The world’s greatest secret agent returns, as some of his most thrilling missions are collected for the first time ever! This never-before-collected edition includes the title story plus The Black Ruby Caper, Til Death Do Us Part and The Torch-Time Affair! Also included are a new introduction by Bond girl Tania Mallett (Goldfinger) and exclusive feature on the Bond girls!

A secretary’s terrifying visions of fire and doom, followed by the assassination of a top scientist, put Bond on the trail of a vicious arms dealer... but when a beautiful young girl and her boyfriend also become involved, will Bond be able to discover the secret of The Phoenix Project?

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Bond is back! From the pages of British newspaper the Daily Express comes the global phenomenon that is James Bond! The post-Ian Fleming’s serialised comic strips featuring the world’s greatest secret agent are reprinted here in new Collectors’ Library volumes. These classic stories are brought to the comic strip page by highly talented writer/artists James Lawrence and Yaroslav Horak. Expertly drawn and highly detailed, James Bond’s adventures are a nostalgic trip into the characters past and world. This volume features a special introduction by Bond girl Tania Mallett (Goldfinger), a feature exploring the history of Bond women in the comic strips, articles on Lawrence and Horak’s new comic strip stories, a story checklist and three bonus stories The Blue Ruby Caper, Till Death Do Us Part and The Torch-Time Affair.

In The Phoenix Project visions of fire and doom as well as the assassination of a top scientist put British secret agent James Bond on the trail of a vicious arms dealer. As Bond investigates, a beautiful young woman and her boyfriend also become involved placing them and the investigation in trouble. Can 007 find out the secret of The Phoenix Project? Also included are stories The Black Ruby Caper, Till Death Do Us Part and The Torch-Time Affair making another collection of exciting, action-packed adventures that will leave every fan and newcomer shaken but not stirred!

James Lawrence began his career scripting training films for the US Armed Forces before moving on to writing Bond, Buck Rogers and Joe Palooka. Yaroslav Horak has worked on comics like the outback adventure strip Mike Steele, Captain Fortune, Andrea, Cop Shop and Sergeant Pat of the Radio Patrol, in addition to creating The Mask and Jet Fury. He illustrated all the feature James Bond stories except Casino Royale.

“It’s a grittier, more cold-hearted Bond, closer in spirit to the novels than the hi-jinks of the cinema, but Yaroslav Horak’s stylishly scratchy art melds glamour with action for a refreshingly unconventional take on a familiar icon.” – SFX Magazine

“offers a more ruthless, undiluted interpretation of 007, and is a must for Bond aficionados.” – Matt Adams

“writer and artist not only pull off with consummate ease the difficult trick of keeping the story in the air in a daily series of two- and three- panel strips, but also maintain tension and action, and supply plenty of shocks, glamorous locations, and, of course, beautiful women.” – Paul McAuley

Classics · James Bond
Volume 11 in the series · Collects The Black Ruby Caper, The Phoenix Project, Til Death Do Us Part and The Torch-Time Affair.