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Issue Details

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Published February 1981
Cover Price 6.95 USD
Pages 100
Editing Richard Schenkman (Fan Club President)
Notes 1st-ever U.S. reprint collection of the 007 newspaper strip. The James Bond 007 Fan Club (now dissolved) had no connection with the James Bond British Fan Club (still running), which publishes 007 magazine.

Cover Details - "The Illustrated James Bond, 007"

Characters James Bond; Grant; Honeychile Rider, Dr. No, Tatiana Romanova
Genre Spy
Pencils Tom Sciacca
Inks Rich Buckler
Letters typeset
Notes 1st-ever U.S. reprint collection of the 007 newspaper strip. The James Bond 007 Fan Club (now dissolved) had no connection with the James Bond British Fan Club (still running), which publishes 007 magazine.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "James Bond: The Comic-Strip Adventures"

Script Richard Schenkman
Pencils Yaroslav Horak
Inks Yaroslav Horak
Letters typeset
Notes Discusses how Ian Fleming, whose novels were serialized in THE DAILY EXPRESS newspaper, initially had little interest or faith in comic-strip adaptations. Includes covers of Danish & Swedish JAMES BOND comic-books which have reprinted the strip over the years, and a sample of the Jim Lawrence-Yaroslav Horak run of the strip from Yugoslavia.

37 page James Bond 007 story "Diamonds Are Forever"

Characters James Bond; M; Bill Tanner (Chief of Staff); Tiffany Case (smuggler); Shady Tree; Kidd (assasin); Wynt (assasin); Felix Leiter (CIA), Ernie Cuneo (cab driver); Seraffimo Spang; Rufus B. Saye
Synopsis Bond travels to Las Vegas and Sierra Leone to smash a diamond smuggling operation.
Genre Spy
Script Ian Fleming (original writer); Henry Gammidge (adaptation)
Pencils John McLusky
Inks John McLusky
Letters John McLusky
Notes adaptation of Ian Fleming's 4th 007 novel from 1956
Reprinted from James Bond (London Daily Express, 1958 series) 1959.08.10 - 1960.01.03

24 page James Bond 007 story "From Russia with Love"

Characters James Bond; Tiffany Case (cameo); May (Bond's housekeeper); Donovan Grant (assassin); 3 directors of SMERSH; Col. Rosa Klebb; Klonsteen (chess master & SMERSH planner); Tatiana Romanova (file clerk); Kerim Bey (head of British Intelligence, Instanbul); M; gypsies (friends of Kerim); Krilencu (Bulgar assassin); Rene Mathis (Deuxieme Bureau, Paris, from CASINO ROYALE)
Synopsis Bond is lured to Istanbul in a SMERSH revenge plot.
Genre Spy
Script Ian Fleming (original story); Henry Gammidge (adaptation)
Pencils John McLusky
Inks John McLusky
Letters John McLusky
Notes adaptation of Ian Fleming's 5th 007 novel from 1957
Reprinted from James Bond (London Daily Express, 1958 series) 1960.02.03 - 1960.05.21

29 page James Bond 007 story "Dr. No"

Characters James Bond; M; Bill Tanner (Chief of Staff); Dr. No (villain); Quarrel (from LIVE AND LET DIE); Felix Leiter; Honeychile Rider
Synopsis After nearly getting killed at the end of his previous job, Bond gets the "routine" assignment of checking up on bird-guano manufacturer "Dr. No" in connection with the disappearance of 2 agents in Jamaica. It turns out to be more than anyone expected, as the man's private island is like a fortress, and "No" is involved in twisted psychological and scientific experiments, the latter of which could endager the safety of the free world!
Genre Spy
Script Ian Fleming (original story); Henry Gammidge (adaptation)
Pencils John McLusky
Inks John McLusky
Letters John McLusky
Notes adaptation of Ian Fleming's 6th 007 novel from 1958
Reprinted from James Bond (London Daily Express, 1958 series) 1960.05.23 - 1960.10.01

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "James Bond Fans!"

Letters Typeset
Notes Ad / The James Bond 007 Fan Club

1 page James Bond 007 text article "Official SMERSH Dossier"

Genre Spy
Script Richard Schenkman
Pencils John McLusky
Inks John McLusky
Letters typeset
Notes Russian dossier on 007. Page includes 2-strip excerpt from "From Russia With Love" story.