SUPERBABES STATION: SUPERBABES PORTFOLIO 23: CELEBRATING SIXTY YEARS OF 'THE JAMES BOND GIRLS'

Making an impact: Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film, Dr No.

Women want him, and men want to be him!

That's what they used to say about the sixties movies starring Ian Fleming's fiction British super agent hero James Bond 007. And they were right. Men liked the 'license to kill' idea, but they especially wanted to be Bond if they could share serious 'quality time' between the sheets with the many glamourous, exciting, exotic, erotically-charged, and truly beautiful women he regularly crossed paths and shared adventures with. And these hot Superbabes - soon known globally as 'The Bond Girls' - came from all walks and fields of life, were pretty gutsy and independent (until they got into serious trouble!), and always looked superb from 1962 to now, sixty years later.

Graham Rye's superlative book from 1989 remains a definite must-have celebration of the incredible James Bond Girls.

Enjoy our personal choices of the hottest Bond babes, either as themselves or in character for the official Bond film series.

With thanks to WiileT for selected images.

James Bond movie images, copyright Danjaq/MGM/United Artists.

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SUPERBABES STATION: JAMES BOND GIRLS

The first onscreen Bond beauty: Eunice Gayson as Sylvia Trench.

The stunning legs of Canadian beauty Lois Maxwell, who would play Bond's faithful London assistant/liaison, Miss Moneypenny.

Honey makes an adjustment after he sea adventures.

The gorgeous femme fatale of From Russia With Love: Italian beauty Daniela Bianchi.

Daniela would prove a stockings-wearing delight in the movie's publicity.

Bikini brilliance from Shirley Eaton during the beginning of Goldfinger.

Gorgeous Brit sensation Shirley Eaton became a genuine film and sex symbol icon with her unique demise in Goldfinger.

With the amazing Honor Blackman, we could never get enough of her 'Pussy Galore' in Goldfinger.

A gorgeous shoot of Miss Blackman by Terry O'Neill that made the most of her superb figure.

The fiery Luciana Paluzzi proved a fine and sexy choice as the villainous Fiona Volpe in the epic Thunderball.

Luciana definitely makes us want to explode our own Thunderballs to her!

Exotic and alluring- Martine Beswick as the doomed Paula.

The sultry sex appeal of model Mollie Peters as massage therapist in Thunderball.

Outside of Bond, Mollie as a sexy stockings pin-up of the late fifties.

Made for swimwear, a classy French beauty emerges from Thunderball - Claudine Auger, who did many memorable publicity shoots for the movie.

As the top Japanese agent Aki, the striking and hot-figured Akiko Wakabayashi was a welcome addition to You Only Live Twice.

And the equally 'sex-iful' Mie Hama as a fellow spy in Japan.

From The Avengers to Bond, Diana Rigg's confident sex appeal was further solidified, and even more impressive.

As seen during the film's dramatic opening to On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

The delightful Anouska Hempel displays her see-through dress during On Her Majesty's Secret Service,

Some of those 'Angels of Death' pose with George Lazenby as Bond during the events of On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The line-up of international babes would include Julie Ege, Jenny Hanley, and Angela Scoular.

Jill St. John displays her fine assets throughout the comedy spoof that is Diamonds are Forever, as world smuggler Tiffany Case.

The superb figure of another American actress in the film, Lana Wood, almost stole the film out from under Connery and St. John. Her role of Plenty O'Toole was inspired, to say the least!

As an exceptional and hot Tarot Card reader, Jane Seymour excelled as Solitaire in the first Roger Moore outing, Live and Let Die.

A sex siren in the making.

The delightful Swedish beauty with a lovely body, Britt Ekland looked great in a bikini for the finale to The Man with the Golden Gun.

One lucky little guy- Herve Villechaize as the villainous 'Knick Knack' enjoys the view!

Topless and terrific, the other stunning Swede of Man: Maud Adams.

The sensational British model and actress Caroline Munroe would add extra sex appeal to The Spy Who Loved Me.

A superb foil for James Bond, and a Superbabe in her own right- the exquisite Barbara Bach as the Russian agent Triple X.

Displaying some fine wet frontage at the film's explosive climax.

Leggy Emily Bolton would delight as an too briefly seen agent in Rio during Moonraker.

The ravishing French beauty Corinne Clery, made a mark in Moonraker.

Two shots of Clery from a hot Playboy magazine portfolio.

The delightful international beauties seen in the background to Moonraker.

Charming and beautiful French model/actress Carole Bouquet was a fiery Greek assassin in For Your Eyes Only.

As the blonde stunner geologist's assistant - yes, really! - US actress/model Tanya Roberts displayed her superb legs during Roger More's swansong tale, A View to a Kill.

Tanya's fine assets displayed before being cast in Bond.

Brit talent Maryam D'Abo displays amazing nylon legs in posed imagery linked to The Living Daylights.

Equally fine are the legs of the new Moneypenny for that film: Caroline Bliss.

A double delight for Timothy Dalton's second film as 007, Licence to Kill - Talisa Soto as Lupe and American model Carey Lowell as former US agent Pam Bouvier Kennedy.

Could Bond have asked for a more sensual and superb duo?

A new era with Pierce Brosnan and even sexier women, like Famke Janssen, who played the thigh crushing villainess Xenia Onatopp.

Famke's great figure and stocking legs in the film proved a delight.

The Bond heroine of Goldeneye: Izabella Scorupco as computer expert Natalya.

The classy Terri Hatcher brought back some sexy American style with her brief but memorable turn in Tomorrow Never Dies.

Hatcher looking superb in lingerie for her major scene.

What better way to relax than enjoy the superb nylon view of French beauty Sophie Marceau as the villainous Elektra King in The World is Not Enough.

An alternate beauty for the third Brosnan film would be the full-figured Denise Richards as, yes, this is truly hard to believe, a nuclear scientist!

Ready for action in all ways, and with incredible breasts, it's the superb Halle Berry as superspy Jinx in Brosnan's final absurd outing: Die Another Day.

The truly superb physical attributes of French stunner Eva Green were finely displayed in her role as Vesper Lynd, during Daniel Craigs first Bond outing, Casino Royale. Images: Greg Williams.

Eva is clearly a woman who knows how to break through any sexual boundaries.

Ivana Millicevic plays the odds as the villainous beauty Valenka in Casino Royale.

We sadly never got to see her in lingerie onscreen, but Ukranian/French actress/model Olga Kurylenko nonetheless turned up the heat in her need for revenge during Quantum of Solace.