The artwork is excellent, this is the way I imagined James Bond to be when I was reading the Ian Fleming novels.

About: Colonel Sun by Robert Markham is the first novel featuring secret agent James Bond, 007, not written by Ian Fleming. Robert Markham is actually the pseudonym of Kingsley Amis, the book was published six years after the death of Ian Fleming. Paperback: 196 pages Publisher: Bantam; paperback My rating for Colonel Sun– 3 Buy Colonel Sun from Amazon.com* […]

James Bond: Black Box by Benjamin Percy (art by Rapha Lobosco) is a solid entry into Dynamite’s Bond library even though the plot is weak and predictable, but well written

I was excited from the first time I head the plans to make a standalone Felix Leiter story. With all the trepidations and pre-judgements that came with the announcement, only one thought, and one thought only, was on my mind – about damn time!

I simply feel that the James Bond series should have gotten a much stronger finish than two short stories and two outlines for short stories.

The novel is not unreadable, it is enjoyable for the Bond fans, but it is far from being one of the best in the series

The pace of the graphic novel is fast, but not lightning fast, and steady. Mr. Diggle keeps it steady with skill and humor peppered throughout

The story was written after the film Dr. No was released, literary 007 gotten some of cinematic Bond’s persona.

Mr. Fleming realized that after World War II, England was no longer the world power it once was and lets it all out on the page in a dialog which must have been torturous to write between Bond and the head of the Japanese Secret Service.

An unusual entry in the series since it is narrated by a French-Canadian woman and not James Bond