List of James Bond villains
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The following is a list of primary antagonists in the James Bond novels and film series.
Novel villains by author
Ian Fleming
Kingsley Amis (writing as Robert Markham)
Christopher Wood
John Gardner
Raymond Benson
Sebastian Faulks
Jeffery Deaver
William Boyd
Anthony Horowitz
Charlie Higson
Double O series
Kim Sherwood
Young Bond series
Charlie Higson
Steve Cole
Q Mysteries
Vaseem Khan
Villains by comics
Comic strips
Daily Express (1958–1977)
Comic strip serials released by the Daily Express between 1958 and 1977 were divided in two distinct eras, the John McLusky era from 1958 to 1966, and Yaroslav Horak and Jim Lawrence era from 1966 to 1977. The Daily Express Bond strips drawn during McLusky era are streamlined adaptations of the Ian Fleming novels and short stories, and feature mainly the same villains.
During the Yaroslav Horak and Jim Lawrence era, many of the adaptations of Ian Fleming short stories that were featured in For Your Eyes Only, The Spy Who Loved Me and Octopussy and The Living Daylights were expanded upon. Furthermore, the duo would start to write original Bond stories, starting with the 1968 storyline "The Harpies".
The Daily Express discontinued publishing James Bond comic strips in 1977. The original creative – Horak, Lawrence and McLusky – would subsequently develop Bond comic strips for other British and European syndications from 1977 to 1984.
Other comic strips (1977–1984)
Semic Press comic books / strips (1982–1994)
Dark Horse Comics
Story Arcs
Dynamite Entertainment
Story Arcs
One-shots
Other comics
Film villains
Eon Productions
Non-Eon
Video game villains
Following is a list of main villains in James Bond computer and video games.
Villainous organisations
SMERSH – SMiERt SHpionam, "Death to Spies", James Bond's original nemesis in the novels, though only taking an active role in the 1954 TV film, 1967 film Casino Royale and only briefly mentioned in the others (apparently disbanded 20 years before the events of The Living Daylights). The Soviet agency is in charge of assassination, loosely based on the real-life SMERSH.
SPECTRE – SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion, first appeared in the novel Thunderball and replaced SMERSH as Bond's nemesis in the films.
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