007: For King and Country #5

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• 9.7

  SciFiPulse - Ian Cullen

  Oct 11, 2023

  This penultimate issue leaves a few plot threads concerning Bond's future in the wind. But am sure some of it will get resolved in the final issue, which will hit comic stores next month. Read Full Review

• 9.0

  Comical Opinions - Gabriel Hernandez

  Sep 27, 2023

  007: FOR KING AND COUNTRY #5 sets Bonds plan in motion to bring down Fromm and Myrmidon for good in the penultimate issue. Johnson expertly builds an atmosphere of tense paranoia when everyone on Bonds team may be a traitor, and the art is slick and gritty. Read Full Review

• 8.0

  ComicBook.com - Jamie Lovett

  Sep 27, 2023

  Even as a casual James Bond fan at best, and even with 007 survival assured for future adventures, I find myself determined to learn how this clash of ideologies resolves itself and whether there's anything left of the relationship caught in the crossfires. Read Full Review

• 7.0

  Comic Crusaders - Johnny "The Machine" Hughes

  Sep 27, 2023

  James Bond is one of the quintessentially British icons, and should be celebrated as such. Phillip Kennedy Johnson has the unenviable task of trying to morph the various versions of Bond, be it book or movies, into a cohesive character, whilst creating a sort of timeless period that could be past or present; that is, I think is the biggest achievement in Kennedy's writing and plotting. Read Full Review

• 7.0

  Razorfine - Alan Rapp

  Oct 23, 2023

  007: For King and Country #5 opens with a trigger-happy 009 and an assassination attempt James Bond barely survives in an action sequence that cover several pages. Read Full Review