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James Bond is confirmed as a 616 character. He doesn't have an MCP chronology despite a couple Marvel appearances, so I thought I'd put one together for him. I'm not sure if Marvel's adaptations of For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy should be considered 616. I'm not aware of any references to those stories, but I also don't see anything in them that is incompatible with 616. I've included them below, but MCP is, of course, free to exclude them.

MARVEL SUPER SPECIAL #19 (1981)
By Larry Hama

APPEARANCES:
James Bond, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Blofeld’s cat, UK prime minister (unnamed), Jack, British naval spies, Melina Havelock, Sir Timothy Havelock, Iona Havelock, Hector Gonzales, Miss Moneypenny, M, pool floozies, Pablo, Julio, Emilio, Jaime, Q, Ferrara, Ari Kristatos, Bibi Dahl, Jacoba Brink, Emile Leopold Locque, The Dove (Milos Columbo), Erich Kriegler, bike assassins, cabin dweller, Otto, hockey assassins, Emil, Fritz, Lisl von Schlaf, Claus, Karageorge, Santos, Nikos, Max (parrot), Alexei

SYNOPSIS:
An adaptation of the film For Your Eyes Only.

NOTE:
There’s a mention of a “Greek woman” named “Electra” who “avenges her loved ones.” A reference to Elektra Natchios?


MARVEL SUPER SPECIAL #26 (1983)
By Steve Moore

APPEARANCES:
Military personnel, horses, James Bond, Bianca, Mischa, Miss Moneypenny, Penelope Smallbone, M, Jim Fanning, Gen. Gogol, Russian Chairman (unnamed), Gen. Orlov, Lenkin, Kamal Khan, Vijay, Sadruddin, bidders, pedestrians, hotel guests, Maj. Clive, Gobinda, Q, Octopussy, elephants, Midge, cormorants, Indian assassins, octopi, Francisco the Fearless, circusgoers, Borchoi, Russian soldiers, Heinrich, Wolfgang, Twin 1 (Mischa), Twin 2, cops, Octopussy’s “girls”, Magda

SYNOPSIS:
An adaptation of the film Octopussy.


CAPTAIN AMERICA #401 (Jun 1992)
By Mark Gruenwald

APPEARANCES:
Gomez Addams, Morticia Addams, Lurch, Humphrey Bogart, James Bond, Dagwood Bumstead, Albert Einstein, Minnesota Fats, Reid Fleming, Groucho Marx, Elvis Presley, Rod Serling, Dick Tracy, Yellow Kid

NOTE:
No summary is needed, since this issue has already been added to the MCP. However, the above characters have been overlooked. Some of them are admittedly oddities (e.g., Was Einstein raised from the dead or did he time travel from the past? Is this the 616 version of Dagwood, or did he somehow travel from his home reality?), but the Cap Index entry for this story confirms these characters’ appearances. Since the Cap Index doesn’t indicate these aren’t 616 characters, that’s what I’m going to assume (and what MCP has already assumed in the cases of John Steed, Emma Peel, and Popeye).


EXTRAS:
Comics.org indicates that the character who tries to enter the barber shop in Strange Tales #164 is a James Bond cameo. While that’s not an official source, it’s a very plausible interpretation of that sequence, so I’m going with it. Also, Blofeld (and his cat) has a cameo appearance in Deadpool vol. 5 #23. That issue hasn’t been added to MCP, and I’m not going to analyze an issue right in the middle of one of his stories. I’ve simply included Blofeld’s appearance in the issue below. I guess he somehow survived the events of Marvel Super Special #19. Also, Blofeld (as well as Goldfinger) is mentioned in the novel Revenge of the Sinister Six (confirmed by the handbooks to be a 616 story) as being a member of the Machiavelli Club, but he never actually appears, to my knowledge.


Chronologies:

ADDAMS, GOMEZ
CA 401

ADDAMS, MORTICIA
CA 401

ALEXEI
MSS 19

BIANCA
MSS 26

BLOFELD, ERNST STAVRO
MSS 19
DP5 23

BOGART, HUMPHREY
CA 401

BOND, JAMES
ST 164
MSS 19
MSS 26
CA 401

BORCHOI
MSS 26

BRINK, JACOBA
MSS 19

BUMSTEAD, DAGWOOD
CA 401

CLAUS
MSS 19

CLIVE, MAJ.
MSS 26

DAHL, BIBI
MSS 19

DOVE/MILOS COLUMBO
MSS 19

EINSTEIN, ALBERT
FF@ 33
*CA 401 (add)

EMIL
MSS 19

EMILIO
MSS 19

FANNING, JIM
MSS 26

FATS, MINNESOTA/GEORGE HEGERMAN
CA 401

FERRARA
MSS 19

FLEMING, REID
CA 401

FRANCISCO THE FEARLESS
MSS 26

FRITZ
MSS 19

GOBINDA
MSS 26

GOGOL, GEN.
MSS 26

GONZALES, HECTOR
MSS 19

HAVELOCK, IONA
MSS 19

HAVELOCK, MELINA
MSS 19

HAVELOCK, TIMOTHY
MSS 19

HEINRICH
MSS 26

JACK
MSS 19

JAIME
MSS 19

JULIO
MSS 19

KARAGEORGE
MSS 19

KHAN, KAMAL
MSS 26

KRIEGLER, ERICH
MSS 19

KRISTATOS, ARI
MSS 19

LENKIN
MSS 26

LOCQUE, EMILE LEOPOLD
MSS 19

LURCH
CA 401

M
MSS 19
MSS 26

MAGDA
MSS 26

MARX, GROUCHO
CA 401

MAX
MSS 19

MIDGE
MSS 26

MISCHA
MSS 26

MONEYPENNY, MISS
MSS 19
MSS 26

NIKOS
MSS 19

OCTOPUSSY
MSS 26

ORLOV, GEN.
MSS 26

OTTO
MSS 19

PABLO
MSS 19

PRESLEY, ELVIS
IWEAP 1-FB
*CA 401 (add)
IHRC 129

Q
MSS 19
MSS 26

SADRUDDIN
MSS 26

SANTOS
MSS 19

SERLING, ROD
CA 401

SMALLBONE, PENELOPE
MSS 26

TRACY, DICK
CA 401

TWIN 1/MISCHA
MSS 26

TWIN 2
MSS 26

VIJAY
MSS 26

VON SCHLAF, LISL
MSS 19

WOLFGANG
MSS 26

YELLOW KID
RUN2 27
RUN2 30
*{BLD5 5-FB} (delete brackets)
*{CA 401} (add)
BLD5 12
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Re: James Bond

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vanhornluke wrote: Fri Sep 01, 2017 6:31 pm NOTE:
There’s a mention of a “Greek woman” named “Electra” who “avenges her loved ones.” A reference to Elektra Natchios?
A reference to the mythological Electra, after whom Elektra Natchios is named.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electra
vanhornluke wrote: Fri Sep 01, 2017 6:31 pm CAPTAIN AMERICA #401 (Jun 1992)
By Mark Gruenwald

APPEARANCES:
Gomez Addams, Morticia Addams, Lurch, Humphrey Bogart, James Bond, Dagwood Bumstead, Albert Einstein, Minnesota Fats, Reid Fleming, Groucho Marx, Elvis Presley, Rod Serling, Dick Tracy, Yellow Kid

NOTE:
No summary is needed, since this issue has already been added to the MCP. However, the above characters have been overlooked. Some of them are admittedly oddities (e.g., Was Einstein raised from the dead or did he time travel from the past? Is this the 616 version of Dagwood, or did he somehow travel from his home reality?), but the Cap Index entry for this story confirms these characters’ appearances. Since the Cap Index doesn’t indicate these aren’t 616 characters, that’s what I’m going to assume (and what MCP has already assumed in the cases of John Steed, Emma Peel, and Popeye).
In hindsight the Index probably should have described these as "individuals resembling..." - not because I am against them being who they appear to be, but because, for example, it might have been Sam Spade rather than Humphrey Bogart - the fictional character rather than the actor. After all, we didn't go with Steed being Patrick McNee. Similarly, Einstein might have been the Mad Thinker's robot (http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/think ... m#einstein) and this "modern day" appearance of "Groucho Marx" could be put down to a cameo of Rufus T. Hackstabber (http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/hackstabber.htm)
vanhornluke wrote: Fri Sep 01, 2017 6:31 pm BUMSTEAD, DAGWOOD
CA 401
Prior appearance in FF 276
vanhornluke wrote: Fri Sep 01, 2017 6:31 pm TRACY, DICK
CA 401
Prior appearance in FF 276
vanhornluke wrote: Fri Sep 01, 2017 6:31 pm YELLOW KID
RUN2 27
RUN2 30
*{BLD5 5-FB} (delete brackets)
*{CA 401} (add)
BLD5 12
Separate out the Blade appearances - different character, as confirmed by the Vampires: Marvel Undead Handbook.
http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix6/yellowkid.htm
http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix6/yell ... tm#vampire
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Ah, thanks for that info. :D
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I just learned of another Marvel James Bond appearance, Stag vol. 13 #5 (May 1962), a condensation of the Dr. No novel. :-) If I had a copy of that issue, I'd post a breakdown of the story in this thread. :D
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Wasn't Shang-Chi supporting character Clive Reston supposed to be the son of James Bond? It was always discussed obliquely, without mentioning Bond's name, but the implication was clear. This doesn't affect any of the chronology discussion so far, since Reston's father never appeared, but it does help make the case for a Earth-616 Bond...

Also, the James Bond Jr. Series should be mentioned. If the movie adaptations are canon, it may be too!
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ShadZ wrote: Mon Jun 18, 2018 11:34 amIt was always discussed obliquely, without mentioning Bond's name, but the implication was clear.
He also implied he was the nephew of Sherlock Holmes. If you look carefully, you see Black Jack Tarr rolling his eyes, every time Reston brings it up.
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loki wrote: Sat Sep 02, 2017 4:16 am
vanhornluke wrote: Fri Sep 01, 2017 6:31 pm CAPTAIN AMERICA #401 (Jun 1992)
By Mark Gruenwald

APPEARANCES:
Gomez Addams, Morticia Addams, Lurch, Humphrey Bogart, James Bond, Dagwood Bumstead, Albert Einstein, Minnesota Fats, Reid Fleming, Groucho Marx, Elvis Presley, Rod Serling, Dick Tracy, Yellow Kid

NOTE:
No summary is needed, since this issue has already been added to the MCP. However, the above characters have been overlooked. Some of them are admittedly oddities (e.g., Was Einstein raised from the dead or did he time travel from the past? Is this the 616 version of Dagwood, or did he somehow travel from his home reality?), but the Cap Index entry for this story confirms these characters’ appearances. Since the Cap Index doesn’t indicate these aren’t 616 characters, that’s what I’m going to assume (and what MCP has already assumed in the cases of John Steed, Emma Peel, and Popeye).
In hindsight the Index probably should have described these as "individuals resembling..." - not because I am against them being who they appear to be, but because, for example, it might have been Sam Spade rather than Humphrey Bogart - the fictional character rather than the actor. After all, we didn't go with Steed being Patrick McNee. Similarly, Einstein might have been the Mad Thinker's robot (http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/think ... m#einstein) and this "modern day" appearance of "Groucho Marx" could be put down to a cameo of Rufus T. Hackstabber (http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/hackstabber.htm)
Similarly, the Humphrey Bogart guy may be Richard from MOKF 85-87 (http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/richard.htm)
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And Dagwood may be the character from FF 276...
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Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but I think it's worth noting that the man from Strange Tales #164 was identified as Sean Connery, the first actor to play James Bond, in Marvel Comics Index #6 (1977).
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Hey, nice catch there, MarvelBoy! :thumbsup:

Just as a matter of interest (or not), Sean Connery was the first actor to portray JB on the big screen, but he was played by Barry Nelson in a 1954 TV adaptation of Casino Royale, in an episode of the anthology series "Climax!"

(Clarence) Leiter was played by Aussie actor Michael Pate, who would have made a better Bond, but this was an American show. Peter Lorre played Le Chiffre, and Linda Christian (then married to Tyrone Power), who played Mara in Tarzan and the Mermaids, was Valerie Mathis, who seems to be a mashed up version of Vesper Lynd & René Mathis.
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That's good to know :)
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ShadZ wrote: Mon Jun 18, 2018 11:34 am since Reston's father never appeared
He appeared in silhouette in MOKF 98 (20:1).
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