigate Kraken in Caracas, Venezuela, ends with Bond's lead in pieces, 007 is recalled and sent by M to attend an arms fair by the side of the heiress to Hunt Engineering, Victoria. The ...