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MI6 looks back at the issues of comic book
"James Bond, Agent 007" published in Sweden
by Semic Press in 1983...
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Semic James Bond Comic
Books - 1983
29th April 2009
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 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.
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Jungle Devils
(Operation Jungle Devils)
Data Stream
Issue: #1 (1983 series)
Released: 28th December 1982
Format: 17cm x 26 cm
Pages: 52
Publisher: Semic Press AB
Cover Price:
6.35 SEK
Featured Story
"The Jungle Devils" was the second original James
Bond story produced by Semic. Running over 26 pages, it
was drawn by Escolano and written by Sverre Årnes.
Non-Bond Additional Stories
TBC
Miscellaneous
TBC
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Slavhandlarna (The Slave
Traders)
Data Stream
Issue: #2 (1983 series)
Released: February 1983
Format: 17cm x 26 cm
Pages: 52
Publisher: Semic Press AB
Cover Price: 6.50 SEK
Featured Story
"The Slave Traders" was the third original James Bond story
produced by Semic. Running over 24 pages, it was drawn by Escolano and
written
by Jack Sutter. Characters included Pensikov, Cogan, Absalom, Jade, Batu,
Fowles and Rees.
Non-Bond Additional Stories
Gamarnas Herre (Carolina Yes)
Miscellaneous
Readers letters on the subject of 007, one page
pin-up photo of Sean Connery.
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Kodnamn Nemesis (Codename Nemesis)
Data Stream
Issue: #3 (1983 series)
Released: 30th March 1983
Format: 17cm x 26 cm
Pages: 52
Publisher: Semic Press AB
Cover Price: 6.50 SEK
Featured Story
"Codename Nemesis" was the fourth original James Bond
story produced by Semic. Running over 24 pages, it was drawn by Josep
Gual and
written
by Jack Sutter. Characters included Sir Argonaut Lumley,
Amelia Pinkerton, Mary Moneypenny, M, Barnes Marsden, Fosberry, Grimsley,
Felix Leiter, Aloysius Potter and Dunia Gudurin.
Non-Bond Additional Stories
Skorpionen (Peter Scratch)
Miscellaneous
Readers letters on the subject of 007, one page
pin-up photo of Sean Connery.
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Dödsmasken (Deathmask
- Part 1)
Data Stream
Issue: #4 (1983 series)
Released: April 1983
Format: 17cm x 26 cm
Pages: 52
Publisher: Semic Press AB
Cover Price: 6.50 SEK
Featured Story
Original story "Deathmask" by Jim Lawrence, artwork
by John McLusky. Reprinted from the comic strips published by the Daily
Star from 7th June 1982 (strip #379) to 8th February 1983 (strip
#552).
Non-Bond Additional Stories
Operation "Dårhus" (Peter Scratch)
Miscellaneous
Readers letters on the subject of 007.
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Dödsmasken (Deathmask -
Part 2)
Data Stream
Issue: #5 (1983 series)
Released: 28th June 1983
Format: 17cm x 26 cm
Pages: 52
Publisher: Semic Press AB
Cover Price: 6.75 SEK
Featured Story
Original story "Deathmask" by Jim Lawrence, artwork by John McLusky.
Reprinted from the comic strips published by the Daily Star from 7th June 1982
(strip #379) to 8th February 1983 (strip #552).
Non-Bond Additional Stories
Uppdrag I Berlin (Peter Scratch)
Miscellaneous
Readers letters on the subject of 007, one page
pin-up photo of Roger Moore [James Bond] and Maud Adams
[Octopussy] in "Octopussy" (1983). |
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Operation Burma (Operation Burma)
Data Stream
Issue: #6 (1983 series)
Released: 16th August 1983
Format: 17cm x 26 cm
Pages: 52
Publisher: Semic Press AB
Cover Price: 6.75 SEK
Featured Story
"Operation Burma" was the fifth original James Bond story
produced by Semic. Running over 24 pages, it was drawn by Sarompas
and written by Jack Sutter. Characters included Grok, Miss Freeman,
M, Q, Svinin, Kyun, Lun Yan Chieng, Belinda and Omar.
Non-Bond Additional Stories
Krypskytten (Peter Scratch)
Miscellaneous
Readers letters on the subject of 007, one
page pin-up photo of Roger Moore [James Bond] and Louis
Jourdan [Kamal Khan] in "Octopussy" (1983).
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Likvidera Bond!
(Liquidate Bond)
Data Stream
Issue: #7 (1983 series)
Released: 4th October 1983
Format: 17cm x 26 cm
Pages: 52
Publisher: Semic Press AB
Cover Price: 6.75 SEK
Featured Story
"Liquidate Bond" was the sixth original James Bond story produced
by Semic. Running over 24 pages, it was drawn by Josep Gual and written
by Jack Sutter. Characters included John Winter Agent 002, M, Sally
Matthew, Q and Colonel Lev Makar.
Non-Bond Additional Stories
Intrig I Istanbul (Peter Scratch)
Miscellaneous
Readers letters on the subject of 007, one page
pin-up photo of Roger Moore [James Bond] and Kabir Bedi
[Gobinda ] in "Octopussy" (1983).
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Den Vita Döden (The White
Death)
Data Stream
Issue: #8 (1983 series)
Released: 22nd November 1983
Format: 17cm x 26 cm
Pages: 52
Publisher: Semic Press AB
Cover Price: 6.75 SEK
Featured Story
"The White Death" was the seventh original James Bond story
produced by Semic. Running over 24 pages, it was drawn by Sarompas
and written
by Sverre Årnes. Characters included Rosita Cortez, Dobrowny,
Mary Moneypenny, M, Andujar, Dr Hencker [SS-Colonel Karl
Heincke], Bill Wyler, Pedro Morales and Yayac.
Non-Bond Additional Stories
Orent Spel (Jeff Cobb)
Miscellaneous
Readers letters on the subject of 007, one page
pin-up photo from "Octopussy" (1983).
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