It’s been almost six decades since Agent 007 first appeared on movie screens, making a star of Sean Connery and offering men and women alike the fantasy of being a super duper secret agent. In 25 official James Bond movies (and two non-official ones), six men have now played the world’s most famous spy, and in the process have given us fabulous cars, cool gadgets, exotic locales, and some pretty fantastic villains. Don’t get us started on the Bond Girls, either. We take a look at each of the movies, as well as the villains, the henchmen, the gadgets, the women, the sidekicks, and the man who started it all, author Ian Fleming himself. Filled with loads of trivia and facts you didn’t know that you didn’t know, this James Bond issue will be as popular as the spy himself.
THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO BOND
“BOND. JAMES BOND.”
The Man & His Myth • “HARD, RUTHLESS, SARDONIC, FATALISTIC”: IAN FLEMING CREATED A HERO VERY MUCH LIKE HIMSELF.
SCREEN GEM • MANY WANTED TO PUT BOND IN THE MOVIES, BUT IT WAS LEGENDARY PRODUCER CUBBY BROCCOLI WHO MADE THE MAGIC HAPPEN AGAIN AND AGAIN.
The First Bond Was the Deepest • IT TOOK A SCOT TO BRING AN ENGLISH SPY TO LIFE. MEET THE MAN WHO EMBODIED THE MYTH.
Dr. No
From Russia With Love
Goldfinger
THUNDER BALL
You Only Live Twice
TOP 10 BOND GIRLS • WHAT WOULD 007 BE WITHOUT THE TOUGH LOVELIES WHO KEEP HIM ON HIS GAME AND OFF HIS FEET?
IN MEMORIAM • The two greatest Bond girls passed away in 2020. We honor the work and memory of these peerless actresses, who brought credibility, luster and sex appeal to the franchise.
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Diamonds Are Forever
Friends in DEED • EVEN THE MOST SELF-RELIANT SECRET AGENT NEEDS ALLIES HE CAN COUNT ON, AND JAMES BOND IS NO DIFFERENT.
The Spy Who Loved It • ROGER MOORE MADE PLAYING BOND LOOK SO EASY, YOU’D THINK HE WAS HAVING FUN. HE WAS.
LIVE AND LET DIE
The Man With The Golden Gun
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
MOONRAKER
For Your Eyes Only
OCTOPUSSY
A View to a Kill
BAD TO THE BOND • POWER-MAD, CRUEL, SCHEMING AND OBSESSED WITH FANCY WAYS TO KILL A SECRET AGENT. WHAT WOULD 007 DO WITHOUT HIS WORLD-CLASS VILLAINS?
The Living Daylights
Licence to Kill
Smooth Operator • THOUGH SLOW TO GET STARTED, PIERCE BROSNAN WAS A BOND FOR THE ’90S AND A STAR FOREVER AFTER.
GoldenEye
TOMORROW NEVER DIES
THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
Die Another Day
LIVE AND LET DRIVE • EVERYONE LOVES THE ASTON MARTINS AND PAY-TO-PLAY BMWS, BUT BOND GETS INTO SOME PRETTY OFFBEAT VEHICLES, FROM AN AMPHIBIOUS LOTUS TO AN ANTIQUE BUS.
21ST-CENTURY BOND • HAVING PROVEN THE DOUBTERS WRONG, DANIEL CRAIG ENDS HIS 007 RUN AN UNDISPUTED CHAMP.
CASINO ROYALE
Quantum of Solace
SKYFALL
SPECTRE
No Time to Die
Top Gadgets
Killer Tunes • JOHN BARRY’S ICONIC THEME AND LATER COLLABORATIONS WITH TOP POP STARS SET THE PATTERN FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY OF MEMORABLE MOVIE MUSIC.
The Ultimate Guide To James Bond
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