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Not so! The Daily Express strip versions of both are faithful to Fleming and superb. In some ways the Express version of TMWTGG even improves on the original.
I like most of them though. Read them all earlier in the year in two months flat.
Too true, PussyNoMore remembers reading them back in those halcyon days and thinks the
late great Peter O'Donnell had a hand in at least one. DR. NO peut - etre?
It's a damn shame that eon didn't use them as storyboards for their movies. Then we'd have had something truly worthwhile on the screen.
In fact they probably remain the only faithfull visualisation of Fleming's Bond!
That's correct. And Jim Lawrence, who took over with his impressive adaptation of TMWTGG, did an even more impressive job of adapting The Spy Who Loved Me and Octopussy, neither of which easily lent themselves to the adventure-strip format, into action stories that nevertheless preserved much of Fleming's spirit. EON could have certainly learned something from his example. His adaptation of Colonel Sun is also excellent.
Exactly. And they will probably remain unrivaled, unless the upcoming graphic novel of CR leads to 13 follow-ups.