James Bond Pastiche Reveals Final Fate of Bond Girls Who Survive
Warning: spoilers for King of Spies #4 below!
The human fallout from the sex, violence, and emotional unavailability of superspies like James Bond has never been clearer than when Mark Millar’s King of Spies reveals what befalls the classic “Bond Girl” after the credits roll. As part of a life of action and international intrigue, Roland King's lethal objectives have been all that matter to him, meaning that he cycles through romantic entanglements often, abandoning his love interests soon after their part in his mission is over. Yet life continues for those who he discards, as he and his fans learn in King of Spies' final 007-style mission.
Image Comics'King of Spies is a limited series that centers on Roland King, who is a near-perfect facsimile of an older James Bond, to the point of seemingly being styled after a modern-day Pierce Brosnan, as he attempts to attend to all his unfinished business after being diagnosed with cancer. Whereas the movies and Ian Fleming novels traditionally exist as largely consequence-free adventures with astronomical body counts and sky-high property damage, this late-stage superspy sees the real-world effects of the life he has led, with particular focus on how his actions have impacted others. For example, the son who he abandoned, Atticus King, is one of those who are now trying to take him down. Fatima, a former bodyguard for Colonel Gaddafi, who King seduced for intel as part of an assassination, is also presented as someone who was left in Roland’s wake. On a larger scale, Mark Millar's superspy is also reflecting on the entirety of his murderous actions and who was truly served by them.
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