James Bond Jr.

James Bond Jr. is an American animated series in which the title character (supposedly the nephew of the famous secret agent James Bond) defeats threats to the safety of the free world with the help of his friends IQ (supposedly the grandson of Q) and Gordo Leiter (supposedly the son of Felix Leiter). Being an American animated series, it regularly surpasses even the Bond movies in the matter of implausible gadgets and mad scientists. Despite this, the show was fully sanctioned by the rights holders to the James Bond property.

More than 80 half-hour episodes were produced. Spinoffs included a series of six episode novelizations by John Peel writing as John Vincent, and a 12-issue comic book series by Marvel Comics.

Fans of James Bond generally do not consider James Bond Jr. to be part of official Bond canon.

This was not the first officially licenced creation to feature a young relative of 007's. In 1967, Arthur Calder Marshall, writing as R.D. Mascott, wrote 003½: The Adventures of James Bond Jr. which also chronicled the exploits of a Bond nephew.