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A review by joshgauthier
James Bond: Black Box by Benjamin Percy
4.0
*Advance copy received from NetGalley*
This is a definitely solid entry into Dynamite's Bond titles. Percy brings strong writing and the artistic style is engaging as well as consistent with what we've seen before in these comics. Furthermore, "Black Box" delivers everything one would expect from a Bond story - action, intrigue, dynamic settings, Bond women, classic villains. All of this plays out along with the modern influences that have shaped Bond in recent years. All in all, the story is well-constructed and engaging all the way through.
Indeed, it is adherence to Bond tradition that brings about most of this comic's shortcomings as well. The one main female character ultimately needs to be rescued. The villain is an outsider (to Bond and the British) with a disability. The secondary villain is a character-type we've seen before. As such, while this is well-constructed for a Bond adventure, it plays out by the numbers and does little to either set itself apart or address some of the inherent representational problems that tend to exist within Bond storylines.
This is a definitely solid entry into Dynamite's Bond titles. Percy brings strong writing and the artistic style is engaging as well as consistent with what we've seen before in these comics. Furthermore, "Black Box" delivers everything one would expect from a Bond story - action, intrigue, dynamic settings, Bond women, classic villains. All of this plays out along with the modern influences that have shaped Bond in recent years. All in all, the story is well-constructed and engaging all the way through.
Indeed, it is adherence to Bond tradition that brings about most of this comic's shortcomings as well. The one main female character ultimately needs to be rescued. The villain is an outsider (to Bond and the British) with a disability. The secondary villain is a character-type we've seen before. As such, while this is well-constructed for a Bond adventure, it plays out by the numbers and does little to either set itself apart or address some of the inherent representational problems that tend to exist within Bond storylines.