A Russian smuggler has a special case and is making his way to the bad guys for a big payday - not if James Bond has anything to say about it! But what’s this: a Korean spy is also after special case - and he’s got a deadly bowler hat…! What an odd… feature. Will superspies save the whatever who cares.
I didn’t hate Greg Pak’s first Bond comic - it’s not poorly written or drawn, it’s fine for what it is - but it is extremely mediocre and instantly forgettable. It’s so generic and adds absolutely zero to the Bond legacy that it’s like reading nothing at all.
It’s a Greg Pak comic so of course there’s a Mary Sue character, this time in the form of the new Oddjob, John Lee aka Korean Bond. Nothing much to say about him except I don’t know why he’s adopted the same bowler hat as old Oddjob had besides member berries. Each time he and Bond meet, they Itchy and Scratchy it up (they fight, they bite, fight fight fight!) and that’s meant to be exciting I think.
Besides the predictable action, Pak ticks off the usual Bond checklist: M, Moneypenny, Q (here called “Armourer” instead), exotic locations, and familiar Bond villain with stereotypical Bond villain motivations.
Even the title of this comic is uninspired - it’s just the character’s name and codename. There isn’t a subtitle after the “Volume 1” suggesting a storyline for this book - it’s that dull and indistinct!
Greg Pak delivers a Bond comic but fails to give it any personality or unique feature to make it stand out from the others. As it is, it’s competently put-together but so very boring and unimpressive to read. In Pak’s hands, Bond is turned into James Bland.
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