Cannon has been so thoroughly brainwashed by the communists that he does not have any feelings anymore. They also trained him so that he seems invulnerable, so he has become a perfect Soviet spy. Once back in the US he is captured and brainwashed back, but it is not possible to undo his insensitivity. The US secret service only sees this as a plus and Cannon starts working for them. He is sent on various missions and has only one real enemy and that is the Chinese Madam Toy. Where Cannon is America's best secret agent, Madam Toy is the best of China.
When Wallace Wood writes this story in 1981, the James Bond's film "For your eyes only" is playing in the cinema. This film, with Roger Moore in the role of the most famous secret agent ever, is already the 13 th James Bond movie. The James Bond episode 'Casino Royale' (1954) from the TV series Climax! Not included. Although "For your eyes only" did not bring as much money in the till as "Moonraker" from 1979, James Bond was still unprecedented. It is therefore not so strange that there was a demand for comics with a secret agent in the lead. But Wallace Wood made his own secret agent. Cannon is more serious and violent in this three-part comic series. But violence is always justified. Women are not saved in these scenes. Madam Toy knows, although she's almost always scarcely clothed, knows how to fight.
That brings me to the drawing of Wallace Wood. Who knows the ‘Sally Ford' comics knows that he has a love for beautiful women, but although the men are less scarcely dressed in the story, they are also beautifully drawn. Wood makes good use of black and white and some grey tones through grids.
My final conclusion is that this is an album with a good story that is told with speed and supported by beautiful drawings. However, I must warn the fanatic feminists that the nudity, although beautifully pictured, is not always functional.
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Cannon on Catawiki
Wally Wood on Wikipedia
Wally Wood on the Comiclopedia
