10th Hero

Now to start the top ten for the Heroes. This first one I’m excited about.

And the 10th Hero goes to:



















James Bond

Points: 60

# of voters: 6

range: 16th - 8th place

Bond. James Bond. Agent 007. British’s most famous fictional secret agent. Mr. Bond works for British’s secret agency MI6 (aka S.I.S.), his rank is double 0 ( 00 ), the highest spy rank given the most important and most dangerous missions. Whenever Britain needs to save the world they call on their man, James Bond. Or whenever they need someone taken out.

James Bond was the son of a Scottish man and a Swiss woman. His parents died in a mountain accident when he was just eleven. From then on he traveled from school to school and even country to country learning all he could. He learned all he could about the world, government, military, business, and several languages which include Danish, Japanese, German, Russian, and French. He lied about his age and entered the British army prematurely and then he rose through the ranks to commander. Then he joined the British Navy which he also rose to commander. It is unclear when he became a MI6 agent but it was sometime after he left the Navy.

James Bond started as a character in books in 1953. His first author was Ian Fleming but dozens of other authors have written about 007 afterwards. James fame really grew once his character 1962 and starred Swas put on film. His movies became huge and are still being made today. His first movie was Sean Connery. Connery made five more movies before retiring his part in the role. Since then others have filled the part of Bond including George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and most recently Daniel Craig. Twenty movies have been made altogether (note: Craig’s newest movie “Bond 22” is said to come out sometime 2008 making 21 movies). He also is a popular videogame character.

Bond’s the name and espionage is his game. And James knows how to play it. James is the best at everything a spy needs. He can blend in and sneak around any city in the world and Sneak or talk his way into any facility. He is very charming and sly. He can become your best friend and spy on you at the same time (then kill you). James can charm any woman we wants or needs to charm to complete the mission. He isn’t tied or slowed down by them either, the mission is first and he can let go of them at any time (except the time in the movies where he was married). I mean, in one movie he was with four different woman at different times. FOUR!

And when spying isn’t enough, James can fight his way out of any situation. He can box and fight like the best of them but his true skill is his gunmanship. James Bond is alone most of the time and can still shoot his way out even when highly outnumbered. Bond is also known to drive like no one else on earth, which is good because he can get into a lot of car chases. Furthermore, he’s been known to drive tanks, helicopters, planes, and wield a number of secret agent gadgets.

Other reasons Bond is cool? Well, I guess he’s another definition of cool. This suit wearing agent carries himself with style and class like you won’t believe. He’s cool and cleaver under the harshest situations. And he’s always in the harshest situations. No one can spy, kill, drink, and save Britain and look as cool and James Bond 007.

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