History ComicBook / Agent327

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** Olga Lawina's breasts were a lot less visible and roundish.

** One notable subversion is the Swiss spy Olga Lowina. Apart from her Princess Leia hairstyle there's nothing remotely Swiss about her.

** Also, the ShoutOut s to popular culture stuff weren't that excessive.

* FemmeFataleSpy: The voluptuous Olga Lawina is a Swiss spy, who is very attractive and has rather [[BuxomIsBetter large breasts]]. In the series she is a double spy, sometimes siding with Agent 327 but other times siding with the enemies, which makes her very unpredictable.

* Franchise/FuManchu: One of the villains, Wu Manchu, references his name.

* RuleSixtyThree: One of Agent 327's enemies is Wu Manchu, a female version of Dr. Franchise/FuManchu.

'''Agent 327''' is a Dutch comic book series that started out as a spoof of Franchise/JamesBond, hence the title, but gradually became something completely different. The stories are written and drawn by Martin Lodewijk (°1948) and center around Hendrik [=IJzerbroot=], a spy working for the Dutch government. He is often sent to a mission by his chef, ''"The Chef"'', and accompanied by the tall, [[BuxomIsBetter big breasted]] FemmeFataleSpy Olga Lawina.

''"Agent 327"'' is notable for the clever stories, extensive background research and exquisite art work. The early albums were mostly child oriented stories and ran from 1967 until 1983. In 2000 Lodewijk rebooted his old series and started new production. Since then several new albums have been published. This new incarnation differs considerably from the older albums with more adult comedy and references.

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!!Examples:

* CatchPhrase: ''"Grrutjes-nog-aan-toe, wat een geheim agent toch niet allemaal moet doen om incognito/onopgemerkt op zijn bureau/werk te komen."''[[labelnote:*]]''Gosh-dang-it, the things a secret agent needs to do to get to his work unnoticed.'' [[/labelnote]] - [=IJzerbroot=] says this traditionally on the first or second page of each story, when entering the office.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything

* FuManchu: One of the villains, Wu Manchu, references his name.

* RuleSixtyThree: One of Agent 327's enemies is Wu Manchu, a female version of Dr. FuManchu.

* NoExportForYou: Only popular in the Netherlands, mostly because it is too Dutch in both language, content, references and style to be understood in other countries.

** ComicStrip/DeKiekeboes: A special comic strip in which Fanny interviews characters from other comic strips, ''Bij Fanny Op Schoot'' has her talking to ''[[ComicStrip/{{Nero}} Nero]]'', Cordelia, ''[[ComicBook/{{Natacha}} Natacha]]'', ''ComicBook/SuskeEnWiske'', Cowboy Henk, [[ComicBook/{{Agent 327}} IJzerbroot and Olga Lawina]], ''ComicStrip/DeRodeRidder'', ''Series/FCDeKampioenen'' and ''ComicBook/{{Urbanus}}'', among others.

** ComicStrip/DeKiekeboes: A special comic strip in which Fanny interviews characters from other comic strips, ''Bij Fanny Op Schoot'' has her talking to ''[[ComicStrip/{{Nero}} Nero]]'', Cordelia, ''[[ComicBook/{{Natacha}} Natacha]]'', ''ComicBook/SuskeEnWiske'', Cowboy Henk, [[ComicBook/{{Agent 327}} IJzerbroot and Olga Lawina]], ''ComicStrip/DeRodeRidder'', ''Series/FCDeKampioenen'' and ''ComicStrip/{{Urbanus}}'', among others.

''"Agent 327"'' is a Dutch comic book series that started out as a spoof of Franchise/JamesBond, hence the title, but gradually became something completely different. The stories are written and drawn by Martin Lodewijk (°1948) and center around Hendrik [=IJzerbroot=], a spy working for the Dutch government. He is often sent to a mission by his chef, ''"The Chef"'', and accompanied by the tall, [[BuxomIsBetter big breasted]] female spy Olga Lawina.

* PunnyName: Several!

* TrustPassword

* TheDictator: Papa Duivalier, a {{parody}} of Haitian tyrant Papa Doc Duvalier.

* Literature/JamesBond: The main inspiration.

** ComicStrip/DeKiekeboes: A special comic strip in which Fanny interviews characters from other comic strips, ''Bij Fanny Op Schoot'' has her talking to [[ComicStrip/{{Nero}} Nero]], Cordelia, [[ComicBook/{{Natacha}} Natacha]], ComicBook/SuskeEnWiske, Cowboy Henk, [[ComicBook/{{Agent 327}} IJzerbroot and Olga Lawina]], ComicStrip/DeRodeRidder, FCDeKampioenen and ComicStrip/{{Urbanus}}, among others.

** EvilVersusEvil: It often turns out that Olga's network wants the VillainOfTheWeek stopped as well, probably to protect their own interests.

* TintinShoutOut:
** In ''Het Oor van Van Gogh'' Creator/VincentVanGogh appears in our modern day and is smitten with Creator/{{Herge}}'s artwork in some Tintin albums. Snowy too has a cameo in this album.
** In ''Het Pad van de Schildpad'' Agent 327 tries to decipher a secret code and mentions that this would be up the alley for his Chef, because ''"his favorite comic strips are "The Secret of the Unicorn" and "Red Rackham's Treasure"''.

* BuxomIsBetter: Olga Lawina, since her breasts grew considerably in size since 2000.

* RuleSixtyThree: one of Agent 327's enemies is Wu Manchu, a female version of Dr. FuManchu.

* SharedUniverse: With the comic book series ''"Johnny Goodbye"'' and the Belgium comic book series ''ComicStrip/{{Nero}}''. Wu Manchu was originally created for Johnny Goodbye before she was transferred to Agent 327. Detective Van Zwam, a recurring character in ''Nero'', has a guest appearance in the ''Agent 327''-stories ''"De ogen van Wu Manchu"'' and ''"De golem van Antwerpen"''.

"Agent 327" is a Dutch comic book series that started out as a spoof of Franchise/JamesBond, hence the title, but gradually became something completely different. The stories are written and drawn by Martin Lodewijk (1948) and center around Hendrik [=IJzerbroot=], a spy working for the Dutch government. He is often sent to a mission by his chef, "The Chef", and accompanied by the tall, big breasted female spy Olga Lawina.

"Agent 327" is notable for the clever stories, extensive background research and exquisite art work. The early albums were mostly child oriented stories and ran from 1967 until 1983. In 2000 Lodewijk rebooted his old series and started new production. Since then several new albums have been published. This new incarnation differs considerably from the older albums with more adult comedy and references.

* BuxomIsBetter: Olga Lawina, since her breasts grew considerably since 2000.
* CatchPhrase: "Grrutjes-nog-aan-toe, wat een geheim agent toch niet allemaal moet doen om incognito/onopgemerkt op zijn bureau/werk te komen."[[labelnote:*]]Gosh-dang-it, the things a secret agent needs to do to get to his work unnoticed. [[/labelnote]] - [=IJzerbroot=] says this traditionally on the first or second page of each story, when entering the office.

* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Dr. Maybe uses the song "Denk toch altijd met liefd' aan je moeder" to torture Agent 327 into revealing information in "Dossier Dozijn min 1".
* TheDictator: Papa Duivalier, a parody of Haitian tyrant Papa Doc Duvalier.

** The setting is similar to ''Film/JamesBond'': a succesful and clean cut spy, a female secretary, a chief,... In one of the early albums the villain is called "Dr. Maybe", in reference to Film/DrNo.
** Olga Lawina's name is a pun on the name of Dutch singer Olga Lowina and the Dutch word for an avalanche: "lawine".

* ItWasHereISwear: happens to agent 327 and Olga Lawina in "De Gesel van Rotterdam", when a mysterious private clinic they investigated the night before turns out to be gone the next day, when they bring the police.
* Literature/JamesBond: The main inspiration

* MurphysLaw: Plot element in the album "De Wet van Alles".
* NoExportForYou: Only popular in the Netherlands, mostly because it is too Dutch in both language, content, references and style.

** [=IJzerbroot=] always tries to enter his office in disguise, but usually something goes wrong, causing him to grumble: "Good grief! What a secret agent has to do nowadays to get to his office in secret."
** The song "Denk toch altijd met liefd' aan je moeder" by Gerda and Herman Timmerhout makes a cameo appearance in many albums.
** A lot of companies are named "Habraken".

* SharedUniverse: With the comic book series "Johnny Goodbye" and the Belgium comic book series "Nero". Wu Manchu was originally created for Johnny Goodbye before she was transferred to Agent 327. Detective Van Zwam, a recurring character in Nero, has a gues apperance in the Agent 327-stories "De ogen van Wu Manchu" and "De golem van Antwerpen".

* VolcanoLair: Dr. Maybe has one in "Dossier Stemkwadrater", and it proves to be his undoing.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Dr. Maybe offers this to Agent 327 in "Dossier Stemkwadrater". Naturally, Agent 327 refuses.

* TheYellowMShoutOut: At the start of the album "De vergeten bom" the Yellow "M" can be seen sprayed on the door of a garage.

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