Gigant #69: Džems Bond – Oktopusi / Operacija Feniks / Rip Kirbi – Omiljeni varalica

In Octopussy, the discovery of a body in the Alps draws James Bond into a crime committed twenty years earlier. The victim is Hannes Oberhauser, the mountain guide who taught him to ski. Working with Oberhauser’s daughter Trudi, Bond follows a trail involving Major Dexter Smythe, Nazi gold and Chinese criminal gangs. The investigation has a personal significance for 007, as the past reveals the consequences of greed and betrayal.

In The Phoenix Project, a secretary’s disturbing visions and the murder of a scientist point towards a conspiracy involving the arms trade. At its centre is a protective suit designed to allow its wearer to survive enemy fire. Bond pursues arms dealer Kazim, seeking to discover who wants the invention and how the apparently separate incidents fit together.

Jim Lawrence and Yaroslav Horak combine criminal investigation, espionage and action. The issue also features the Rip Kirby story published as Omiljeni varalica, written by Fred Dickenson and drawn by John Prentice, alongside a short Gaston humour strip by André Franquin.