COMIC
Tag: John McLusky
James Bond Agent 007 no. 7: “Moonraker” (1966)
COMIC
James Bond Agent 007 no. 5: “From Russia with Love” (1966)
COMIC BOOK
Author: Henry Gammidge (uncredited) after Ian Fleming's novel "From Russia With Love" (1957)
Artist: John McLusky (uncredited)
Published: A/S Interpresse
Editor: K. Jespersen
Cover artist: (uncredited)
Format: 52 pages
Publishing date: 1966
First published in the UK: Daily Express 03.02.-21.05.1960
Danish reprint: James Bond 007 no. 59 (1981)
Contents:
"Agent 007 jages"/"From Russia with Love" (30 pages - newspaper stripts reformatted to 17x26 cm magazine format)
"Roy Allen: Den forgiftede kat" [Roy Allen: The Poisoned Cat] (8 pages)
"Tilbage i tiden" [Back in Time] (6 pages)
James Bonds fjender: Red Grant [James Bond's enemies] (1 page text excerpt from Ian Fleming's "From Russia with Love")
Back cover: color photo of Sean Connery and Claudine Auger in "Thunderball" (1 page)
NB: The cover art was reused for the Danish James Bond Agent 007 no. 42 (1977).
Front page scan courtesy of Tom Andersen
James Bond Agent 007 no. 3: “Live and Let Die” (1965)
COMIC
Author: Henry Gammidge (uncredited) after Ian Fleming's novel "Live and Let Die" (1954)
Artist: John McLusky (uncredited)
Publisher: A/S Interpresse
Editor: N/A
Cover art: (uncredited)
Format: 52 pages
Publishing date: 1965
First published in the UK: Daily Express 15.12.1958-28.03.1959
Danish reprint: 007 James Bond no. 50 (as "Lev og lad dø")
Contents:
"Leve og lade dø" (Live and Let Die - newspaper strips reformatted to 17x26 cm magazine format)
"M.I.5" (text excerpt)
"Roy Allen" comic: "Smuglergods fra Khartoun" [Contraband from Khartoun]
"Roy Allen" comic: "Spion i København" [Spy in Copenhagen]
Ad for the Batman comic book
Back cover: Color photo of James Bond (Sean Connery) in "Goldfinger"
Front page scan courtesy of Carsten Olsen
James Bond Agent 007 no. 2: “Contra Goldfinger” (Interpresse 1965)
COMIC
Author: Henry Gammidge (uncredited) based on Ian Fleming's novel "Goldfinger" (1959)
Artist: John McLusky (uncredited)
Publisher: A/S Interpresse
Editor: Karin Jespersen
Cover art: (uncredited)
Format: 52 pages
Publishing date: 1965
First published in the UK: Daily Express 03.10.1960-01.04.1961
Danish reprint: 007 James Bond no. 57
Contents:
"Contra Goldfinger" (37 pages - newspaper strips reformatted to 17x26 cm magazine format)
"Fra filmen James Bonds fjender" ["From the movie James Bond's enemies"] (1 page text)
”Roy Allen: Tågernes stemme” ["Roy Allen" comic] (11 pages)
Back cover: color photo of Sean Connery in "Goldfinger" (1 page)
Thanks to Carsten Olsen.
James Bond Agent 007 no. 1: “Casino Royale” (1965)
COMIC
Author: Anthony Hearn (uncredited) after Ian Fleming's novel "Casino Royale" (1953)
Artist: John McLusky (uncredited)
Publisher: Interpresse A/S
Editor: Karin Jespersen
Cover art: Jordi Penalva
Format: 52 sider
Publishing date: 1965
First published in the UK: Daily Express 07.07.1958-13.12.1958
Danish reprint: 007 James Bond no. 56 as "Casino Royale"
Note: This was the first issue of the Danish "James Bond Agent 007" comic book, which was simultaneously co-published in Norway and Sweden.
66 issues, plus a one-off re-issue of the "Moonraker" comic adaptation, were published from 1965 to 1983. All issues except no. 65 contain newspaper strips from The Daily Express, edited and reformatted into portrait magazine format. The filler material is mostly Spanish-produced horror and detective comics (by Barton Art among others).
From 1983 to 1984, an additional seven issues were published in Denmark under the new title "James Bond". These issues featured newly produced James Bond material commissioned by Semic in Sweden.
Contents:
"Højt spil i Monte Carlo" [High Stakes in Monte Carlo] (40 pages - newspaper strips reformatted to 17x26 cm magazine format)
James Bonds fjender: Le Chiffre [James Bond's enemies] (1 page text)
”Roy Allen: Kokainsmuglerne” ["Roy Allen" comic] (7 pages)
Black & white photo of Sean Connery (1 page)
Back cover: color photo of Sean Connery in "Goldfinger" (1 page)
Front page scan: Tom Andersen.