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The following is a list of primary antagonists in the ''
James Bond The ''James Bond'' franchise focuses on James Bond (literary character), the titular character, a fictional Secret Intelligence Service, British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels ...
'' 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


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 John McLusky (20 January 1923 – 5 September 2006) was a comics artist best known as the original artist of the comic strip featuring Ian Fleming's ''James Bond''. Biography Hector John Dewhirst McLusky was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He event ...
era from 1958 to 1966, and
Yaroslav Horak Yaroslav Horak (12 June 1927 – 24 November 2020) was an Australian illustrator and comics artist, of ethnic Czech-Russian origin, best known for his work on the newspaper comic strip ''James Bond''. Biography Yaroslaph (Yaroslav) Horak was ...
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 ''Octopussy and The Living Daylights'' (sometimes published as ''Octopussy'') is the fourteenth and final James Bond book written by Ian Fleming. The book is a collection of short stories published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape on 23 ...
'' 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 by production


Eon Productions films


Non-Eon works


Video game villains

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Villainous organisations

* SMERSH – SMiERt SHpionam, "Death to Spies",
James Bond The ''James Bond'' franchise focuses on James Bond (literary character), the titular character, a fictional Secret Intelligence Service, British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels ...
'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 Living Daylights'' is a 1987 spy film, the fifteenth entry in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, and the first of two to star Timothy Dalton as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The fourth film in the series to ...
''). The Soviet agency is in charge of assassination, loosely based on the real-life
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. *
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– 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. The independent terrorist organisation is headed by
Ernst Stavro Blofeld Ernst Stavro Blofeld is a fictional supervillain in the ''James Bond'' series of novels and films, created by Ian Fleming. A criminal mastermind with aspirations of world domination, he is the archenemy of British MI6 agent James Bond. Blofel ...
. In the 2015 film, ''
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'', 007 digs deep into the organisation and tries to get payback for the murder of M (
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); he discovers the organisation is headed by his adopted brother Franz Oberhauser, now calling himself Blofeld (
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), and that its entire purpose was to personally persecute Bond himself. * The Spangled Mob – Bond's enemy in the novel '' Diamonds Are Forever'', appearing also in '' Goldfinger'' and '' The Man with the Golden Gun''. The mob is an
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family based in Las Vegas. * Drax Metals –
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's metal company in '' Moonraker'', renamed "Drax Industries" in the film, where it specialises in
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. * Stromberg Shipping Line –
Karl Stromberg Karl Sigmund Stromberg is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the 1977 James Bond film '' The Spy Who Loved Me''. Stromberg was portrayed by Curd Jürgens. The character Stromberg was created specifically for the film by writer Chris ...
(
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)' organisation in '' The Spy Who Loved Me''. As well as operating the titular shipping line, it features its own line of laboratories. * Zorin Enterprises – Max Zorin (
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)'s multinational conglomerate, operating in computer hardware and mining, in ''
A View to a Kill ''A View to a Kill'' is a 1985 spy film, the fourteenth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, and the seventh and final appearance of Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Although the title is adapted from ...
''. * Entreprises Auric A.G. –
Auric Goldfinger Auric Goldfinger is a fictional character and the main antagonist in Ian Fleming's 1959 seventh ''James Bond'' novel, '' Goldfinger'', and the 1964 film it inspired (the third in the ''James Bond'' series). His first name, Auric, is an adjective ...
(
Gert Fröbe Karl Gerhart "Gert" Fröbe (; 25 February 1913 – 5 September 1988) was a German actor. He was known in English-speaking countries for his work as the title character in the James Bond film '' Goldfinger'', as Peachum in ''The Threepenny Opera ...
)'s organisation in '' Goldfinger''. Divisions include a
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in Kentucky named "Auric Stud". *
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– Soviet intelligence agency. * Janus Syndicate –
Alec Trevelyan Alec Trevelyan is a fictional character who is the main antagonist in the 1995 James Bond film ''GoldenEye,'' portrayed by actor Sean Bean. Bean's likeness was also used as the model for Alec Trevelyan in the 1997 video game '' GoldenEye 007'' ...
(
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)'s vehemently anti-British terrorist organisation in ''
GoldenEye ''GoldenEye'' is a 1995 spy film, the seventeenth in the List of James Bond films, ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, and the first to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional Secret Intelligence Service, MI6 agent James Bond (lit ...
''. * CMGN – Carver Media Group Network, Elliot Carver (
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)'s self-made mass media empire in ''
Tomorrow Never Dies ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' is a 1997 spy film, the eighteenth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions and the second to star Pierce Brosnan as fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Directed by Roger Spottiswoode from a screenplay ...
''. * The Scales of Justice – A movement in John Gardner's '' The Man from Barbarossa''. *
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– Japanese crime gang in the novel ''
The Man with the Red Tattoo ''The Man with the Red Tattoo'', first published in 2002, was the sixth and final original novel by Raymond Benson featuring Ian Fleming's character James Bond. Carrying the Ian Fleming Publications copyright, it was first published in the Un ...
''. * COLD – The Children of Last Days, a terrorist organisation that Bond faces in the novel ''
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''. * The Union – A villainous organisation in
Raymond Benson Raymond Benson (born 1955) is an American writer known for his James Bond novels published between 1997 and 2003. Early life and education Benson was born in Midland, Texas and graduated from Permian High School in Odessa in 1973. In primary sc ...
's novels '' High Time to Kill'', '' DoubleShot'', and ''
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''. * OCTOPUS – Replaces SPECTRE in the video game '' From Russia with Love'' (an adaptation of the 1963 film) for copyright reasons. * BAST – The Brotherhood of Anarchy and Secret Terrorism, featured in the novel ''
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''. * Quantum – A shadowy criminal organisation seen in '' Casino Royale'' and ''
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''. The organisation is strictly apolitical—but with considerable political influence of their own—and will deal with anyone whose interests converge with their own. Known members of the organisation include an extensive network of current and former politicians, business people and intelligence agents. One of their leading members, Dominic Greene (
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), leads a cover organisation called Greene Planet. In ''
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'' (2015), the organisation is revealed as a division within Spectre, rather than an independent group. * SCUM – Stands for "Saboteurs and Criminals United in Mayhem", the main villainous organisation in the ''
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'' series. * TAROT – Technological Accession, Revenge and Organized Terror, the replacement for SPECTRE in the ''
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from 1983 to 1987. * Phoenix International – Rafael Drake (
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)'s organisation in ''
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''. Ostensibly a nuclear disposal company, Drake used it to weaponise the nuclear materials it got its hands on in his plan to rule the world. * King Industries – Sir Robert King ( David Calder)'s multinational oil and construction company in ''
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'' and its novelisation and video game adaptations. It was formed through the merge of his own construction business and his wife's oil business. * Osato Chemicals and Engineering – Mr. Osato (
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)'s company, supplying chemicals and engineering equipment in '' You Only Live Twice'', heavily affiliated with SPECTRE. * Graves Corporation – Gustav Graves (
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)' diamond-mining business in ''
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''. * Greene Planet – Dominic Greene's environmentalist organisation in ''Quantum of Solace''. Really a front for the operations of Quantum, and by extension, Spectre. * Sanchez Cartel – drug cartel run by Franz Sanchez (
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) in ''
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'', operating in both Americas and hiding behind many front organisations. * Rahani Electronics – major electronics company mentioned in ''
Role of Honour ''Role of Honour'', first published in 1984, was the fourth novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape and ...
'' and ''
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'', owned by SPECTRE commander Tamil Rahani, and possibly used by SPECTRE as a front. * Rattenfänger – paramilitary organization that engages in terrorism in exchange for money, in ''Double or Nothing'' and ''A Spy Like Me''.


See also

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Outline of James Bond The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to James Bond: James Bond is a fictional character created in 1953 by the journalist and writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in 12 novels and two short story collections. The ...


References

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