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MI6 looks back at the issues of comic book
"James Bond, Agent 007" published in Sweden
by Semic Press in 1969...
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Semic James Bond Comic
Books - 1969
14th November 2007
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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Operation Spökflyg (The
Spy Who Loved Me [Part 1])
Data Stream
Issue: #10 (1967+ series)
Released: 18th February 1969
Format: 17cm x 26 cm
Pages: 52
Publisher: Semic Press AB
Cover Price:
1.50 SEK
Featured Story
"From A View to a Kill" by Ian Fleming, adaptation
by Jim Lawrence, artwork by Yaroslav Horak. 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
Fasornas Natt (Fredrik)
Miscellaneous
One page
'pinup' photo of Sean Connery as James Bond, one page photo
special of Connery in "Goldfinger".
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Skräcknatten
(Fright Night - The Spy Who Loved Me [Part 2])
Data Stream
Issue: #11 (1967+ series)
Released: 13th May 1969
Format: 17cm x 26 cm
Pages: 52
Publisher: Semic Press AB
Cover Price: 1.50 SEK
Featured Story
"From A View to a Kill" by Ian Fleming, adaptation by Jim Lawrence,
artwork by Yaroslav Horak. 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
Dödsdrogen ( Al Martino)
Miscellaneous
One page 'pinup' photo of Sean Connery as James Bond
in "Goldfinger", on page photo of Connery
as Bond in "You Only Live Twice", one page
photo special on the Women of James Bond.
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Fågelkvinnorna
(Bird Woman - The Harpies)
Data Stream
Issue: #12 (1967+ series)
Released: 5th August 1969
Format: 17cm x 26 cm
Pages: 52
Publisher: Semic Press AB
Cover Price: 1.50 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 1968 (strip #1037)
Miscellaneous
One page 'pinup' photo of Sean Connery as James Bond in "Dr No",
on page photo of Connery as Bond in "Goldfinger".
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