The following is a list of primary antagonists in the James Bond novels and film series.
Contents
Novel villains by author
Villains by comics
Comic strips
Comic strip serials released by the Daily Express between 1958 and 1977 were divided in two distinct eras, the John McLusky era from 1958 to 1966, and Yaroslav Horak 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 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.
Film villains
Video game villains
Following is a list of main villains in James Bond computer and video games.
Villainous organisations
SMERSH – SMiERt SHpionam, "Death to Spies", James Bond'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 Soviet agency is in charge of assassination, loosely based on the real-life SMERSH.
SPECTRE – 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. In the 2015 film, Spectre, 007 digs deep into the organisation and tries to get payback for the murder of M (Judi Dench); he discovers the organisation is headed by his adopted brother Franz Oberhauser, now calling himself Blofeld (Christoph Waltz), 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 American Mafia family based in Las Vegas.
Drax Metals – Hugo Drax's metal company in Moonraker, renamed "Drax Industries" in the film, where it specialises in Space Shuttle-like spacecraft.
Stromberg Shipping Line – Karl Stromberg (Curd Jürgens)' 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 (Christopher Walken)'s multinational conglomerate, operating in computer hardware and mining, in A View to a Kill.
Entreprises Auric A.G. – Auric Goldfinger (Gert Fröbe)'s organisation in Goldfinger. Divisions include a stud farm in Kentucky named "Auric Stud".
KGB – Soviet intelligence agency.