Dolly Hamnet was a British journalist. The character served as an ally in the James Bond comic strip, The League of Vampires, which ran in The Daily Express newspapers between October 25, 1972 and February 28, 1973.
Biography[]
London-based journalist Dolly Hamnet travelled to Corsica investigating a secretive Vampire Cult. On her last day on the island she attended a party at a fashionable resort, attempting to make contact with its members, and was trailed back to her hotel in Ajaccio. She was also shadowed by James Bond, who had also been investigating the cult - who had already claimed three lives. The astute and resourceful Hamnet immediately saw through Bond's cover identity, familiar with his previous operations, and acquiesced to his request to protect her. The pair were jumped by one of the cult's members, who tranquilized 007 and bit the reporter with poisonous false fangs. Her corpse (and the recently awoken 007) was discovered the following morning by a terrified bellhop.