The Man with the Golden Gun (novel) to England via the Soviet Union, where he had been brainwashed to attempt to assassinate his superior, M. After being "cured" by the MI6 doctors, Bond is sent to the Caribbean to find and kill Francisco Scaramanga, the titular "Man with the Golden Gun". The first draft and part of the editing process was completed before Fleming's death and the manuscript had passed through the hands of his copy editor, William Plomer, but it was not as polished as other Bond stories. Much of the detail contained in the previous novels was missing, as this was often added by Fleming
The Man with the Golden Gun (novel) form in the "Daily Express" newspaper on a daily basis from 22 March 1965 onwards. This novel was also serialised over four issues of "Playboy" from April through July 1965. The novel was adapted as a daily comic strip which was published in the "Daily Express" newspaper and syndicated around the world. The adaptation ran from 10 January to 10 September 1966. The adaptation was written by Jim Lawrence and illustrated by Yaroslav Horak. The strip was reprinted by Titan Books in "The James Bond Omnibus Vol. 2", published in 2011. In 1974, Eon Productions made the ninth Bond film,