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[Darth Prefect]

I've been looking for a nice piece for my collection and finally got this page from the Marvel Comics adaptation of "For Your Eyes Only":

http://bit.ly/J9vOX3

Anyone else collect this kind of material? I'd really love to get original comic strip art, too, but that's probably unlikely...

[thecasinoroyale]

Nice! I've never seen any adaptations of the Bond films in comic style, wonder how many of them are out there?

Looks very Fleming-esque, even with the modern film it's adapting.

[Dustin]

I faintly remember an adaption of LTK, by Doug Moench IIRC. Even features the DB5, similar to PERMISSION TO DIE, which come to think of it may be where EON got the idea to bring back the car from.

[David_M]

Well, that would be THE page to have from the FYEO adaptation, so congrats!

I have to say I had mixed feelings about this comic at the time. Putting Howard Chaykin on a Bond project was a masterstroke, but then Marvel ruined it by picking the dreaded Vince Colletta to ink it (although in fairness to Vinnie, it must have been Chaykin who goofed and reversed the orientation of Locque's car in panel 4).

I'd love to have the cover to the magazine version of this adaptation, but whatever it would cost I'm sure I couldn't afford it.

[Darth Prefect]

it must have been Chaykin who goofed and reversed the orientation of Locque's car in panel 4).

You're right! I must have read this thing a million times and never caught that.

I'm not among those who dislikes Colletta out of hand. I feel he could work well with the right artist. I always liked his work on Dazzler with Frank Springer. But Chaykin? If he's *got* to be inked (and he's one who should always ink his own stuff), then he needed an inker capable of complimenting his dynamic pencils, not toning them down, as Colletta did. When I got this page, I also bought a Chaykin page from "The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones" inked by Terry Austin. Now, there was a guy who could compliment Chaykin.

I'd love to have the cover to the magazine version of this adaptation, but whatever it would cost I'm sure I couldn't afford it.

I remember that cover (I think they used it on the paperback version, as well) and I never understood why, with such a great painted image to call upon, the first issue of the comic used a line drawing (apparently also inked by Colletta) that drained the life out of the image.

Edited by Darth Prefect, 25 April 2012 - 04:47 PM.

[Professor Dent]

I have the FYEO & Octopussy movie adaptations. I bought them as a kid back when they were released. If memory serves me correctly, these were the only two that were released by Marvel Comics so they ended-up being sold at my local comic shop. I did end-up getting all of the Titan reprint compilations of the Daily Express strips. I wouldn't consider myself a collector of the comics but do like reading them.

[zencat]

Nice art. I love this stuff.

I did an article on all the Bond comics, if this helps.

http://youngbonddoss...michistory.html

[David_M]

I'll always remember Marvel's FYEO mag for two reasons: one, it threw cold water on my long-held belief that Bond was a natural for the comic book format (in truth, what works on film is much harder to make work in comics, and probably would've been impossible on a monthly basis) and two, the text piece in the back was the first time I ever heard of Pierce Brosnan, mentioned in passing as Cassandra Harris' up-and-coming young actor husband.

I preferred the Octopussy adaptation, which I gather was produced outside America and just packaged by Marvel for the US market. The art was more to my taste, even if some shots bordered on caricature. And the subject matter was more suited to the format. It's kind of ironic that when Marvel finally got to do a Bond adaptation, it was for the least "comic booky" film in years. TSWLM or MR would've been a more natural fit.

That said, I still wish Chaykin had been given another shot at Bond. I always thought his "Dominic Fortune" had some cool Bondian elements to him...and a touch of Indiana Jones, too, though Indy was still a few years away.

[Darth Prefect]

That said, I still wish Chaykin had been given another shot at Bond. I always thought his "Dominic Fortune" had some cool Bondian elements to him...and a touch of Indiana Jones, too, though Indy was still a few years away.

And, as I mentioned, Chaykin worked on Indy, as well, to much better effect. Here's the page I got:

http://bit.ly/IHLymR

Edited by Darth Prefect, 26 April 2012 - 06:38 PM.

[chrisno1]

Recently obtained the FYEO Marvel edition. This is the bound edit in paperback form. I think it was only ever released in that form in the USA - my copy only has US dollars for a price mark.

I was on holiday in the Republic of Ireland when FYEO came out and bought issue 2 of the original 2 part comic but somewhere I lost it (along with a lot of Fantastic 4 and Daredevil).

It took me all of 20mins to read and I was surprised how scant it was. I agree with the comments above that 007 didn't really suit the comic format, at least not presented by Marvel. Some of the scenes seemed too swift in execution; my memory of Stan Lee superheroes is that rarely did a climatic head-to-head last as little as 3 or 4 images. Some of the dialogue is dramatically different as well. I wasn't very satisfied; perhaps the most notable thing is that Bibi Dahl doesn't come across as a spoilt adolescent nymphet.

None the less, I'd like to obtain the OP strip and give it the once over.

[Major Tallon]

In addition to the movie adaptations and the British newspaper sets, I have the complete set of Scandinavian comics, all 59 Chilean comics, and a couple of Chinese comics.  Some are pretty awful, but many of them are surprisingly good.

[Darth Prefect]

Recently acquired another page of Bond comic art, this time from Doug Moench and Paul Gulacy's "Serpent's Tooth":

 

http://bit.ly/SerpentsTooth