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Whoops, I guess I had the release date incorrect when I initially asked this question.
It is out now, though, in case anyone has a chance to read it!
This is a fairly action-packed episode -- car chase, helicopters attack, gun fights etc. A little bit of glamorous locale, some examination of Blofeld's business methods, a tracking device and some repartee between Bond and Blofeld. There were absolutely NO surprises plot-wise but it was a fairly satisfactory issue nonetheless. At this point I can believe the storyline will be wrapped up in one more issue. If you've been enjoying the story so far I expect you won't be disappointed with this issue... and if you haven't been enjoying it, well, it'll be over soon. Maybe you're just looking forward to Moonraker.
Foreshadowing a Moonraker graphic novel from Dynamite? I hope so, as they haven’t announced anything after Agent of Spectre yet. Van Jensen isn’t coming back, at least that’s what he said after Live And Let Die was released. Their rights stay until 2025.
https://www.ajb007.co.uk/discussion/53853/call-to-the-community-help-to-enlarge-the-access-of-untranslated-bond-comics-adventures
So far almost everything was done, the only one that are not translated or currently in the process of being translate are :
- Moonraker ("Sabotage")
- DAF
- Thunderball (2 parts)
- OHMSS (2 parts)
- TSWLM
- YOLT
So if you like me you don't understand spanish but still want to read adaptation of the novel in comics one day, you can participate to it ;)
A sign that they might be leaving James Bond behind?
James Bond defeated by PAW Patrol? Oh, the shame! :)
There are more of them though. Strength in numbers. They're a force to be reckoned with.
No, he's the original Pretty Boy along with a young Roger Moore!
Yes, you're right! How did I not notice that?! :))
Is Dynamite Comics adapting the other comics this way?
https://www.theoi.com/Ouranios/ErosHimeros.html
Luca Casalanguida, artist. Christos Gage, writer.
I was looking back at this thread and I noticed something. Do you still have contact with people who work with Dynamite Comics? I know this was a couple of years ago, but you haven’t been updating hidden gems from them. Not to get you in trouble, just curious!
Although I liked the unconvectional inking from a pure art perspective, I don't think they serve this heavily action-oriented book all that well. Especially this issue is basically non-stop action and I sometimes felt a bit lost in the orange and yellows.
This entire series has had the undercurrent of Bond being somewhat weary of this life he is living. The seperate moments are pretty good (like Bond blowing off Blofeld, by asking, why he would ever want to leave this life behind, while they are fistfighting inside an exploding inferno, or the repeated mentions of Bond not thinking he will live all that much longer - quite Flemingsesque in a way).
All in all, I would say something like a B-/C+ for me. Some really cool small bits that don't really amount to a convincing whole, in my opinion.
As for Himeros: I am happy, that they continue to put out original Bond comics. The angle seems very, very strange. I haven't followed all of the Epstein stuff closely, but I am not sure whether I like them using something so ripped from the headlines. Especially, when the topic is child sex trafficking. I will pick it up, for sure, but I am a bit nervous. Also, I am with @2Wint2Kidd that I haven't really liked Fuso on Bond all that much...
That, unfortunately, is a problem many comic titles suffer from. Endings are very hard to do well but some titles just seem to be improvising from issue to issue, only to suddenly find themselves with only a handful of pages left to tie things together and reach a satisfying conclusion.