(March-April 1963)
- Price:
- 0.12 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- Bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- Superman DC National Comics
- Editing:
- Murray Boltinoff; George Kashdan
- Format:
- Standard Silver Age U.S.; Later Standard Modern Age U.S.; Full Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; Was An On-Going Series
Issue Notes
1) Full cover title is "Doctor No by Ian Fleming. 2) In Amazing World of DC Comics #10, in the article "There's No Cases Like Showcases", Jack C. Harris notes, "One of Ian Flemming's [sic] popular James Bond novels had just been made into a feature-film and DC acquired a comic adaptation originally prepared like Classics Illustrated. So Showcase #43... featured 007's clash with the infamous Dr. No! A Bob Brown cover surrounded the unique, ad-free 32-page James Bond thriller." 3) The hero on the cover does not resemble Sean Connery, but the interior art is dead-on Connery.
Action-Packed Highlights
James Bond / photo story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Photos
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Spy
- Synopsis:
- Five B&W photos of James Bond and Doctor No.
- Keywords:
- movie adaptation
Indexer Notes
(c) 1963 by National Periodical Publications, Inc.
Doctor No
James Bond / comic story / 32 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Norman J. Nodel (signed)
- Inks:
- Norman J. Nodel (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Spy
- Characters:
- James Bond; Doctor No; John Strangways; Miss Moneypenny; "M"; Quarrel; Honey Ryder
- Synopsis:
- In Jamaica, John Strangways is grabbed by three "blind" beggars. He was checking on "massive interference" with Cape Canaveral rocket launches. Bond goes to Jamaica and zeroes in on Crab Key. He survives fist fights, a tarantula in his bed, gunshots, and being run off the road. Finally, with the help of Honey Ryder and Quarrel, a fisherman, he reaches the island. A "dragon" tank captures them. Doctor No plans to scotch the next missile launch. Bond breaks out his cell and stops No's radioactive strike as the doctor is electrocuted.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
-
from Classics Illustrated (Thorpe & Porter, 1951 series) #158A (None Listed [December 1962])
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- Keywords:
- movie adaptation
Indexer Notes
A end line reads, "Tommy Tomorrow returns with startling adventures in the May-June #44 issues of SHOWCASE."
The Man Behind the Typewriter
James Bond; Ian Fleming / text article / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- Background on James Bond and his creator, Ian Fleming.
For the Best in Comics Entertainment
DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Various
- Inks:
- Various
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- Head shots of Superman, Bob Hope, Sugar 'N Spike, other DC characters. "Every DC Comic is approved by the Comics Code Authority".
Indexer Notes
Back cover
Table of Contents
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0.
Doctor No
James Bond -
1.
Action-Packed Highlights
James Bond -
2.
Doctor No
James Bond -
3.
The Man Behind the Typewriter
James Bond; Ian Fleming -
4.
For the Best in Comics Entertainment
DC Comics
- R. J. Roper
- Donald Dale Milne
- Per Sandell
- Mike Nielsen
- Clayton Emery
- Gene Reed
- Donald Dale Milne
- Clayton Emery
- Mike Nielsen
- Ed Boner
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