On Wednesday, Rittenhouse Archives Ltd. released a new collection of James Bond trading cards called James Bond Archives. This set contains the following Felix Leiter cards:

New Autograph Cards

David Hedison as Felix Leiter in Live And Let Die (Limited)

John Terry as Felix Leiter in The Living Daylights (Very Limited)

Priscilla Barnes as Della Churchill in Licence to Kill (Limited)

Last December, FLc published an extensive article on the last release of Rittenhouse’s James Bond trading card series. Please consult that article for a list of the other Felix Leiter cards that have been released thus far.

The other day I purchased the David Hedison autograph card and today, I won the John Terry autograph card. This will be the first John Terry card in my personal Felix Leiter trading card collection.

It is important to note that these aren’t the first autograph cards for these specific actors from Rittenhouse Archives Ltd. A David Hedison card was released back when Eon Productions was celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the James Bond film series in 2002. The other two cards were released last year in the James Bond in Motion collection:

Older Autograph Cards

A16 – David Hedison as Felix Leiter in Licence to Kill (released on 8.28.2002)

A95 – Priscilla Barnes as Della Leiter in Licence to Kill (40th Anniversary Style) (Limited)

A116 – John Terry as Felix Leiter in The Living Daylights (40th Anniversary Style) (Very Limited)

Stay tuned to FLc for all the latest news on Rittenhouse Archives’ Felix Leiter trading cards. All of the aforementioned autograph cards are now available on eBay. Visit SciFiHobby.com for more information on all of Rittenhouse Archives’ James Bond trading card collections as well as checklists for each collection.

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New Leiter Trading Cards from Rittenhouse

John Terry turns 59 years old today and all of us here at FelixLeiter.com would like to wish him a wonderful happy birthday!

Mr. Terry played Felix Leiter in 1987’s The Living Daylights opposite Timothy Dalton’s 007. He is arguably the most underrated Felix Leiter ever, receiving only one vote in the CommanderBond.net Forums’ poll, Favourite Felix Leiter II. According to this poll, Terry is in the same league as Norman Burton (one vote) and Cec Linder (two votes) among Bond fans. After Rik Van Nutter, John Terry was the second youngest Leiter ever at 37 years old.

“What the hell are you trying to do, start World War III?”

John Terry wasn’t the worst Felix Leiter ever but he wasn’t the most memorable either. Ideally, Eon Productions should have cast David Hedison in the role for two reasons (1) Continuity and (2) Because they casted him two years later in Licence to Kill. Had Terry been cast in Licence to Kill, I believe he would have more support among Bond fans today. Historically, the more screen time a Leiter actor has, the more beloved he is. David Hedison and Jeffrey Wright are perfect examples of this phenomenon.

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