The Spangled Mob
Encyclopedia
The Spangled Mob is a fictional crime organisation from the James Bond
novel series by Ian Fleming
.
and Seraffimo Spang
also known as the Spang brothers. Its enforcers were Albert Wint and Charles Kidd.
where they act as the main antagonists. In this novel, the Spangled Mob is behind the smuggling of Diamonds out of British territory. The leader of a newly reformed Spangled Mob, Jack Strap, assisted Auric Goldfinger
in the novel Goldfinger to raid the bullion depository at Fort Knox
. Goldfinger personally assassinated Strap, along with other crime bosses he recruited, after the raid was foiled. The Spangled Mob's final mention in the novels is in The Man with the Golden Gun
when it is stated that Francisco Scaramanga
was once a hit-man for the Spangled Mob.
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,...
novel series by Ian Fleming
Ian Fleming
Ian Lancaster Fleming was a British author, journalist and Naval Intelligence Officer.Fleming is best known for creating the fictional British spy James Bond and for a series of twelve novels and nine short stories about the character, one of the biggest-selling series of fictional books of...
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Creation and Organisation
The Spangled Mob was created by JackJack Spang
Jack Spang is a fictional character in Ian Fleming's 1957 James Bond novel Diamonds Are Forever. He does not appear in the 1971 film adaptation of the novel, which substantially revises the plot and makes Ernst Stavro Blofeld the chief villain....
and Seraffimo Spang
Seraffimo Spang
Serrafimo Spang is a fictional character in Ian Fleming's 1957 James Bond novel Diamonds Are Forever. He does not appear in the 1971 film adaptation, which substantially revises the novel's plot and makes Ernst Stavro Blofeld the chief villain....
also known as the Spang brothers. Its enforcers were Albert Wint and Charles Kidd.
Novels
The Spangled Mob's first appearance was in Diamonds are ForeverDiamonds Are Forever (novel)
Diamonds Are Forever is the fourth of Ian Fleming's James Bond series of novels. It was first published by Jonathan Cape in the UK on 26 March 1956 and the first print run of 12,500 copies sold out quickly...
where they act as the main antagonists. In this novel, the Spangled Mob is behind the smuggling of Diamonds out of British territory. The leader of a newly reformed Spangled Mob, Jack Strap, assisted Auric Goldfinger
Auric Goldfinger
Auric Goldfinger is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the James Bond film and novel Goldfinger. His first name, Auric, is an adjective meaning of gold...
in the novel Goldfinger to raid the bullion depository at Fort Knox
Fort Knox
Fort Knox is a United States Army post in Kentucky south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown. The base covers parts of Bullitt, Hardin, and Meade counties. It currently holds the Army Human Resources Center of Excellence to include the Army Human Resources Command, United States Army Cadet...
. Goldfinger personally assassinated Strap, along with other crime bosses he recruited, after the raid was foiled. The Spangled Mob's final mention in the novels is in The Man with the Golden Gun
The Man with the Golden Gun (novel)
The Man with the Golden Gun is the twelfth novel of Ian Fleming's James Bond series of books. It was first published by Jonathan Cape in the UK on 1 April 1965, eight months after the author's death. The novel was not as detailed or polished as the others in the series, leading to poor but polite...
when it is stated that Francisco Scaramanga
Francisco Scaramanga
Francisco Scaramanga is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the James Bond film and novel The Man with the Golden Gun. The film was so named because it described Scaramanga's possession of a golden gun....
was once a hit-man for the Spangled Mob.