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MI6 looks back at the four issues of the official
007 part-work magazine The Bond Phenomenon published
in 1997...
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Collecting - 007 The Bond Phenomenon
18th April 2007
Following on the success of Pierce Brosnan's
first outing in "GoldenEye" and to promote the then
upcoming film Tomorrow Never Dies in 1997, DeVere Publishing
issued "The Bond Phenomenon" part-works magazine. The
publishers worked with leading James Bond author Dave Worrall
to ensure the series was up to 007's standards.
Running 32 pages in length plus supplementary
adverts and poster, the part-work averaged 36 pages per issue.
Initially planned to run for eight issues for £1.95 each,
ultimately only the first four editions were published. The remain
four issues would have focused on:
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Issue 5 - Bond Gadgets and Weapons
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Issue 6 - Bond Fashion and Music
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Issue 7 - Bond Mania
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Issue 8 - Compete Bond Poster collection
Issue #1
- Forty Years of James Bond - Introduction
- The Man with the Golden Typewriter - Profile
of Ian Fleming
- Film Screening Competition
- Sex, Lies and Absence of Videotape - Spying
and the Cold War
- Memorable Moments
- Omega Watch Competition
- Our men at the Ministry - M, Miss Moneypenny
and Felix Leiter
- My name is Bond, James Bond - Connery, Lazenby,
Moore, Dalton and Brosnan
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Issue
#2 - The Bond Villains
- Dr No
- Red Grant and Rosa Klebb
- Goldfinger and Odd Job
- Largo
- The many faces of Blofeld
- Dr. Kananga / Mr. Big and Baron Samedi
- Scaramanga
- Stromberg and Jaws
- Memorable moments
- Omega Competition
- Drax
- Kristatos
- Kamal Khan and Orlov
- Zorin and May Day
- Koskov, Whitaker and Necros
- Sanchez
- Trevelyan, Zukovsky, Ourumov and Xenia Onatopp
- Carver and Stamper
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Issue #3 - The Bond Vehicles
- "Now pay attention, 007" - Profile
of Q
- Sean's Car - Aston Martin DB5 and others
- Little Nellie
- Acrostar Mini Jet
- The Sky's the limit - Bell jet pack and others
- Memorable moments
- Omega watch competition
- Roger's Car - Lotus Esprit Submersible and
others
- The state of the art - BMW Z3 / R 1200c motorcycle
/ BMW 7 series
- Best of the rest - Round-up of Bonds other
vehicles
- Villain vehicles - Disco Volante and many others
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Issue
#4 - The Bond Girls
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