In more than 60 years of adventures, James Bond has faced off against villains ranging from Blofeld to Le Chiffre. But none of them has managed to do what Jeff Bezos and his henchmen did to the international superspy: take his weapons away.

Last week, eagle-eyed movie fans noticed that the promotional images used on Amazon Prime Video for the various James Bond movies had been edited to remove any trace of the character holding a gun. For example, in a promotional shot for Dr. No, showing Sean Connery as Bond, the spy’s famous Walther PPK was missing. Images of other James Bonds, including Daniel Craig (in Spectre), Roger Moore (in Live and Let Die), and Pierce Brosnan (in GoldenEye), had also had their weapons edited out.

James Bond with and without gun - Click to enlarge

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