James Bond: Big Things
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- Author：Vita Ayala
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Dave Schaafsma
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The weakest entry thus far in the Dynamite series featuring James Bond， 007。 My theory was they wanted to release this in conjunction with the new Bond movie， and seeing they had nothing， they cobbled together a number of artists and writers to help Vita Ayala， and they produced this as a kind of cash grab。 Here's the improbable story: Bond gets involved with a a former art forger and now insurance investigator， Brandy Keys， to nab some art thieves。 Not clear why MI6 would have Bond do this。 I a The weakest entry thus far in the Dynamite series featuring James Bond， 007。 My theory was they wanted to release this in conjunction with the new Bond movie， and seeing they had nothing， they cobbled together a number of artists and writers to help Vita Ayala， and they produced this as a kind of cash grab。 Here's the improbable story: Bond gets involved with a a former art forger and now insurance investigator， Brandy Keys， to nab some art thieves。 Not clear why MI6 would have Bond do this。 I am not a fan of the generic art， but the story is worse--begins slowly， continues in disjointed fashion， and drags。 In one issue Bond hardly appears at all。 So why two stars instead of one？ There is a connection to Live and Let Die in the last issue， if you have read that， and I have。 I also was mildly interested in the connections， some parallels， between Bond and Keys。 But over all I had a hard time concentrating and following it。 Disappointing。 。。。more
Iain
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Not the best of the Dynamite Bond series。 There's a confusing plot around fake art， but why MI6 would send an agent to get involved with this is never explained clearly。 Something about blackmail， who or what I have no idea。 Why an insurance agent is brought in to team up with a secret service agent is brushed over。 And if you haven't read the original Fleming novel 'Live and Let Die'， then the entire final issue will mean nothing to you。 Nice enough to look at， but hoping for better with future Not the best of the Dynamite Bond series。 There's a confusing plot around fake art， but why MI6 would send an agent to get involved with this is never explained clearly。 Something about blackmail， who or what I have no idea。 Why an insurance agent is brought in to team up with a secret service agent is brushed over。 And if you haven't read the original Fleming novel 'Live and Let Die'， then the entire final issue will mean nothing to you。 Nice enough to look at， but hoping for better with future releases。 。。。more
Steve
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The story focuses on Brandy Keys， an art forger gone straight with a military background and a father connected in some way to M， who crosses paths with Bond and is eventually brought in by MI6 to assist in finding art forgeries containing illicit weapon designs。 A slow start and a lot of criticism of Bond and his tactics by the other characters made this a less appealing story but a Bond more true to Fleming's books and a big surprise villain from Bond's past redeem this story for me in the las The story focuses on Brandy Keys， an art forger gone straight with a military background and a father connected in some way to M， who crosses paths with Bond and is eventually brought in by MI6 to assist in finding art forgeries containing illicit weapon designs。 A slow start and a lot of criticism of Bond and his tactics by the other characters made this a less appealing story but a Bond more true to Fleming's books and a big surprise villain from Bond's past redeem this story for me in the last few issues。 The art is great but a little inconstant between artists （I didn't realize at first that Nadia Blank had appeared earlier in the story as she looked so different） and all of the artists do a good job of conveying the action， particularly the fights， visually。 Collects James Bond （2019） Issues #1-6。 。。。more
Robert
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3 out of 19。 That's how many pages of a 'James Bond' comic James Bond appears on in the first issue。 It doesn't get any better after that。 3 out of 19。 That's how many pages of a 'James Bond' comic James Bond appears on in the first issue。 It doesn't get any better after that。 。。。more
Frédéric
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After 5 not really interesting issues where Bond tag teams with an insurance expert-mercifully well-versed in self-defence， ain’t that peachy？- the authors remember they have to wrap up the snoozefest in a single issue。 Ellipses have to be skillfully crafted， guys。 If not， they’re called holes。 The plot is poorly executed。 Too many wasted pages in the first issues that could have been used to better define Bond’s counterpart or establish the villain’s henchwoman as a real threat- which actually After 5 not really interesting issues where Bond tag teams with an insurance expert-mercifully well-versed in self-defence， ain’t that peachy？- the authors remember they have to wrap up the snoozefest in a single issue。 Ellipses have to be skillfully crafted， guys。 If not， they’re called holes。 The plot is poorly executed。 Too many wasted pages in the first issues that could have been used to better define Bond’s counterpart or establish the villain’s henchwoman as a real threat- which actually never materialises btw。 The villain should have been a treat for fans but the sloppy pacing and storytelling as a whole disserve him and make him a spent bullet。 Various artists， the better half uninteresting hacks。 Shake it up， Dynamite。 You used us to serve us better stuff than that。 。。。more
Jacques
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I genuinely really enjoyed this installment despite the clear unfavourable reviews surrounding this series。 Keys and her parallels to Bond was an interesting dynamic to read。
Donovan Mayne-Nicholls
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A word of warning because this gets released in book form: it's so bad it's rotten。 Dynamite started their Bond comics with the promise that it would follow behind Fleming's literary character but I'd be amazed if the "writers" had ever held a James Bond novel in their hands （let alone opened it）。 The lack of structure makes me think they've never even read a book without pictures， either in it （meaning an actual novel）。 It reads like a spec script: formulaic， repetitive and lacking any craft。 M A word of warning because this gets released in book form: it's so bad it's rotten。 Dynamite started their Bond comics with the promise that it would follow behind Fleming's literary character but I'd be amazed if the "writers" had ever held a James Bond novel in their hands （let alone opened it）。 The lack of structure makes me think they've never even read a book without pictures， either in it （meaning an actual novel）。 It reads like a spec script: formulaic， repetitive and lacking any craft。 Mses Ayala and Lore go the same route as previous hack Greg Pak， relying on the return of Fleming's villain Mr Big in order to create instant interest in a story that goes nowhere。 By the end of the six issue arc， it's never apparent why a cheap art forgery caper should be the subject of the secret service。 Fleming wrote a story among those lines （The Property of a Lady） but， unlike here， that story at least introduced a reason for Bond to be assigned to such a case。 The writers here aren't even capable of doing research: paintings are shown at a "museum"。 Clearly they´ve never even heard of a gallery。 The fact that you're writing Bond for comics instead of novels does not mean you're exempted for creating a believable storyline。 They seem to be more interested in pushing their feminist/non-binary/racial agenda。 Why not write their own story without relying on Bond？ Simple， because a recognisable property delivers their message to people who otherwise wouldn't spend their money on unproven "talent" and also in order to subvert said property。 Even the artwork comes with an agenda， depicting the most effeminate version of Bond ever presented。 It appears dynamite has had second thoughts about this particular one， there is no sign of the series continuing beyond the sixth issue， which can only be described as a blessing in disguise。 SKIP IT doesn't do justice to this: it's still not too late for the publisher to recall this compilation and pulp the existing surviving issues。 。。。more
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