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MI6 looks back at the issues of comic book
"James Bond, Agent 007" published in Sweden
by Semic Press in 1978...
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Semic James Bond Comic
Books - 1978
5th February 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 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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Nattfågeln Dödligt
Uppdrag För Bond! (Nightbird)
Data Stream
Issue: #50 (1967+ series)
Released: 7th February 1978
Format: 17cm x 26 cm
Pages: 52
Publisher: Semic Press AB
Cover Price:
4.00 SEK
Featured Story
Original story "Nightbird" by Jim
Lawrence, artwork by Yaroslav Horak. Reprinted from the
comic strips published by the Daily Express from 2nd June
1976 (strip #3179) to 4th November 1976 (strip
#3312)
Non-Bond Additional Stories
Gott Om Tid (Tidsresenär)
Kapten Ushers Sista Fall (Kapten Usherr)
Miscellaneous
Includes one-page fact sheet on the current Bond
film "The Spy Who Loved Me".
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Det Gyllene Spöket (The
Golden Ghost)
Data Stream
Issue: #51 (1967+ series)
Released: 4th April 1978
Format: 17cm x 26 cm
Pages: 52
Publisher: Semic Press AB
Cover Price: 4.25 SEK
Featured Story
Original story "The Golden Ghost" by Jim Lawrence, artwork
by Yaroslav Horak. Reprinted from the comic strips published by the Daily
Express
from 21st August 1970 (strip #1394) to 16th January 1971 (strip
#1519)
Non-Bond Additional Stories
Var Begravdes Gallagher? (Bailey)
Miscellaneous
One page pin-up photo of James Bond [Roger Moore]
and Anya Amasova [Barbara Bach] in "The
Spy Who Loved Me".
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Dödligt Kommando ("Fatal
Command" - Ape Of Diamonds)
Data Stream
Issue: #52 (1967+ series)
Released: 30th May 1978
Format: 17cm x 26 cm
Pages: 52
Publisher: Semic Press AB
Cover Price: 4.25 SEK
Featured Story
Original story "Ape Of Diamonds" by Jim Lawrence, artwork
by Yaroslav Horak and Neville Colvin. Reprinted from the comic strips
published by the Daily Express from 5th November 1976 (strip #3313)
to 22nd January
1977
(strip
#3437)
Non-Bond Additional Stories
Fast Till Slut (Simon Smart)
Hämnden (Grubber)
Miscellaneous
Three page article on the movie "Close Encounters
of the Third Kind"
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Farligt Uppdrag: Dödens
Dubbelgångare ("Dangerous Commission" -
Double Jeopardy)
Data Stream
Issue: #53 (1967+ series)
Released: 25th July 1978
Format: 17cm x 26 cm
Pages: 52
Publisher: Semic Press AB
Cover Price: 4.25 SEK
Featured Story
Original story "Double Jeopardy" by Jim Lawrence, artwork by
Yaroslav Horak. Reprinted from the comic strips published
by the Daily Express from 21st April 1971 (strip #1597) to 28th August
1971 (strip #1708)
Non-Bond Additional Stories
Så Talade Nostradamus (Galningen Graast)
Miscellaneous
Two page quiz on ten James Bond books.
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Trollkarlen + Stålspionen ("Magician
+ Steel Spy" -
Fear Face & When The Wizard Awakes)
Data Stream
Issue: #54 (1967+ series)
Released: 19th September 1978
Format: 17cm x 26 cm
Pages: 52
Publisher: Semic Press AB
Cover Price: 4.25 SEK
Featured Story
Original story "Fear Face" by Jim Lawrence, artwork by
Yaroslav Horak. Reprinted from the comic strips published by the Daily
Express from 18th January 1971 (strip #1520) to 20th April 1971
(strip #1596).
Original story "When The Wizard Awakes" by Jim Lawrence,
artwork by Yaroslav Horak. Reprinted from the comic strips published
by the Sunday Express from 30th January 1977 (strip #1) to 22nd May 1977
(strip #54).
Non-Bond Additional Stories
Den Gäckande Skuggan (Simon Smart)
Miscellaneous
One page pin-up photo of Roger Moore as James
Bond.
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Fågelkvinnorna
("Bird Woman" - The Harpies)
Data Stream
Issue: #55 (1967+ series)
Released: 14th November 1978
Format: 17cm x 26 cm
Pages: 52
Publisher: Semic Press AB
Cover Price: 4.25 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
TBC
Miscellaneous
TBC
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