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MI6 looks back at the issues of comic book
"James Bond, Agent 007" published in Sweden
by Semic Press in 1989...
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Semic James Bond Comic
Books - 1989
19th September 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 1988, 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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Man Lever Bara Två Gånger (You
Only Live Twice - Part 1)
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Issue: #1 (1989 series)
Released: 10th January 1989
Format: 17cm x 26 cm
Pages: 68
Publisher: Semic Press AB
Cover Price:
0:900 SEK
Featured Story
"You Only Live Twice" by Ian Fleming, adaptation
by Henry Gammidge, artwork by John McLusky. Reprinted from
the comic strips published by the Daily Express from 18th
May 1965 (strip #275) to 8th January 1966 (strip
#475).
Non-Bond Additional Stories
Jade Lotus (The Saint)
Miscellaneous
Readers letters on the subject of 007, one page
pin-up photo of Sean Connery in "You Only Live Twice".
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Man Lever Bara Två Gånger
(You Only Live Twice - Part 2)
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Issue: #2 (1989 series)
Released: 23rd February 1989
Format: 17cm x 26 cm
Pages: 68
Publisher: Semic Press AB
Cover Price:
9.90 SEK
Featured Story
"You Only Live Twice" by Ian Fleming, adaptation by Henry Gammidge,
artwork by John McLusky. Reprinted from the comic strips published by
the Daily Express from 18th May 1965 (strip #275) to 8th January 1966
(strip
#475).
Non-Bond Additional Stories
Dödlig Överraskning (The
Saint)
Miscellaneous
Readers letters on the subject of 007, one page
pin-up photo of Sean Connery and Mie Hamma in "You
Only Live Twice", two page article on Little Nellie.
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Dödligt Budskap (Trouble
Spot)
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Issue: #3 (1989 series)
Released: 23rd March 1989
Format: 17cm x 26 cm
Pages: 68
Publisher: Semic Press AB
Cover Price: 9.90 SEK
Featured Story
Original story "Trouble Spot" by Jim Lawrence, artwork by Yaroslav
Horak. Reprinted from the comic strips published by the Daily Express from 28th
December 1971 (strip #1810) to 10th June 1972 (strip
#1951).
Non-Bond Additional Stories
Dödsdrogen (The Saint)
Miscellaneous
Readers letters on the subject of 007, one page
pin-up photo of Timothy Dalton in "Licence To Kill".
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Fågelkvinnorna ("Bird
Woman" - The Harpies - Part 1)
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Issue: #4 (1989 series)
Released: 20th April 1989
Format: 17cm x 26 cm
Pages: 68
Publisher: Semic Press AB
Cover Price: 9.90 SEK
Featured Story
Original story "The Harpies" by Jim Lawrence, artwork by Yaroslav
Horak. Reprinted from the comic strips published by the Daily Express
from 4th October 1968 (strip #816) to 23rd June 1969 (strip #1037).
Non-Bond Additional Stories
Diamantfeber (The Saint)
Miscellaneous
Readers letters on the subject of 007, one page
pin-up photo of Roger Moore in "A View To A Kill".
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Fågelkvinnorna ("Bird
Woman" - The Harpies - Part 2)
Data Stream
Issue: #5 (1989 series)
Released: May 1989
Format: 17cm x 26 cm
Pages: 68
Publisher: Semic Press AB
Cover Price: 9.90 SEK
Featured Story
Original story "The Harpies" by Jim Lawrence, artwork by Yaroslav
Horak. Reprinted from the comic strips published by the Daily Express
from 4th October 1968 (strip #816) to 23rd June 1969 (strip #1037).
Non-Bond Additional Stories
Terroristerna På Tiawa (The Saint)
Miscellaneous
Readers letters on the subject of 007, one page
pin-up photo of Timothy Dalton in "Licence To Kill".
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Goldfinger (Goldfinger - Part
1)
Data Stream
Issue: #7 (1989 series)
Released: July 1989
Format: 17cm x 26 cm
Pages: 68
Publisher: Semic Press AB
Cover Price: 11.50 SEK
Featured Story
"Goldfinger" by Ian Fleming, adaptation by Henry Gammidge,
artwork by John McLusky. Reprinted from the comic strips published by
the Daily Express from 3rd October 1960 (strip #698) to 1st April 1961
(strip
#849).
Non-Bond Additional Stories
Uppdrag I Stockholm (The Saint)
Miscellaneous
Readers letters on the subject of 007, one page
pin-up photo of Timothy Dalton in "Licence To Kill",
one page pin-up of Sean Connery in "Woman of Straw", one
page pin-up photo of Roger Moore in "A View To A Kill."
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Goldfinger (Goldfinger - Part
2)
Data Stream
Issue: #8 (1989 series)
Released: August 1989
Format: 17cm x 26 cm
Pages: 68
Publisher: Semic Press AB
Cover Price: 11.50 SEK
Featured Story
"Goldfinger" by Ian Fleming, adaptation by Henry Gammidge,
artwork by John McLusky. Reprinted from the comic strips published by
the Daily Express from 3rd October 1960 (strip #698) to 1st April 1961
(strip
#849).
Non-Bond Additional Stories
Gudarnas barn (The Saint)
Miscellaneous
Readers letters on the subject of 007, one page
pin-up photo of Timothy Dalton in "Licence To Kill",
fifteen page article on the new film "Licence To Kill",
six page article on "Goldfinger", one page article on
Oddjob as played by Harold Sakata. Article text by Toivo
Lepp; Marshall Julius; Lisbeth Notini.
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Operation Spökflyg (The
Spy Who Loved Me - Part 1)
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Issue: #10 (1989 series)
Released: October 1989
Format: 17cm x 26 cm
Pages: 68
Publisher: Semic Press AB
Cover Price: 11:50 SEK
Featured Story
"The Spy Who Loved Me" by Ian Fleming, adaptation by Jim Lawrence,
artwork by Yaroslav Horaky. Reprinted from the comic strips published by the
Daily Express from 18th December 1967 (strip #603) to 3rd October 1968 (strip
#815).
Non-Bond Additional Stories
Diktatorn (The Saint)
Miscellaneous
Readers letters on the subject of 007, one page
pin-up photo of Robert Davi as Sanchez in "Licence To
Kill", ten page article on "Never Say Never Again" by
Lisbeth Notini.
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Dödligt Toppmöte (Colonel
Sun - Part 1)
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Issue: #11 (1989 series)
Released: 23rd November 1989
Format: 17cm x 26 cm
Pages: 68
Publisher: Semic Press AB
Cover Price: 11:50 SEK
Featured Story
"Colonel Sun" by Robert Markham [Kingsley Amis] adapted by Jim Lawrence,
artwork by Yaroslav Horak. Reprinted from the comic strips published by the Daily
Express
from
1st December 1969 (strip #1175) to 20th August 1970 (strip #1393).
Non-Bond Additional Stories
På Djupdykning (The Saint)
Miscellaneous
Readers letters on the subject of 007, one page
pin-up photo of Alison Doody in "A View To A Kill".
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Dödligt Toppmöte (Colonel
Sun - Part 2)
Data Stream
Issue: #12 (1989 series)
Released: 21st December 1989
Format: 17cm x 26 cm
Pages: 68
Publisher: Semic Press AB
Cover Price: 11:50 SEK
Featured Story
"Colonel Sun" by Robert Markham [Kingsley Amis] adapted by
Jim Lawrence, artwork by Yaroslav Horak. Reprinted from the comic strips
published by the Daily Express from 1st December 1969 (strip #1175) to
20th August 1970 (strip #1393).
Non-Bond Additional Stories
I Dödens Käftar (The Saint)
Miscellaneous
Readers letters on the subject of 007, one page
pin-up photo of Roger Moore, Richard Kiel and Caroline
Munro in "The Spy Who Loved Me", one page foreword to
"Colonel Sun" by Lisbeth Notini.
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Missing In Action
1989 #6 - Stjärnornas Herre (Starfire)
1989 #9 - Jakten på det svarta guldet (The Girl Machine)
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