James Bond 007 #[12] - The Phoenix Project

(February 2007)

Midas Touch (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Tania Mallett

Indexer Notes

Introduction by actress and model Tania Mallett, who played Tilly Soames / Tilly Masterson in GOLDFINGER (1964). She discusses the chaotic premiere of the film, as well as a road accident that occurred while shooting.

Fatal Beauties (Table of Contents: 2)

The Bond Girls In Comics / text article / 5 pages (report information)

Script

James Wheatley; Matthias Garretway; James Page

Pencils

John McLusky; Yaroslav Horak

Inks

John McLusky; Yaroslav Horak

Indexer Notes

Part 2. Article on the women who've appeared in the 007 newspaper strip, covering Lisl Baum (RISICO), Mary Ann Russell / Agent 765 (A VIEW TO A KILL), Judy Havelock (FOR YOUR EYES ONLY), Comtesse Teresa ('Tracy') Di Vicenzo & Ruby Windsor (ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE), Kissy Suzuki (YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE), Chitra 'Taj' Mahal & Mary Goodnight (THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN), 'Trigger' (THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS), Trudi Oberhauser (OCTOPUSSY), Liz Krest & Nyla Larsen (THE HILDEBRAND RARITY), and Rona Vail & Vivienne Michel (THE SPY WHO LOVED ME).

The Phoenix Project (Table of Contents: 3)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

James Wheatley; Matthias Garretway; James Page

THE PHOENIX PROJECT (Table of Contents: 4)

James Bond / comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Lawrence

Pencils

Yaroslav Horak

Inks

Yaroslav Horak

Letters

Yaroslav Horak

Genre

spy

Characters

Margo Arden (secretary); Tom Thorp (Security Chief, H.M. Defence Research Laboratories); Dr. Gray (staff doctor); George Ness (Naval weapons dept., alias Nelson Gregg, fake psychiatrist); Dr. Hendrix Barr (research scientist); James Bond; M; Miss Moneypenny; Ogle (tour guide); Kazim (arms broker, head of spy network); Hafford (MI-6, Istanbul); Mirza (driver); Jack Donner ("Tex"); Jenny Starbuck; Selim (thug)

Synopsis

A secretary's premonitions turns out to be the result of brainwashing, part of a plot by Kazim, a crooked arms broker, to steal a top-secret protective suit of armor. In Istanbul, Bond tracks down Kazim, who's also pursued by Texans Jack Donner & Jenny Starbuck, who are trying to clear her father for an earlier crime Kazim framed him for.

Reprints

• in The James Bond Omnibus (Titan, 2009 series) #004 (October 2012)
• from THE DAILY EXPRESS (September 23, 1974-February 18, 1975)

Indexer Notes

Story #33. Once again Titan Books have jumped around, skipping stories #30-32.

The Black Ruby Caper (Table of Contents: 5)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

James Wheatley; Matthias Garretway; James Page

THE BLACK RUBY CAPER (Table of Contents: 6)

James Bond / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Lawrence

Pencils

Yaroslav Horak

Inks

Yaroslav Horak

Letters

Yaroslav Horak

Genre

spy

Characters

Roanne Dreux; James Bond; Suzi Kew (MI-6); Frau Ilse Kreuzner (housekeeper); Herr Rubin ("Mister Ruby", head of The Rubaiyat, spy ring); Gunter (bodyguard); Miss Moneypenny; Bill Tanner; Damara Carver (model); Jack Nguvu (MI-6, Accra, Ghana); Schaal (Rubaiyat agent); Roscoe Carver (sculpter)

Synopsis

Bond resorts to blackmail & kidnapping of Ilse Kreuzner, in order to get the goods on her lover, "Mister Ruby". Bond teams with Damara Carver to help find her father, a sculptor whose work, unknown to him, is part of an assassination plot by Ruby and his spy ring, The Rubaiyat.

Reprints

• in The James Bond Omnibus (Titan, 2009 series) #004 (October 2012)
• from THE DAILY EXPRESS (February 19, 1975-July 15, 1975)

Indexer Notes

Story #34. Nudity throughout. 2nd appearance of Suzy Kew. Damara Carver no relation to Rosie Carver, double-agent in the film LIVE AND LET DIE (1973).

Till Death Do Us Part (Table of Contents: 7)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

James Wheatley; Matthias Garretway; James Page

TILL DEATH DO US PART (Table of Contents: 8)

James Bond / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Lawrence

Pencils

Yaroslav Horak

Inks

Yaroslav Horak

Letters

Yaroslav Horak

Genre

spy

Characters

Arda Petrich (daughter of deceased defector); Stefan Radomir (Bulgarian Secret Police); James Bond; Vlad (bodyguard); M; Miss Moneypenny; Bill Tanner; Onyegin (KGB)

Synopsis

For the 2nd mission in a row, Bond kidnaps a woman from her lover's house. This time it's Arda Petrich, whose late father defected from the East to work for MI-6. Her lover Stephan Radomir, unknown to her, is planning to sell her to the KGB for information she knows.

Reprints

• from THE DAILY EXPRESS (July 17, 1975-October 14, 1975)

Indexer Notes

Story #35. Nudity throughout. The extended chase involving a bizarre-looking Q-Branch vehicle, somewhat reflects the tone of the then-recent Roger Moore films, LIVE AND LET DIE and THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN (1973, 1974).

The Torch-Time Affair (Table of Contents: 9)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

James Wheatley; Matthias Garretway; James Page

THE TORCH-TIME AFFAIR (Table of Contents: 10)

James Bond / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Lawrence

Pencils

Yaroslav Horak

Inks

Yaroslav Horak

Letters

Yaroslav Horak

Genre

spy

Characters

James Bond; Carmen Perez (artist's model, Espada agent); Tim Hurst (artist); Ricardo Auza (gigolo, SMERSH agent); Mrs. Natalie Buckner; Suzy Kew (MI-6)

Synopsis

A message luring him to the beach at night and a woman buried up to her neck in the sand finds Bond caught between 2 rival spy networks, SMERSH and ESPADA, both vying to get their hands on secret info code-named "Torch-Time", a plot for Latin-America subversion.

Reprints

• from THE DAILY EXPRESS (October 15, 1975-January 15, 1976)

Indexer Notes

Story #36. Nudity throughout. 3rd appearance of Suzy Kew.

The Complete James Bond Syndicated Newspaper Checklist (Table of Contents: 11)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

covers 1958-1983

Nobody Does It Better... (Table of Contents: 12)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John McLusky; Yaroslav Horak

Inks

John McLusky; Yaroslav Horak

Indexer Notes

Ad / Titan Books' 007 collections.

James Bond 007 Will Return... (Table of Contents: 13)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Yaroslav Horak

Inks

Yaroslav Horak

Indexer Notes

Ad / NIGHTBIRD (Titan Books, "coming soon")