But he IS a 'cartoon' type of figure, Relkeel! The whole point of the books, and the films, is that Bond is a super-hero, but without sticky spider webs, a flying cape, or a Batmobile. Just swap those for some incredible bit of gadgetry, a dinner suit, and an Aston Martin, and it's the same story. (Except that his locations tend to be rather more exotic than Batman's.) It's just simple-minded escapism, like comic books, not 'Los Olvidados'!