Agent 327 is a playful Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 action/comedy comic series

Comics

Comics denotes a hybrid medium having verbal side of its vocabulary tightly tied to its visual side in order to convey narrative or information only, the latter in case of non-fiction comics, seeking synergy by using both visual and verbal side in...

 by artist Martin Lodewijk

Martin Lodewijk

Martinus Spyridon Johannes Lodewijk is a Dutch comics writer and cartoonist, and advertising adviser.Martin Lodewijk was born in Rotterdam. He dropped out of high school in 1957, and started drawing cartoons, notably of spacecraft and pirates...

 from 1966 onward, with a hiatus between 1983 and 2000. Featuring the eponymous Agent 327 as a James Bond

James Bond

James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...

/Maxwell Smart-like Dutch secret agent who fights for "Righteousness and World Peace", his looks are based on the character of Peter Gunn

Peter Gunn

Peter Gunn is an American private eye television series which aired on the NBC and later ABC television networks from 1958 to 1961. The show's creator was Blake Edwards...

. Often partnered with the junoesque Olga Lawina (an agent of the Swiss

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 secret service), his adventures take him around Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

 and the rest of the world as he battles numerous parodies of real and fictional villains.

The song Denk toch altijd met liefd' aan je moeder by Gerda en Herman Timmerhout is a common feature in the comic and can be used to hideously torture someone or provide a plot-turning emotional reaction.

Main characters

Agent 327: Initiated into the world of espionage in the Dutch resistance, his creative and elaborate disguises just to get to work in the morning form a running gag

Running gag

A running gag, or running joke, is a literary device that takes the form of an amusing joke or a comical reference and appears repeatedly throughout a work of literature or other form of storytelling....

The Chief: One of his main concerns is to keep the costs down

Willemse: The doorman. When Agent 327 wants to enter the premises they will exchange passphrases.

Miss Betsy: The secretary of the office

Olga Lawina: A Swiss secret agent partnered with Agent 327 in a wide variety of adventures. Her good looks often present both an advantage and a liability.

Recurring villains

Boris Kloris: Ruthless spy with paper white skin.

Dr. Maybe: Brother of Dr. Yes and Dr. No. With his assistant Fi Doh, and sometimes Herr Dr. Vonvonderstein.

Colonel Bauer: German officer who held many war secrets.

Minor (real life) characters

Martin Lodewijk

Martin Lodewijk

Martinus Spyridon Johannes Lodewijk is a Dutch comics writer and cartoonist, and advertising adviser.Martin Lodewijk was born in Rotterdam. He dropped out of high school in 1957, and started drawing cartoons, notably of spacecraft and pirates...

: Member of several (ill-received) jugbands. First appearing with Endatteme Jugband, he now plays with Chickenfeed.

Jan Tromp

Jan Kruis

Jan Kruis is a Dutch comics artist.He began creating comics as a child. Later he worked for the Dutch comics pioneer Marten Toonder....

: Struggling painter who was drafted in by Boris Kloris to forge the Night Watch

Night Watch (painting)

Night Watch or The Night Watch or The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq is the common name of one of the most famous works by Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn....

. He regretted turning down an offer to draw a one-page family comic

Jack Jacky & the Juniors

Jack Jacky & the Juniors is a Dutch comic strip by Jan Kruis chronicling the events of an average family. In 1999 he handed over his creations to Studio Kruis.-1970s; early developments:...

 for a women's magazine as he definitely would've reaped the financial benefits.

Albums

• 1 Dossier Heksenkring & Dossier Onderwater (1975)
• 2 Dossier Zondagskind (1976)
• 3 Dossier Zevenslaper (1977)
• 4 Dossier Stemkwadrater (1970, 1979)
• 5 Dossier Leeuwenkuil (1973, 1979)
• 6 Dossier Dozijn Min Eén (1980)
• 7 Dossier Nachtwacht (1980)
• 8 Dossier Dozijn Min Twee (1981)
• 9 De gesel van Rotterdam (1981)
• 10 Drie avonturen (1982)
• 11 De ogen van Wu Manchu (1983)

• 12 De vergeten bom (2000)
• 13 Het pad van de schildpad (2001)
• 14 Cacoïne en commando's (2001)
• 15 De golem van Antwerpen (2002)
• 16 De wet van alles (2002)
• 17 Hotel New York (2002)
• 18 Het oor Van Gogh (2003)
• 19 De vlucht van vroeger (2005)
• 20 De Daddy Vinci-code (to be published)
• 21 Drie avonturen (to be published)

• Dossier Minimium Bug (1999) (not an element of the official series)