DC Comics Posthumous James Bond Comics

There have been several males who have portrayed James Bond: Sean Connery, the late Roger Moore, George Lazenby, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig. There may even be another Bond after Craig leaves the role of James Bond and former Wolverine actor Hugh Jackman is looking to be the second Aussie to play the role.

But when some of those Bond actors die, we forget them. We see their movies on the television screen on many popular channels or we look at their movies on DVDs. However, it might be a good proposal for DC Comics to start writing and making comics of the original movies as mementos for generations to come. The young and the old who grew up with their James Bond, Bond girls, and Bond villains appearing on paperback copies of comic books would be a nostalgic ring to some of the greatest Bonds of all time.

DC Comics & Ian Fleming

Ian Fleming was the author who wrote the James Bond character based mostly on his own career and upbringing. He was an alcoholic and a womanizer; that is something no one can forget about James Bond when a Bond Girl in Diamonds are Forever finds his Playboy membership card. He had a stint in the military and moved around several schools before settling on his career as a spy novelist.

DC Comics has had several comics focused on espionage or spying since their foundation around the Second World War. Comic characters such as Wonder Woman, Superman, and Batman were created near the end of the Great Depression in America and had several catapults of interest later into the Cold War to increase the American notion of the fear of Communism.

Even though Fleming wrote between the 1950s and 1960s, there should be a nod to how long his iconic brand of spy games has continued to fascinate many people as time goes on. Which is why DC Comics should obtain the rights to make James Bond in comics from Metro-Goldwyn Mayor (MGM) since they have the literary rights to the novel and have been making the iconic movies with former Director Albert Broccoli who passed away after creating Goldeneye (1995) with Pierce Brosnan. His daughter, Barbara Broccoli, carries on the business of working and creating James Bond movies.

Personally, the James Bond comics should go by order of those deceased who have played James Bond. The late Roger Moore could be one example. He has been in several films in most of the Bond movies. Movies like Live & Let Die (1973), The Man With The Golden Gun (1974), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Live & Let Die, Moonraker (1979), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Octopussy (1983), and A View To A Kill (1985) could be some of the starting comics that would be part of a special collection. Photographs and pictures from the original movie could be put between the comic strips with quotes by some of the women and men who have worked with Roger Moore on the set of several James Bond films spanning from 1973 to 1985.

Why James Bond Comics?

The people who have played James Bond are not going to be around for much longer. It would be a great symbol of remembering how much the James Bond franchise has touched everyone over the decades. Since its golden anniversary, the James Bond films have always been somewhere or have included someone who was for that generation. Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig may be my generation's Bonds, but no one could ever outmatch or win against Sean Connery in some of his wonderful performances as James Bond.

I think it would be a great honor and tribute to those who have been the world's beloved English spy. We can watch the movies and read the comic books with little tidbits about each Bond performer and enjoy how much this iconic series has spanned and continued to thrive for several generations.

I hope that maybe the next Bond might be Hugh Jackman or perhaps it would be someone totally unexpected. But for all I know, he better like vodka martinis shaken and not stirred, or else we have a problem.