The James Bond newspaper strip began in 1958 in the pages of The Daily Express and for most of the next ten years adapted the novels and many of the short stories by Ian Fleming. In late 1968, writer Jim Lawrence took the character on a series of original adventures, pausing to adapt the now-rare Kingsley Amis novel Colonel Sun which continued until its cancellation in 1977. Another two years of strips, unpublished in England, followed before it returned to British papers in the pages of The Daily Star for two and a half years, finally ending in 1984.
Titan chose not to release the first six volumes of this series in chronological order, concentrating instead on the Horak-illustrated episodes first. They are arranged here in the order they originally appeared in British newspapers.
James Bond 007 Volume 5: Casino Royale. 96 pages, £10.99 UK, $16.95 US.
The legend continues! Get ready to enjoy more thrills and spills with the world’s greatest secret agent in the latest addition to this classic action series!
This is the story that introduced us to James Bond! In his first mission, James must neutralize a Russian operative by ruining him at the Baccarat table and forcing his ‘retirement’. Lady luck appears to be taken with Bond as his target hits a losing streak, but Bond’s attraction to a beautiful female agent leads him to disaster…
This new edition also includes Live and Let Die and the very rarely seen Moonraker, brought together for the first time in one spectacular collection that features an exclusive introduction by legendary Bond actor Roger Moore!
Contents:
Introduction by Roger Moore
Bond in Books (Part 5)
Casino Royale, written by Henry Gammidge, art by John McClusky. (originally published in the Daily Express 7/7/1958-13/12/1958)
Live and Let Die, written by Henry Gammidge, art by John McClusky. (originally published in the Daily Express 15/12/1958-28/3/1959)
Moonraker, written by Henry Gammidge, art by John McClusky. (originally published in the Daily Express 30/3/1959-8/8/1959)
James Bond 007 Volume 6: Doctor No. 112 pages, £10.99 UK, $16.95 US.
The legend continues! Stand by for more adventures with the world's greatest secret agent, as some of his most thrilling missions are collected for the first time ever! When two M15 agents disappear in Jamaica, Bond is sent to investigate - but a mysterious assailant attempts to dispatch 007 with everything from poisoned nectarines to killer centipedes! And when Bond links the attacks to the island of Crab Key, owned by the mysterious Doctor No, his troubles are just beginning! This new edition also collects Diamonds Are Forever and From Russia, With Love! Not only that, it also features a new introduction by Eunice Gayson (Sylvia Trench) and the final part of a feature examining the post-Fleming novels!
Contents:
Introduction by Eunice Gayson
Bond in Books (Part 6)
Dr No, written by Henry Gammidge, art by John McClusky. (originally published in the Daily Express 23/5/1960-1/10/1960)
Diamonds Are Forever, written by Henry Gammidge, art by John McClusky. (originally published in the Daily Express 10/8/1959-30/1/1960)
From Russia, With Love, written by Peter O'Donnell, art by John McClusky. (originally published in the Daily Express 3/2/1960-21/5/1960)
James Bond 007 Volume 4: Goldfinger. 128 pages, £10.99 UK, $16.95 US.
The legend continues! Stand by for more adventures with the world's greatest secret agent, as some of his most thrilling missions are collected for the first time ever! Modern-day King Midas, Auric Goldfinger, plans on ruining the economies of the Free World and using his own vast hoard of gold to control the planet. Bond must use all his rugged charms and brutal skills to stop Goldfinger before he brings western civilisation to its knees! This new edition also collects Risico, From A View To A Kill, For Your Eyes Only and Thunderball! No only that, it also features an new introduction by Shirley Eaton and background material created exclusively for this series!
Contents:
Introduction by Shirley Eaton
Bond in Books (Part 4)
“Behind Enemy Lines” – The Russian Perspective
Goldfinger, written by Henry Gammidge, art by John McClusky. (originally published in the Daily Express 3/10/1960-1/4/1961)
Risico, written by Henry Gammidge, art by John McClusky. (originally published in the Daily Express 3/4/1961-24/6/1961)
From A View To A Kill, written by Henry Gammidge, art by John McClusky. (originally published in the Daily Express 25/6/1961-9/9/1961)
For Your Eyes Only, written by Henry Gammidge, art by John McClusky. (originally published in the Daily Express 11/9/1961-9/12/1961)
Thunderball, written by Henry Gammidge, art by John McClusky. (originally published in the Daily Express 11/12/1961-10/2/1962. This series was finished prematurely)
James Bond 007 Volume 3: On Her Majesty's Secret Service. 112 pages, £10.99 UK, $16.95 US.
The legend continues! Titan Books presents the further adventures of the world’s greatest secret agent, in this third instalment of a classic action series!
After spending over a year on a fruitless search for Ernst Stavro Blofeld and his sinister organisation, SPECTRE, Bond decides he’s had enough and pens his letter of resignation! Before he can deliver it, however, fate smiles on him once more and it’s not long before he has ingratiated himself with the Corsican Mafia, managed to get back on Blofeld’s trail and got involved with a beautiful woman...
Contents:
Introduction by George Lazenby
Bond in Books (Part 3)
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, written by Henry Gammidge, art by John McClusky. (originally published in the Daily Express 29/6/1964-17/5/1965)
You Only Live Twice, written by Henry Gammidge, art by John McClusky. (originally published in the Daily Express 18/5/65 - 8/1/66)
James Bond 007 Volume 1: The Man With the Golden Gun. 80 pages, £10.99 UK, $16.95 US.
Titan Books are proud to present the return of the world’s greatest secret agent in these library collections of classic newspaper strip adventures first serialized in the Daily Express! Ian Fleming’s James Bond is back!
Brainwashed, Bond becomes a lethal weapon aimed at his boss, M, who has problems of his own: a killer whose artistry is matched only by his sadism, using pistols of gold to assassinate British agents. When Bond’s mission to kill M fails, he has only one shot at redemption, a suicide mission against the deadliest assassin of them all: Francisco Scaramanga – The Man With the Golden Gun.
This collection also includes The Living Daylights, which finds a melancholy Bond facing another sharpshooter – a KGB sniper. Set across the jagged scar of the Berlin Wall, Bond’s finger is on the trigger… and into his sights walks a beautiful blonde musician!
Contents:
The Spy Who Loved Me – an introduction by Lucy Fleming
Bond in Books (Part 1)
The Man with the Golden Gun, written by Jim Lawrence, art by Yaroslav Horak (originally published in the Daily Express 10/1/1966-10/9/1966)
The Living Daylights, written by Jim Lawrence, art by Yaroslav Horak (originally published in the Daily Express 12/9/1966-12/11/1966)
James Bond 007 Volume 2: Octopussy. 96 pages, £10.99 UK, $16.95 US.
Bond is back! After 10 years out of print, the comic strip adventures of the world’s greatest secret agent return in this deluxe James Bond collectors’ paperback library edition!
When an old friend’s body is found in the Alps 20 years after he disappeared, James Bond quickly finds himself caught between Nazi gold, the Chinese Tongs and the savage, eight-armed embrace of Octopussy! And Bond finds more mortal danger beneath the waves, this time in the Indian Ocean, in The Hildebrandt Rarity!
The second volume in this series contains fascinating background material on the literary history of James Bond, produced exclusively for this edition, and a new introduction by Octopussy herself, Maud Adams!
Contents:
Bond Bombshell – an introduction by Maud Adams
Bond in Books (Part 2)
Octopussy, written by Jim Lawrence, art by Yaroslav Horak. (originally published in the Daily Express 14/11/1966-27/5/1967)
The Hildebrandt Rarity, written by Jim Lawrence, art by Yaroslav Horak. (originally published in the Daily Express 29/5/1967-16/12/1967)
James Bond 007 Volume 7: The Spy Who Loved Me. 128 pages, £10.99 UK, $16.95 US.
The legend continues! Stand by for more adventures with the world's greatest secret agent, as some of his most thrilling missions are collected for the first time ever! When a Canadian test pilot is blackmailed by a revitalised S.P.E.C.T.R.E., Bond is called in to help - but a treacherous girlfriend is preparing to put him in the line of fire! And as if that weren't enough, Bond becomes embroiled in an insurance scam which quickly becomes a lethal game of cat and mouse! This new edition also collects the very first post-lan Fleming Bond strip, The Harpies! Not only that, it also features a new introduction, an exclusive interview with writer Jim Lawrence, and the first part of a feature examining the post-Fleming comics!
Contents:
Introduction by Barbara Bach
Feature examining post-Fleming James Bond (Part 1)
Interview with Jim Lawrence
The Spy Who Loved Me, written by Jim Lawrence, art by Yaroslav Horak. (originally published in the Daily Express 18/12/1967-3/10/1968)
The Harpies, written by Jim Lawrence, art by Yaroslav Horak. (originally published in the Daily Express 4/10/1968-23/6/1969)
James Bond 007 Volume 8: Colonel Sun. 112 pages, £12.99 UK, $19.95 US.
The legend continues! Stand by for more adventures
with the world's greatest secret agent, as some of his
most thrilling missions are collected for the first
time ever! When James Bond's boss, the enigmatic M, is
kidnapped in Greece, Bond must race to his rescue -
with only some local fishermen to help! But, 007
uncovers a plan to sabotage a USSR summit... and the
evil Colonel Sun is planning to frame the British
Secret Service for the crime! This new,
never-before-collected edition, featuring Kingsley
Amis' only James Bond story, also collects "River of Death"! It also includes a new introduction and
exclusive features examining the post-Fleming comics,
and Kingsley Amis' Bond work!
Contents:
Introduction by Britt Ekland
The Genesis of Colonel Sun: How Kingsley Amis Continued the James Bond Legacy
Bonding With Kingsley Amis
Stripping Bond: Jim Lawrence Interviewed by Dan Hagen
River of Death, written by Jim Lawrence, art by Yaroslav Horak. (originally published in the Daily Express 24/6/1969-29/11/1969)
Colonel Sun, written by Jim Lawrence, art by Yaroslav Horak. (originally published in the Daily Express 12/1/1969-20/8/1970)