Unlike the Chans, Zorros, Tarzans, et al., the '60s Bond series was an international phenomenon. They were huge, colorful, glossy, globe-hopping productions. They quickly became big-budgeted films. They were consistently made by the same producers and writers for a single studio with the same leading man and team players in 1962, '63, '64, '65, and '67. Their editing techniques changed how films are cut. Their product placement techniques changed how movies are budgeted. Their genre overtook American TV programming for half a decade. Spy movies or episodes originally shot for TV were released theatrically to cash in on the booming spy craze. Movie theaters stayed open 24 hours a day for some Bond film premieres. Other English-speaking studios rushed to make their own spy movies, some of which led to a sequel or even a series: Flint, Helm, Palmer, Vine, a retooled Drummond. The '60s Bond series influenced overseas filmmakers as well; by some counts, Italy alone made at least a hundred James Bond-style features. The 007-style spies of other countries include OSS-117, Dick Malloy 077, Bob Fleming, Tom Dollar, Jerry Cotton, Kommissar X, Francis Coplan, Agent 3S3, and James Tont. In 1966 alone, at least 50 spy/espionage movies were released worldwide.

Taken all together, this cannot be said about Zorro, etc.