A couple of weeks ago I felt in the mood to watch a Bond movie, no specific reason, just wanted to watch a good fun spy movie, so plucked the 2009 version of Casino Royale off the DVD shelf (OK, one of the DVD bookcases!) and sat back to enjoy Daniel Craig's debut as 007 ( Read more... )

Art for the James Bond comics story, Operation: Bluchar, an original story, first published in issue #8 of the Swedish James Bond, Agent 007 title in 1984.

Russian reprint cover


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Art for the James Bond comics story, Operation: Little, an original story, first published in issue #2 of the Swedish James Bond, Agent 007 title in 1984.

Swedish cover

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Art for the James Bond comics story, The White Death, an original story, first published in issue #8 of the Swedish James Bond, Agent 007 title in 1983 as "Den vita doden."

Interior panel from the Swedish original story.

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OK this a little bit of a tenuous take on a title theme for "You Only Live Twice", but it is a nice piece of "what if" speculation ( Read more... )

Art for the James Bond comics story, Liquidate Bond, an original story, first published in issue #7 of the Swedish James Bond, Agent 007 title in 1983.

Cover from Danish reprint.

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Art for the James Bond comics story, Operation: Burma, an original story, first published in issue #6 of the Swedish James Bond, Agent 007 title in 1983.

Interior art from the original Swedish version (with English translation)

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Another take on the theme from "You Only Live Twice", this time by 1960s British pop-singer, Julie Rogers. According to some sources this version was initially under consideration for the theatrical release before being replaced by the Nancy Sinatra version we are now familiar with, other sources note it as just a demo version.

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Cover art for the James Bond comics story, Codename: Nemesis, an original story, first published in issue #3 of the Swedish James Bond, Agent 007 title in 1983 as "Kodnamm Nemesis"

Denmark

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I've decided to change the title of this series of posts to "Alternative Bond Themes," rather than "Rejected," as it's not clear if some of these different versions were ever seriously considered for the movie with which they are associated.And this entry is such a case - In the 1990s, this alternative example of a possible "You Only Live Twice" ( Read more... )