Contents Cover: Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry in Die Another Day. 48 pages


COLLECTING ...because cool never goes out of style
GRAHAM RYE examines the latest additions to the long line of impressive James Bond paperback cover art.

INTERVIEW 'I said: Cubby, he's fabulous!'
007 MAGAZINE's tribute to Mrs. Dana Broccoli 1922-2004

REPORT No Deals, Mr. Brosnan
GREG BECHTLOFF charts the trials and tribulations of
Pierce Brosnan's recent travails to retain his well-earned licence to kill.

MUSIC From Lukas, With Love (Part 1)
LUKAS KENDALL provides 007 MAGAZINE readers with a crash course in soundtrack restoration and recounts his recent project: the must-own EMI James Bond soundtrack re-releases

OPINION James Bond and the Oedipus Complex
In its 40th anniversary year, Hollywood screenwriter
JOHN COX puts the film Goldfinger in the psychiatrist's chair.

HISTORY Adventures In The Fan Trade
GRAHAM RYE takes a personal look through a quarter of a century of 007 MAGAZINE & The James Bond International Fan Club to show that still - NOBODY DOES IT BETTER!

Contents Cover: Pierce Brosnan/Goldfinger poster art. 48 pages


SERIES Ian Fleming's James Bond Villains
KEVIN HARPER examines what makes Auric Goldfinger
and his Korean henchman Oddjob the most unforgettable bad guys.

ARCHIVE Meet the man who gets the Bond films off to a sizzling start
Step back into the cinema foyer in 1964 for an interview with Bond credit title designer Robert Brownjohn from SHOWTIME, the monthly must-buy film magazine moviegoers could only purchase in Odeon cinemas.

INSPIRATION Goldfinger inspired....
....Mary Quant, Pierce Brosnan, Mike Myers,
Steven Spielberg - and the British Safety Council?

MUSIC From Lucas With Love (Part 2)
LUKAS KENDALL concludes his detailed breakdown of the restoration of the EMI James Bond soundtrack re-releases.

INTERVIEW The Music Man With The Plan
GREG BECHTLOFF spoke with the man responsible for overseeing the music for the Nineties Bond films, MGM Executive Vice President for Music, Michael Sandoval, shortly before his departure from MGM in January 2000.

PICTORIAL Danger - Man At Work!
GRAHAM RYE delves into the 007 MAGAZINE Archive and dusts off the file marked Binder, Maurice Binder - for a first look at a selection of never-before-published photographs of the master at work creating the credit titles for
The Spy Who Loved Me.

HISTORY Adventures In The Fan Trade (1995-2004)
GRAHAM RYE concludes his personal journey through 25 years of 007 MAGAZINE and The James Bond International Fan Club to show that still - NOBODY DOES IT BETTER!

INTERVIEW John Stears (1939-1999):
Special Effects Wizard Extraordinaire!
ANDREW PILKINGTON in conversation with the
two-time Oscar-winning Special Effects technician on
Christmas Eve 1982.

Contents Cover: On Her Majesty's Secret Service poster art. 48 pages




REPORT Ken Adam at The Design Museum
On October 6th 2004, 007 Production Designer Ken Adam was interviewed by Sir Christopher Frayling at London's Design Museum. ANDY SCOTT reports.

SERIES The James Bond Girls Are Forever
Which Bond Girl do you rate as the best? Odds on it'll be a Sixties' Bond Babe. STEVE CASSIDY does the math.

SERIES Ian Fleming's James Bond Villains
KEVIN HARPER examines the man with the golden gun - Francisco 'Pistols' Scaramanga.

PICTORIAL THE BIG SHOT
Benicio Del Toro - Dario in Licence To Kill - in the spotlight.

ARCHIVE Which man would you pick as the new
James Bond?
With rumours abounding on who will replace Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, we jump back to 1969 to see how Bond number two made the grade.

OPINION Their All Time Highs?
GREG BECHTLOFF analyses the best performances
of the actors who have portrayed James Bond.

COLLECTING Card 59 Where Are You?
GRAHAM RYE begins his look at the history of
James Bond Bubble Gum Cards. Including for the first time an illustrated checklist.