Jimmy (later "Sir James") is a British intelligence operative and antagonist of the 2007 graphic novel Black Dossier, part of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill. As part of the series' premise of crossing-over countless works of fiction, the character "Jimmy" is a thinly-veiled and unofficial adaptation of Ian Fleming's James Bond.
Biography[]
In the comic book series The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, a character named "Jimmy" appears as an antagonist in the graphic novel Black Dossier. Because the series shifted to a mid-20th century setting where public domain characters are less common (the concept of the series strongly relies on crossing-over countless works of existing fiction into one universe), Alan Moore became more creative in using copyrighted characters without referring to their names directly and leaving their backstories vague in order to avoid copyright issues with the owners of those copyrights. An MI5 agent, Jimmy is the grandson of Campion Bond (a character from the first two volumes) and is identifiable as Ian Fleming's Bond with his metal cigarette-holder, love for vodka martinis and a facial scar.
In Black Dossier, it is revealed that he is knighted by Her Majesty for some actions he did not take by himself. The character is always referred to as Sir Jimmy, and is described as an incompetent bungler, a cowardly liar, and a sadistic rapist. Betraying his country, he worked for the Americans as a double agent. However, by 2009 (Volume III: Century 2009), he is still a national treasure. Now elderly, he has been replaced by a succession of namesakes, each of whom are modelled after Eon Bond actors; J1 (Sean Connery), J2 (George Lazenby), J3 (Roger Moore), J4 (Timothy Dalton), J5 (Pierce Brosnan) and J6 (Daniel Craig). It appears that the head of MI5 is Emma Peel (under the name "Emma Night"), a character that was originally played by a Bond alumnus, Diana Rigg, in The Avengers. She bears a resemblance to an aged Diana Rigg in the mold of Judi Dench (who was "M" by that time) in order to get in touch with the current James Bond films.
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- The very first on screen adaptation of Bond was called Jimmy Bond, but was turned into an American. This was in the 1954 adaptation of Casino Royale.
- The next adaptation of Casino Royale also featured an American Jimmy Bond as a primary villain, played by Woody Allen. In this case, the Jimmy was a nephew of Sir James.