Showcase #43 Values

Publisher: DC, 1963

About Showcase #43

This comic book adaptation of the first James Bond movie was also the first US comic book appearance of James Bond. DC's first Silver Age movie adaptation, it is actually a reprint of the story originally published in British Classics Illustrated #158A. Overstreet notes, "This Showcase #43 version was actually censored, deleting all racial skin color and dialogue thought to be racially demeaning." Sean Connery photo frontispiece. Bob Brown cover.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Doctor No

Characters: James Bond [007]; Doctor No

Pencils: Bob Brown

Inks: Bob Brown

Letters: Ira Schnapp

STORY DETAILS

(3 Stories)

Title: Action-Packed Highlights

Characters: James Bond (photo of Sean Connery); Dr. No (photo of Joseph Wiseman); Honey (photo of Ursula Andress)

Synopsis: Five B&W photos of James Bond and Doctor No.

Pages: 1.000

Pencils: ? (photographs)

Inks: ? (photographs)

Notes: Inside front cover. (c) 1963 by National Periodical Publications, Inc.

Title: Doctor No

Characters: James Bond [007]; Doctor No; John Strangways; Miss Moneypenny; "M"; Quarrel; Honey Ryder; Potter; Mary Prescott; Major Boothroyd; Felix Leiter; Prof. Dent; Chang

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 of his cell and stops No's radioactive strike as the doctor is electrocuted.

Pages: 32.000

Script: Alfred Sundel ?; Ian Fleming (original story)

Pencils: Norman J. Nodel (signed)

Inks: Norman J. Nodel (signed)

Notes: A end line reads, "Tommy Tomorrow returns with startling adventures in the May-June #44 issues of SHOWCASE."

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	5	5	11	14	24	19	14	18	31	24	25	28	23	12	14	5	4	2	0	0	0	285
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	2	0	2	3	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	21
Total	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	5	7	11	14	25	21	16	18	33	27	28	30	25	12	16	5	4	2	0	0	0	306

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