|
|
James Bond 007 - Serpent's Tooth
Publisher: |
Acme Comics Ltd, Dark Horse Comics Inc,
Glidrose Publications Ltd |
Released: |
Issue #1 - July 1992, Issue #2 August
1992, Issue #3 - February 1993 (Paperback - December
1994) |
Artist: |
Paul Gulacy |
Writer: |
Doug Moench |
Cover Artists: |
Paul Gulacy, Egon Selby |
Colorist: |
Steve Oliff |
Letters: |
Pat Brosseau |
Editor: |
Jerry Prosser |
Data Stream
Villains: |
Indigo, Martika Pavna |
Bond Girls: |
Sunny Vasquez |
Allies: |
M, Miss Moneypenny, Senor Cruzado, Major
Boothroyd |
Locations: |
London; Lima, Peru; The Arctic; Switzerland;
Pacific Ocean floor |
Capsule Synopsis
The adventure begins with three seemingly unconnected events:
a woman in abducted in Peru by flying saucers and ghost-like
twins, a scientist is kidnapped in London, and missiles
are stolen when a British nuclear submarine is attacked
by a high-tech enemy craft under the arctic ice shelf. Meanwhile,
James Bond is on a mission in Switzerland, encountering
the wrath of a KGB window (007 killed her husband earlier).
Bond is called in to London to search for 009, who had been
investigating the missing missiles and had disappeared during
his search in Peru. Prime suspect for the theft of the missiles
is an man called Indigo, who suffers from a rare condition
that gives him the appearance of a human lizard - with the
help of a little genetics treatment. Bond faces his result
of Indigo's experiments whilst trying to find the missing
009, and has a race against time to recover the nuclear
missiles. |
|
Above: Promotional Poster for Serpert's
Tooth issue #1 |
Above: Cover art for of Serpent's
Tooth, french issues #2 & and #3
|
Official Synopsis
Issue #1 - The martinis will be shaken, not stirred,
as Dark Horse proudly presents a spectacular new James Bond series
based on the popular Ian Fleming characters! A nuclear arsenal
disappears! Unexplained phenomena is South America! Dinosaurs!
Bond! What more can we give you? Well, maybe the team born to
do this book: Doug Moench and Paul Gulacy! Don't miss out on one
of the books of the summer. First in a series of new James Bond
books from Dark Horse Comics and Acme Press.
Issue #2 - Beautiful girls and a maniacal villain
who wants to change the face of the planet are all in a day's
work for James Bond. The second part of this thrilling three-part
story pits Bond against a savage South American jungle's most
dangerous game -- a hungry dinosaur! Written by Doug Moench (Batman:
Red Rain), with art by Paul Gulacy and color by Steve Oliff, James
Bond 007: Serpent's Tooth delivers Bond the way only Dark Horse
can!
Issue #3 - Would you destroy
the world to make a new, perfect one? Indigo plays God and
Bond is the serpent in Indigo's New Eden. Serpent's Tooth
delivers all the Bond action, all the Bond thrills, and
all the Bond savoir faire. There's no way anyone should
miss the exciting conclusion to this incredible series.Written
by Doug Moench with art by Paul Gulacy and color by Steve
Oliff. Painted cover by Gulacy.
Issue #TPB - Stolen nuclear weapons, kidnapped
scientists, and sightings of flying saucers and vampires;
seemingly unrelated incidents, but if there's a connection
James Bond will find it!
On the trail of the reptilian Indigo, Agent 007 stumbles
on an insidious plot involving evolution, Genesis, and the
possibility of a new paradise -- of course, a paradise under
Indigo's rule!
Right: Tradepaper Back cover |
|
|
Reviews
Serpent's
Tooth #1 Review
Serpent's
Tooth #2 Review
Serpent's
Tooth #3 Review
Best Line
"Another? Don't tell me you failed to conquer your peaks
in Switz..."
Trivia
Almost every sequence from the three issues has been heavily influenced
by the movie series. Two of the most obvious "lifts"
is the Russian woman avenging her lover's killing by 007 ("The
Spy Who Loved Me"), and the river boat chase in the jungle,
complete with Q-boat ("Moonraker").
MI6 Rating
Related Articles
Comics Coverage
All Comics Articles
Images courtesy Dark Horse Comics.
|
|
|