MI6 counts down every issue of the James Bond
Agent 007 comic book released by Semic in Sweden
between 1965 and 1996...
Semic James Bond Comic
Books - Checklist
3rd January 2010
Whilst the James Bond comic strip series was first published
in UK newspaper The Daily Express from 7th July 1958, fans
in Sweden had to wait seven years until the first translated
versions of the strips landed on their shores. Rather than
finding a national newspaper to run the daily strips, Swedish
publisher Semic collated the stories in to a comic book
titled "James
Bond, Agent 007", releasing issues periodically through
the years.
Due to the switch from long narrow strips of 3
or 4 cells to a portrait comic book, Semic reformatted
the original artwork by John McLusky and Yaroslav Horak
- sometimes
crudely adding artwork where needed, and sometimes removing
redundant cells due to the shift away from the daily serialization.
Semic continued to use the original strip material up until
1981, when it started to introduce original adventures
for the Swedish readership.
As the newspaper strip came
to an
end in 1985, Semic increasingly relied on their new stories
and translated reprints of US comic books, and this spelled
the beginning of the end due to their varying quality.
After
merging
with
fellow
ailing
comic "The
Saint", the comic book ceased publication in Sweden
in 1996.
Above: Cover art from #1 of the 1967
series.
Checklist
Where availabile, click a title in the checklist
below for detailed information on the specific issue. † Original
stories by Semic or US comic book translations, otherwise all
stories
are
adaptations
of the newspaper strip series.
* Missing cover artwork - titles are known.
Dödligt Dubbelspel (Deadly Duplicity) & Spionen Från öst
(The Living Daylights)
1993
3 † *
Ormens Tand Del 1 (Serpent's Tooth - Part 1)
1993
4 † *
Ormens Tand Del 2 (Serpent's Tooth - Part 2)
1993
5 † *
Ormens Tand Del 3 (Serpent's Tooth - Part 3)
1993
6 *
Dödsstrålen (Hot-Shot) & Jakten På Det
Svarta Guldet (The Girl Machine)
1994
1 †
Operation Spökflyg (The Spy Who Loved Me) & En Enkel
Acapulco (The Torch-Time Affair) & Den Trettonde Domaren (The
Thirteenth Judge)
1994
2 †
Ubåt Saknad! (The Hildebrand Rarity) & Experiment
Z ( Experiment Z)
1994
3 † *
Dödligt ljus (Light of My Death) & Dödande
Sand (Deadly Sand) & Slavhandlarna (The Slave Traders)
1994
4 † *
Operation "Little" (Operation: Little) & Dödlig
Smitta Del 1 (Shattered Helix - Part 1) & Operation UFO (Operation:
UFO)
1995
1 †
En Doft Av Död (The Scent of Danger) & Dödlig
Smitta - Slutet! (Shattered Helix - Part 2) & Operation Juggernaut
1995
2 † *
Den Gröna Döden (The Green Death) & Operation
Shark Bait (Shark Bait - Part 1) & Trollkarlen Vaknar (When
the Wizard awakes) & Kommando Kuba (Cuba Commandos)
1995
3 † *
Levande Måltavla (A View To A Kill - Movie Adaptation)
& Sista paret ut (Last Pair Out)
1995
4 † *
Agent 007 Ser Rött (From Russia with Love) & Amazonerna
(The Amazons) & Bruden Från Balkan (The Bride from
Balkan)
1996
1 † *
Data terror (Data Terror) & De Odödliga
(The Immortals) & Döden På Jamaica (Dr. No)
1996
2 *
Diamantfeber (Diamonds Are Forever) & Leva Och Låta
Dö (Live And Let Die)
1996
3 † *
Octopussy - Undervattensdöden (Octopussy) & Döden
På Tahiti (Death in Tahiti)