- "So, can I give you a ride?"
"We should probably keep this professional, Ms. Sharma."
"Absolutely. My place, then." - ― Eve Sarma and James Bond
Eve Sharma was a British senior field officer of the United Kingdom's domestic security agency, MI5. The character served as an ally and Bond girl in Dynamite Entertainment's second James Bond comic arc, Eidolon, which ran between June 22 and December 28, 2016.
Biography[]
A senior officer in MI5, Eve Sharma ran their prime field team and was responsible for investigating domestic security incidents on British soil. By the mid-2010s, MI5's hierarchy had been infiltrated by a SPECTRE stay-behind network code-named "Eidolon" and consequently Sharma found herself increasingly side-lined within the Five. After a botched Eidolon assassination attempt on James Bond and an accountant at Heathrow Airport, Sharma fought with her superior, Sir Stephen Mackmain, for permission to offer Five's assistance to MI6. In reality, she wanted to forge an informal alliance with Six to investigate and subdue the rogue elements in her own agency. MI6 were initially sceptical, but Bond managed to subsequently establish a partnership.
The next day, the heads of MI6 and MI5 met with the Intelligence Services Commissioner to discuss the "Hard Rule"; legislation designed to prevent MI6 operatives from carrying weapons in the UK. Expecting trouble, Sharma drove the MI6 delegation to the meeting location and waited out of sight. Shortly afterwards the site was assaulted by MI5 special security asset, Beckett Hawkwood. Sharma neutralized both his mercenary accomplices and burst into the meeting room to fire at Hawkwood, who was holding the MI6 delegation hostage. She missed, but continued to exchange gunfire. 007 arrived and shot Mackmain, who was revealed to be one of Hawkwood's SPECTRE co-conspirators. Outnumbered, Hawkwood escaped through a window and stole a car. Sharma attempted to stop him, but was struck by the vehicle and heavily injured, leaving Bond to finish the chase alone.