James Bond has appeared in quite a number of comic books. Below is a little information about all the comics that Bond has been in. (Bold is publisher, Italics is title):
British Classics Illustrated
Doctor No
1963
Movie adaptation. Also published in Greek and Swedish editions.
European Detective
Doctor No
1963
Reprint of above British Classics Illustrated with a different cover.
DC Comics
Showcase Presents Doctor No by Ian Fleming
Showcase #43 Mar/Apr 1963
The first American comic book to feature James Bond. Originally drawn for the Classics Illustrated series but the company suspended publishing. Published as part of the British Classics Illustrated series (#158A) and the European Detective series (#6). Reprinted in DC's Showcase series to take advantage of the new James Bond movie. The story was censored, deleting all racial skin color and dialogue thought to be demeaning. This is also the first DC Silver Age movie adaptation. The illustrated cover is different from previous editions and features Doctor No in a radiation bubble suit holding a gun on Bond, who is at the controls of the jamming station. The inside front cover has black and white photos from the film. The inside back cover has brief biographies of Bond and Fleming. The 32-page comic follows the movie script and most of the characters are drawn to resemble their screen counterparts.
Marvel Comics
Marvel Super Special (magazine format movie adaptations) For Your Eyes Only
#19 1981
Color photos from the movie and behind the scenes information.
Octopussy
#26 1983
Black and white photos from the movie and behind the scenes information. Also published as an oversized hardcover, possibly a UK publication.
Marvel Illustrated Books (mass-market paperbacks)
For Your Eyes Only
#02140 Jun 1981
Reprint of Marvel movie adaptation.
For Your Eyes Only
Reprint of Marvel movie adaptation in comic book format.
#1 Oct 1981
#2 Nov 1981
James Bond, Jr.
Based on an animated television series featuring 007's nephew.
#1 Jan 1992 The Beginning
#2 Feb 1992 The Eiffel Missile
#3 Mar 1992 Earth-cracker
#4 Apr 1992 Plunder Down Under
#5 May 1992 Dance of the Toreadors
#6 Jun 1992 The Gilt Complex
#7 Jul 1992 Sure as Eggs is Eggs
#8 Aug 1992 Wave Goodbye to the USA
#9 Sep 1992 Absolute Zero
#10 Oct 1992 Friends Like These
#11 Nov 1992 Indian Summer
#12 Dec 1992 Homeward Bound
Diamond Comics
007 James Bond
Published in New Delhi, India, in English. The artist and writer unknown (to me, anyway).
Eclipse Comics/Acme Press
Permission to Die
3 issues published in prestige format.
#1 1989
Bond is sent Hungary to bring out the niece of a reclusive scientist in exchange for plans to a new, economical satellite launch system. Bond's contact is one of Kerim Bey's many sons.
· #2 1989
Bond uses a Little Nellie-like mini-copter to fly Edaine to safety, but the it is damaged in battle with an enemy helicopter. Forced to make their way to the border on foot, Bond and Edaine are tracked by a deadly assassin. Bond gets Edaine across the border and leaves an explosive surprise for his pursuer.
· #3 1991
Bond delivers Edaine to her uncle, Dr. Widziardlo, in Idaho, but neither the doctor nor his niece are what they appear to be. The launch system Bond has come to collect is operational and intended for a deadly lesson in "support" of world peace. A beautiful guide helps Bond prevent the nuclear disaster.
(James Bond 007: Permission to Die was made into a trade paperback collection with all 3 issues.)
License to Kill 1989
This is the official movie adaptation published in both oversize hardcover and trade paperback editions. The cover has a photo from the movie, and there are additional color photos from the movie inside.It was also published in Belgian and German editions.
Eclipse Extra
4-page promotional flyers in comic book format.
#49 Jan 1989
Advertises Permission to Die #1 with a Bond cover by Grell.
#54 Jun 1989
Advertises License to Kill graphic album.
#55 Jul 1989
Advertises License to Kill limited hardcover graphic album.
Dark Horse Comics/Acme Press
Serpent's Tooth
3 issues published in "prestige" format.
#1 Jul 1992
While on the trail of a missing British nuclear submarine, 009 disappears. Bond picks up where 009 left off, investigating a wealthy geneticist with a reptilian appearance known as Indigo. Bond visits Indigo's business under the pretext of looking for a job and finds brainwashed employees and some interesting blood samples. After Bond's narrow escape from the building, Indigo accelerates his plans.
#2 Aug 1992 Part II: Blooded in Eden
Bond tracks Indigo to a remote region of Peru where young girls have been frequently abducted for the past ten years. Indigo reveals his plans to trigger a nuclear catastrophe with warheads taken from the British submarine. He wants to change the world's surface for his genetically altered creations. After discovering the location of Indigo's lair, Bond has to cope with Indigo's pet dinosaur. Indigo activates a dome which encloses his jungle temple, which then moves into the ocean on huge treads.
#3 Feb 1993 Part III: Mass Extinction
Bond battles Indigo's personal army under the dome while his backup troops battle Indigo's armed escort on the ocean's surface. Bond finds unexpected allies (including a genetically altered 009) and prevents another madman from destroying the world.
(James Bond 007: Serpent's Tooth from Dec 1994 was a
trade paperback collection of all three issues.)
A Silent Armageddon
#1 Mar 1993
Altered targeting codes at an American missile base herald the appearance of Cerberus, an organization whose name refers to the three "heads" it has- espionage, extortion, and enforcement. Ten years later, Eddie, a junkie hacker discovers a computer worm capable of breaking into any computer security system. He pays off his supplier with information uncovered by the worm, which he has named Omega. Eddie also discovers a British artificial intelligence project which could spell trouble. His boss then orders the death of everyone involved. Cerberus does the killing, but also comes for Eddie and Omega. Only one researcher survives, a 13-year old math prodigy named Terri Li. Bond is assigned to protect her.
#2 May 1993
Cerberus makes plans to infiltrate Opti-Net, a global computer network, but they need Omega to do the job. Bond is having trouble with Terri, so Jessica Penrose, a beautiful American cyberneticist is brought in to try and get Terri to open up. Ultimately, however, Terri agrees to help only after Bond finds a copy of the Omega disk in her posession.. In New York, Terri hacks into the net while a Cerberus team comes looking for her. The Cerberus team is led by a man named Klebb, who has a score to settle with Bond, and Jessica is working with him.
#3 (cancelled by publisher, but plot below)
A deadly computer virus demonstrates its lethal potential through automated teller machines, hospital equipment, and prison cell locks in New York City. Bond and Terri must find out if Omega is to blame for the mayhem, but Klebb is out to kill Bond.
#4 (also cancelled by publisher)
Bond attacks the heart of Cerberus' operation, deep beneath the streets of Hong Kong's Hidden City. He must destroy Omega before Cerberus can use it to destroy the world. His only allies are a band of untrustworthy mercenaries and Terri.
Shattered Helix
2-issue series.
#1 Jun 1994 The Greenhouse Effect, Chapter I
Smarting from their last defeat, Cerberus now threatens the Ark, an enclosed biosphere, so Bond and a US military force arrive to protect the project. Cerberus agents break into the Ark and kidnap Boyce, one of the project scientists, who previously worked on a CIA bio-warfare project. The CIA developed an uncontrollable mutagen, and when the project was abandoned the secret Antarctic laboratory was sealed. Cerberus wants Boyce to deliver the mutagen. Bond convinces Serena, the daughter of a famous Antarctic explorer, to help him beat Cerberus to the lab.
#2 Jul 1994 A Cold Day in Hell, Chapter II
Cerberus arrives at the secret CIA biowarfare lab first. After suffering many casualties, Bond and his team reach the lab and prepare to destroy it. However, Serena and Bond are captured and taken into the lab. Boyce decides to sacrifice himself and releases the mutagen inside the lab, killing his captors. Bond must face the last surviving Cerberus henchman, a biologically altered and armored man, before finally destroying the lab.
The Quasimodo Gambit
3-issue series.
#1 Jan 1995
Arms dealer Jefferson Rifle makes a deal with Elias Hazelwood and his deadly disciple, Maximillian "Quasimodo" Steele. Bond and Nebula Valentine try to stop Rifle and learn what Haxelwood is planning.
#2 Feb 1995
Bond finds himself caught in a bloody nightmare deep in the Georgia swamps as he tracks Quasimodo and other Disciples of the Heavenly Way.
#3 Mar 1995
In New York, Quasimodo has found the Truth and stands prepared to destroy everyone who gets in his way, including Bond.
Dark Horse Comics (color anthology series)
Light of My Death
4-issue series.
#8 Mar 1993 Part 1
Two men meet in the French Alps and get on a tramway car. A beam of light cuts the cable and they plummet to their deaths. In London, Bond is briefed on the incident and packs his bags for Lyons, France.
#9 Apr 1993 Part 2
Bond travels to the murder site and is chased by the opposition. Tatiana Romanova arrives just in time to get him out of a tight spot.
#10 May 1993 Part 3 (007 cover by John Watkiss)
In Cairo, a conference of non-aligned nations begins. Following a lead to Hong Kong, Bond learns that SPECTRE's man with the light, a laser weapon, has something planned for the Cairo conference.
#11 Jul 1993 Part 4
In Cairo, Bond and Tatiana play out a ruse to flush the laser killer out into the open. Bond kills the assassin, but SPECTRE is still in business.
Minute of Midnight
This was the last issue of Dark Horse Comics, but the end of the story implies that there may be more Bond to come from Dark Horse. This comic is a flip-book, with an Alien vs. Predator story on the flip side.
#25 Sep 1994
Part One: Operation Miasma
Posing as a skid-row bum, Bond overhears Lexis outlining a plan for worldwide nuclear blackmail and terrorism. The CIA asks Bond to hand-carry details of the plan back to London.
Part 2: Freefall
Aboard a CIA plane, Bond is attacked by his CIA escort and must fight for his life in freefall.
Part 3: Business at Hand
A fellow Secret Service agent meets Bond in London and accepts delivery of the CIA information. Bond is assigned the task assassinating Lexis, which he does with dispatch. M is in France for a conference so Bond reports to Bill Tanner. Meanwhile, Redditch, the agent who greeted Bond, finalizes preparations for M's abduction.
Topps Comics
GoldenEye Double-O Issue.
(Special James Bond Convention Limited Edition Preview.)
1995
3-issue movie adaptation.
#1 Jan 1996
Bond and a partner infiltrate a secret Soviet nerve gas facility. When his partner is captured, 007 must decide whether or not to complete the mission. Several years later, Bond is assigned another mission.
#2 (cancelled by publisher, but planned plot below.)
Bond must destroy GoldenEye, a first-strike satellite weapon, after he discovers who stole it. He also encounters Xenia, the assassin with passionate thighs of death.
#3 (also cancelled by publisher)
Bond discovers the secret location of the GoldenEye satellite and battles Xenia to prevent it from being activated.
(Goldeneye: Special Edition, in Mar 1996 was printed as a collection of issues #1-3 in one edition.)
Personality Comics
Secret Agents
Black and white illustrated biographies published in regular and limited editions. The limited editions are signed and numbered by the artist, and may also contain trading cards.
#1 Nov 1991 Sean Connery
#2 Dec 1991 Roger Moore
#3 Jan 1992 Timothy Dalton
SPIES Comics
Illustrated Biographies.
Secret Agents #0 1994 George Lazenby
Photo covers, front and back. Limited to 100 copies, signed by Helfenstein.
Secret Agents#1 Nov 1995 Pierce Brosnan
Photo covers, front and back. Limited to 150 copies signed by Helfenstein.
DC Comics
The James Bond 007 Fan Club
The Illustrated James Bond, 007
Diamonds Are Forever (Aug 1959-Jan 1960)
From Russia With Love (Feb 1960-May 1960)
Doctor No (May 1960-Oct 1960)
US trade paperback reprint of Daily Express comic strips. Introduction by Richard Schenkman. Cover art by Tom Sciacca and Rich Buckler. Feb 1981.
Titan Books (UK)
The Living Daylights (Sep 1966-Nov 1966)
The Man With The Golden Gun (Jan 1966-Sep 1966)
Octopussy (Nov 1966-May 1967)
The Hildebrand Rarity (May 1967-Dec 1967)
The Spy Who Loved Me (Dec 1967-Oct 1968)
Casino Royale (Jul 1958-Dec 1958)
Live and Let Die (Dec 1958-Mar 1959)
Unknown publisher (Finland)
James Bond Agent 007 #1
Operation Big Mama
James Bond Agent 007 #2
Doomcrack (Feb 1981-Aug 1981)
Trade paperback reprints of London Daily Star comic strips. Both titles published in 1991.
World Publishing (UK)
Oversize hardcovers, typically containing text, photos, and comics. These are annuals.
The James Bond 007 Annual
6 comic stories. 1965.
The James Bond 007 Annual
6 comic stories. 1967.
The James Bond 007 Annual
One comic story, Live and Let Die. 1968.
Marvel/Grandreams (UK)
James Bond 007 Octopussy Special
Reprints Marvel movie adaptation. Oversized hardcover with photos. 1983.
Play Value Books
James Bond 007 Adventure Storybook (children's comic)
Storm Bringer, 1985
Blackclaw's Doomsday Plot, 1985