James Bond's success after the start of the film franchise in 1962 spawned a number of comic books around the world. Initially, these were adaptations of various movies. In the late 1980s and continuing through to the mid-1990s, however, a series of original stories were also published.

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FIRST JAMES BOND COMIC PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND BY CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED THEN PUBLISHED IN THE STATES BY DC IN SHOWCASE #43.

Six years after Sean Connery exploded on to the world stage as James Bond in "Dr No", the global phenomenon of 007 left fans in South America hungry for more.

Chilean publisher Zig Zag secured a licence to publish James Bond comic books in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Peru in 1968.

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ARGENTINA PUBLISHED BY ZIG ZAG

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CHILE PUBLISHED BY ZIG ZAG

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ITALY CASINO ROYAL PUBLISHED BY GIALLO SELEZIONE IN 1965

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SWEDEN

Semic James Bond Comic Books - 1976
15th March 2008

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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SWEDEN BY SEMIC PRESS #3 1987

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JAPAN

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U.S.A.  MARVEL

U.S.A. DARK HORSE

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