Dynamite's Bond comics and graphic novels

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  • ggl007ggl007 www.archivo007.com Spain, España
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    zebrafish wrote: »
    Can someone point me to the comic where Bond has one of his first missions, with action on a train? I can't describe it better, as I only saw one page online. It is rather well drawn.

    This? https://www.playboy.com/read/james-bond-origin-a-train-to-catch
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    So Agent Of Spectre and Himeros have gone back yet again? What an absolute farce.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
    Posts: 3,559
    andyb wrote: »
    So Agent Of Spectre and Himeros have gone back yet again? What an absolute farce.

    Yes, it sucks. I think Comicsgate really hurt them a few years ago.
  • ImpertinentGoonImpertinentGoon Everybody needs a hobby.
    Posts: 1,318
    Just got around to reading For King and Country #1. Really high-Level but nothing spectacular so far, I’d say. A whole lot of set-up with some good action and great character beats to make the exposition go down a bit smoother. The author just really knows how to pace out an issue and an arc. Art‘s good. I also thought of Casalanguida, which is kind of the Dynamite Bond base-style, if you ask me. So I’m good with it.
  • Posts: 5,616
    The new Previews is on line, and thanks to it, here are the synopsis and covers for 007 : For King and Coutry # 4 :
    The former 007 and 002 are tired of running from Myrmidon. Time to take the fight back to London.

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    Oh, and the first arc of the series, titled Myrmidon, will be published in hardcover the same month.

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  • CharmianBondCharmianBond Pett Bottom, Kent
    Posts: 493
    It's always interesting and humbling how much an artist looks like their artwork. That said though Puebla's version of Book Bond is one of my favourites and I haven't gotten chance to read my copy of issue 1 yet but that might be because I can't take my eyes away from her cover. It looks even better in print.
  • Posts: 5,616
    Thanks to Previews, here is the synopsis and the covers for issue 5 of 007 : For King and Country :
    "THE BEST DEFENSE IS A DOUBLE-"O"-FENCE!

    No more hiding - it's time for 007 and 002 take the fight to Myrmidon!"

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  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
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    Gerard wrote: »
    Thanks to Previews, here is the synopsis and the covers for issue 5 of 007 : For King and Country :
    "THE BEST DEFENSE IS A DOUBLE-"O"-FENCE!

    No more hiding - it's time for 007 and 002 take the fight to Myrmidon!"

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    I liked the first and second one, not much for the rest.
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    And here are the synopsis and covers for issue 6, which will be the last issue of this mini-series :
    FINAL ISSUE! It all comes down to this - Bond vs. Myrmidon, no holds barred, no quarter given!

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  • CharmianBondCharmianBond Pett Bottom, Kent
    Posts: 493
    I've finally managed to catch up with the current run so I've read half of it one sitting and I'm enjoying for the most part. I'm even going to go so far as to say that King and Country has the best interior art of all the Dynamite comics. I love how it's very modern with the detailed vehicles but the style harkens back to 1950s comics which is fitting for the 70th anniversary. I love how Bond and Leiter are depicted, the rest of the cast are drawn very expressively and the action scenes are really well done. Also, Bond with a beard is really doing it for me (sorry Pierce and Daniel but that's what you call a beard).

    I have to say the story is letting it down a bit. The comics have been more outlandish and sci-fi and I think you can get away that but it being basically a mash up of No Time to Die and Double or Nothing should be my idea of perfection, it can't help feeling a bit derivative though. And maybe it is because I rattled through them but there was a lot of action and I wish we'd had more moments to slow down, I would've loved a little bit longer exploring Bond in exile. That said I liked getting to see the different Double Os and I'm still intrigued to find out what secrets Gwen Gann is keeping.
  • edited July 4 Posts: 3,562
    I've enjoyed King and Country so far. I do think that 007 is a difficult title to do (creatively) in single-issue formats, so it could well be that readers waiting for collected editions are going to find those more satisfying than the individual "floppy" issues. A proper Bond story needs so many different elements -- action as well as an evolving plot with a spectacular villain, beautiful women in keeping with the depiction of the "Bond world" (drinks shaken not stirred and food to match) as well as the greater globe well traveled as only Bond can show it to the readers... basically, a good Bond story fully depicted has just too many different elements to fit comfortably into 20 pages. You need at least 100-120 pages (that is, 5 or 6 single issues) to do the whole thing justice. Unfortunately, I think this title has reached the point of diminishing returns for the publisher. Too many unsatisfactory storylines (lookin' at The Body here primarily) turned off too many potential readers...and now, my perception is that the initial runs of Phillip Kennedy Johnson's far more engaging storylines just aren't getting strong enough sales to justify collected editions to the number-crunchers making the decisions at Dynamite Comics. I would urge those of you waiting impatiently for any collected editions (or dare I even mention, graphic novels like the long-delayed Moonraker) to go ahead and buy whatever Bond comics you can find when they are released. Additionally, let your preferred comics retailers know that you're wanting and ready to buy any James Bond 007 comics that come on the market, so they can make a point of ordering them for you. Or you can just sit back and wait for whatever you're specifically wanting...and inevitably get disappointed when the James Bond 007 character disappears entirely from Dynamite's catalog. My advice here boils down to one simple thought: Support the title or realize that you're contributing to its demise.
  • Posts: 1,165
    Dynamite have been frustrating license holders. I’m happy to no longer show support as the last 3 years or so have proved disappointing.

    Earlier projects like Felix Leiter and the Fleming adaptations were wonderful but left unfinished. What we get now is hackneyed products with weak stories and abysmal artwork.

    I’d be happy to see the 007 license go to another publisher.
  • edited July 5 Posts: 3,562
    TR007 wrote: »
    Dynamite have been frustrating license holders. I’m happy to no longer show support as the last 3 years or so have proved disappointing.

    Earlier projects like Felix Leiter and the Fleming adaptations were wonderful but left unfinished. What we get now is hackneyed products with weak stories and abysmal artwork.

    I’d be happy to see the 007 license go to another publisher.

    I'd be happy to see the existing publisher be more successful with the license. Simply put: I'd like to see ANY US publisher be any kind of successful with the Bond license. Consider the history of Bond comics in the USA: DC released one and only one 007 comic book -- Showcase #43 in 1963, a reprinting of the Classics Illustrated UK adaptation of Dr. No. After that, nothing... nada... no Bond comics at all for nearly 20 years. During the whole of the '60s, unquestionably Bond's most successful era as a cultural force... nothing in terms of the American comic book market. Finally, in 1981 and 1983, Marvel released adaptations of For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy. Nothing further from Marvel (the U.S.'s largest and most successful comic book publisher) after those. A few years later, Eclipse published a couple of Bond comics in collaboration with the UK's Acme Press. Next up was Dark Horse Comics; but after a mere half-dozen offerings from 1992-1995 they too allowed the license to lapse. Finally, and most abysmally, Topps Comics acquired the license for an adaptation of Goldeneye in 1995. Intended as a 3-issue adaptation of the then-current movie, Topps released one and only one issue of the projected series. Work on issue #2 broke down for...... reasons never officially explained.

    And that's been it for Bond in comic book form in the USA... until 2014, when Dynamite obtained the license. You want to see the license go elsewhere? Scant chance of that, I suspect. When the license passes from Dynamite's hands (and eventually it will, we just have no way of knowing when) I suspect other American publishers will have little interest in picking up the license. The Bond series will have already failed in American comics from so many other sources, why even bother trying? When the Bond rights are again available to US comics, I'd be very surprised to see them picked up for at least a decade.

    "What we get now is..." something I suspect you haven't even looked at. The reviews of Phillip Kennedy Johnson's scripts for the last 2 story arcs have been getting positive reviews. The artwork for these arcs has likewise been improved. Maybe more to your liking, maybe not... but certainly nowhere near "abysmal." Give these more recent arcs a look, I think you just might be surprised. Or ignore the Dynamite Bond comics altogether and wait for a new publisher to take over the license ... but I'm afraid you'll be in for a long wait.
  • Posts: 1,165
    TR007 wrote: »
    Dynamite have been frustrating license holders. I’m happy to no longer show support as the last 3 years or so have proved disappointing.

    Earlier projects like Felix Leiter and the Fleming adaptations were wonderful but left unfinished. What we get now is hackneyed products with weak stories and abysmal artwork.

    I’d be happy to see the 007 license go to another publisher.

    I'd be happy to see the existing publisher be more successful with the license. Simply put: I'd like to see ANY US publisher be any kind of successful with the Bond license. Consider the history of Bond comics in the USA: DC released one and only one 007 comic book -- Showcase #43 in 1963, a reprinting of the Classics Illustrated UK adaptation of Dr. No. After that, nothing... nada... no Bond comics at all for nearly 20 years. During the whole of the '60s, unquestionably Bond's most successful era as a cultural force... nothing in terms of the American comic book market. Finally, in 1981 and 1983, Marvel released adaptations of For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy. Nothing further from Marvel (the U.S.'s largest and most successful comic book publisher) after those. A few years later, Eclipse published a couple of Bond comics in collaboration with the UK's Acme Press. Next up was Dark Horse Comics; but after a mere half-dozen offerings from 1992-1995 they too allowed the license to lapse. Finally, and most abysmally, Topps Comics acquired the license for an adaptation of Goldeneye in 1995. Intended as a 3-issue adaptation of the then-current movie, Topps released one and only one issue of the projected series. Work on issue #2 broke down for...... reasons never officially explained.

    And that's been it for Bond in comic book form in the USA... until 2014, when Dynamite obtained the license. You want to see the license go elsewhere? Scant chance of that, I suspect. When the license passes from Dynamite's hands (and eventually it will, we just have no way of knowing when) I suspect other American publishers will have little interest in picking up the license. The Bond series will have already failed in American comics from so many other sources, why even bother trying? When the Bond rights are again available to US comics, I'd be very surprised to see them picked up for at least a decade.

    "What we get now is..." something I suspect you haven't even looked at. The reviews of Phillip Kennedy Johnson's scripts for the last 2 story arcs have been getting positive reviews. The artwork for these arcs has likewise been improved. Maybe more to your liking, maybe not... but certainly nowhere near "abysmal." Give these more recent arcs a look, I think you just might be surprised. Or ignore the Dynamite Bond comics altogether and wait for a new publisher to take over the license ... but I'm afraid you'll be in for a long wait.

    You suspect wrong. Of course I’ve been reading the current material. Hence my disappointment with it.
  • TR007 wrote: »
    TR007 wrote: »
    Dynamite have been frustrating license holders. I’m happy to no longer show support as the last 3 years or so have proved disappointing.

    Earlier projects like Felix Leiter and the Fleming adaptations were wonderful but left unfinished. What we get now is hackneyed products with weak stories and abysmal artwork.

    I’d be happy to see the 007 license go to another publisher.

    I'd be happy to see the existing publisher be more successful with the license. Simply put: I'd like to see ANY US publisher be any kind of successful with the Bond license. Consider the history of Bond comics in the USA: DC released one and only one 007 comic book -- Showcase #43 in 1963, a reprinting of the Classics Illustrated UK adaptation of Dr. No. After that, nothing... nada... no Bond comics at all for nearly 20 years. During the whole of the '60s, unquestionably Bond's most successful era as a cultural force... nothing in terms of the American comic book market. Finally, in 1981 and 1983, Marvel released adaptations of For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy. Nothing further from Marvel (the U.S.'s largest and most successful comic book publisher) after those. A few years later, Eclipse published a couple of Bond comics in collaboration with the UK's Acme Press. Next up was Dark Horse Comics; but after a mere half-dozen offerings from 1992-1995 they too allowed the license to lapse. Finally, and most abysmally, Topps Comics acquired the license for an adaptation of Goldeneye in 1995. Intended as a 3-issue adaptation of the then-current movie, Topps released one and only one issue of the projected series. Work on issue #2 broke down for...... reasons never officially explained.

    And that's been it for Bond in comic book form in the USA... until 2014, when Dynamite obtained the license. You want to see the license go elsewhere? Scant chance of that, I suspect. When the license passes from Dynamite's hands (and eventually it will, we just have no way of knowing when) I suspect other American publishers will have little interest in picking up the license. The Bond series will have already failed in American comics from so many other sources, why even bother trying? When the Bond rights are again available to US comics, I'd be very surprised to see them picked up for at least a decade.

    "What we get now is..." something I suspect you haven't even looked at. The reviews of Phillip Kennedy Johnson's scripts for the last 2 story arcs have been getting positive reviews. The artwork for these arcs has likewise been improved. Maybe more to your liking, maybe not... but certainly nowhere near "abysmal." Give these more recent arcs a look, I think you just might be surprised. Or ignore the Dynamite Bond comics altogether and wait for a new publisher to take over the license ... but I'm afraid you'll be in for a long wait.

    You suspect wrong. Of course I’ve been reading the current material. Hence my disappointment with it.

    And you don't like Gwen Gann? You don't think Myrmidon is the best pseudo-Spectre we've seen in quite awhile? You don't even like Joseph Michael Linsner's covers?? Each to their own, of course -- but what exactly ARE you looking for in a 007 comic book?
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    coco1997 wrote: »

    Looks like Myrmidon has disappointingly been delayed until October now.
  • Gerard wrote: »
    And here are the synopsis and covers for issue 6, which will be the last issue of this mini-series :
    FINAL ISSUE! It all comes down to this - Bond vs. Myrmidon, no holds barred, no quarter given!

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    I've been liking the Linsner covers in this series & will be happy to grab his offering for issue #6 as well. Just picked up issue #5 and I must say, these past two mini-series (written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson) have been much more to my liking than what had been coming out prior to these. Whenever the Myrmidon collection are released, I urge you to give them a try!
  • Posts: 698
    I’ve finally caught up with Agent of Spectre. I thought it was ok, I liked the references to Eidolon, but it just shows once again how weak Dynamite’s output has been since Kill Chain. It’s a nice concept, but I thought With a Mind to Kill took a similar concept and did it much better.

    I’m kind of lost with what’s come out since Agent of Spectre. I know of Himeros, how was that? And what’s come out since then? Just by quickly reading through the last few pages on this thread, it seems for King and Country isn’t too bad. Anything else decent?
  • ImpertinentGoonImpertinentGoon Everybody needs a hobby.
    Posts: 1,318
    Himeros was quite bad imho. There are some longer posts about it somewhere in this thread..
    After that, I think For King and Country (I think the first run was just called 007 and then they retroactively applied that title?) is the only thing out and still running. I like it a lot, although I haven't gotten around to reading the latest issues.
  • Posts: 5,616
    The first run of 007 received retroactively the title of Myrmidon. At least, that's what the trade paperback is called.
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