History
By most opinions the very definition of a modern day spy and counter-espionage agent, James Bond has been mentioned more often than seen in the Marvel Universe, often in comparison -- at times disparagingly, at other times complimentary -- to the likes of Nick Fury and other elite members of S.H.I.E.L.D. and its various counterparts around the world.
James Bond and his date were among a large group of odd characters gathered at the Laughing Horse Bar when Steve Rogers and Clint Barton arrived, standing at the bar beside Dick Tracy.[2]Trivia
- Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu #3 implies that James Bond may be the father of Clive Reston ("an MI-6 agent with a 00 license to kill, and Clive took after his father's [...] love of terrible puns"),[3] and that implication was brought up several times afterward. Furthermore, it was also implied Reston was a descendant of Sherlock Holmes ("a private detective, from whom Clive inherited deductive reasoning talent and a habit for smoking a meerschaum pipe")[3], leaving the possibility open that Bond was also descended from Holmes (although it's equally possible that Bond and Holmes were from different branches of Reston's family tree).
- The link between Reston's father and Bond has never been made explicit, partially because Marvel didn't have licensing rights to James Bond, but mainly because it was always intended as a joke/Easter egg, and confirming it would ruin that aspect.
- A character clearly based on James Bond appears in Strange Tales #164. Marvel Comics Index #6 identified him as Sean Connery, the actor who played Bond in the original film series, but due to the Sliding Timescale, it could be counted as an appearance of James Bond instead of Connery.
See Also
- 3 appearance(s) of James Bond (Earth-616)
- 60 mention(s) of James Bond (Earth-616)
- 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of James Bond (Earth-616)
- 5 image(s) of James Bond (Earth-616)