Campion Bond

Campion Bond is a high-ranking British Intelligence officer, apparently working for Military Intelligence, Section 5 (e.g., MI5). He is a large man, bordering on grossly fat, and is almost always dressed in formal wear. He frequently smokes and is given to flowery speeches and showy demonstrations of importance. Bond effectively enlists the aid of the members of the league of extraordinary gentlemen, though he leaves the actual contacting and recruiting to Wilhelmina Murray. Various subtle hints in the graphic novel lead one to the conclusion that Bond is the grandfather of a latter famous British intelligence officer. In fact, Bond works directly for James Moriarty and knows it—though how much he really understands is open to interpretation. Years after the events portrayed in the graphic novel, Bond publishes a book in 1908 entitled Memoirs of an English Intelligencer. Bond remains a relatively minor character in the...