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Wikipedia tells me Nick Carter was originally a gumshoe in the early 20th century but the character was completely rebooted as a spy in the 60s to take advantage of the popularity of the James Bond films. And he very much is a Bond knockoff with him being interrupted by a phone call mid-shag to meet his boss for a new mission (New York and multiple other US cities are going to be blown up with nuclear suitcase bombs by some disaffected Russian baddies who don't like that there's a cold war and would prefer all out mayhem - one character is literally named Warnow). Then he meets the Q knockoff who shows him a few of the new gadgets he's invented and like the Bond films, they all come in handy later on. And like Bond, the womanising is off the charts. In fact, it's so absurd here that it actually just becomes hilarious. He beds 5 women here, all within minutes of meeting them. They're literally gagging for it as soon as they lay eyes on him. It's all very teenage boy wish fulfillment stuff but again it's so over the top that it becomes absurdly funny and I'd be lying if I said it wasn't a fun diversionary quick read.