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The secret agent. As Dracula is to vampires, Superman is to superheroes, Perry Mason is to lawyers and attorneys, and Sherlock Holmes is to detectives, so James Bond is to spies and secret agents.

James Bond (or James Bond 007) is a long-running multimedia franchise that originated with the novels of British author Ian Fleming and became a pop culture landmark, in large part thanks to a long-running series of theatrical films that started in The '60s and continues to this day. It is centered around James Bond, codename 007, a British secret service agent with a licence to kill who accomplishes missions in service of the British Crown, defeating bad guys with diabolical plans and seducing women along the way.

The franchise is the property of Danjaq, LLC, the company owned by the Broccoli family, the producers of the film series via Eon Productions.


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    Films — Live-Action 

    Literature 
  • James Bond, the series of novels and short stories started by Fleming in 1953 and reprised by other writers since his death in 1964.

    Live-Action TV 
  • Casino Royale (1954), the first live-action adaptation of James Bond, as a one-hour episode of the Climax! TV anthology series.

    Comic Books 

Adaptations

  • An adaptation of Dr. No was published in the UK in December 1962 by Classics Illustrated. It was later reprinted in the United States by DC Comics as part of its Showcase anthology series in January 1963.
  • Marvel Comics adapted For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy in the early '80s.
  • Eclipse Comics (Acme Press in U.K.) released an adaptation of Licence to Kill in 1989.
  • Topps Comics began an adaptation of Goldeneye, but cancelled it before it was finished.
  • SilverFin became the first novel to be adapted in 2008, followed by Dynamite Entertainment's adaptations of Casino Royale in 2018, and Live And Let Die in 2019.

Original Works

  • The first James Bond comic book storyline to not be adapted from a previous work was Permission to Die - a 1991 miniseries published by Acme/Eclipse, written and drawn by Mike Grell.
  • Not long after the above, the rights reverted to Dark Horse Comics (though Acme still held them in the UK), who published five miniseries (though only four of them were published in their entirety).
  • James Bond by Dynamite Comics. They acquired the rights from the Fleming estate in 2015, and released their own series of inter-connected mini-series.

    Pinball Games 

    Radio Dramas 

    Advertising 

    Tabletop RPG 
  • James Bond 007, published by Victory Games (part of Avalon Hill) starting in 1983. Won many awards and was for a time the most popular espionage RPG. Arguments between Victory Games and Danjaq LLC resulted in it ceasing publication in 1987.

    Theatre 

    Video Games 

Early:

  • James Bond 007 (1983)
  • A View to a Kill: The Computer Game (1985)
  • James Bond 007: A View to a Kill (Text Adventure) (1985)
  • James Bond 007: Goldfinger (1986)
  • James Bond 007 In The Living Daylights: The Computer Game (1987)
  • James Bond 007: Live and Let Die The Computer Game (1988)
  • 007: Licence to Kill (1989)
  • Operation Stealth (James Bond 007: The Stealth Affair, 1990)
  • Lord Bromley's Estate (1990)
  • Q's Armoury (1990)
  • James Bond 007: The Spy Who Loved Me (1990)
  • James Bond Jr. (1991)
  • James Bond Octopussy (1992)
  • James Bond 007: The Duel (1992)

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IO Interactive era:

  • Project 007 (TBA)

    Western Animation 

Alternative Title(s): James Bond 007 The Stealth Affair, James Bond 007

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In order to get a clean bill of health for active duty, Bond seduces Dr. Molly Warmflash.

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