CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED 158A DR. NO - Contributed by Jens Terje

  Dr. No (or Doctor No) is a comic book by Norman Nodel. 

It is a loose adaptation of the eponymous James Bond film released in 1962, 

which in turn is inspired by the novel by Ian Fleming. 

It was first published in the United Kingdom in Classics Illustrated#158A.

Here are two complete versions of Dr. No IC158a (1962),

 with covers and inside covers fixed and the 2023 reprint.

We thank Jens Terje for this generous contribution

Classics Illustrated #160 The Food of the Gods [Fixed]

The Food of the Gods

Cover:  Pencils, Inks & Colors: 

Gerald McCann (signed as G. McC) (painting)

comic story / 45 pagesScript

Alfred Sundel (adaptation); H. G. Wells (original story)

Pencils & Inks : Tony Tallarico

Contribution by Jens Terje

Dr. No (Various issues) - Contributed by Jens Terje

 Dr. No (or Doctor No) is a comic book by Norman Nodel. It is a loose adaptation of the eponymous James Bond film released in 1962, which in turn is inspired by the novel by Ian Fleming. It was first published in the United Kingdom in Classics Illustrated#158A.

The comic strip was published daily from 23 May to 1 October, 1960 in the British Daily Express newspaper and syndicated around the world. The adaptation was written by Peter O'Donnell and illustrated by John McLusky. The James Bond 007 Fan Club published a reprint of the strip in 1981 and the adaptation was published again in 2005 as part of a Dr. No anthology by Titan Books that also included Diamonds Are Forever and From Russia with Love.

Comic book

Cover of Dr. No (British Edition)

Dr. No was also adapted in the British Classics Illustrated in 1962, written and illustrated by Norman J. Nodel. The 32-page comic follows the movie script and most of the characters are drawn to resemble their screen counterparts. Some deviations are found, such as having Professor Dent trying to shoot James Bond before getting killed, and Dr. No being electrocuted instead of drowned. The original British cover depicted Dr. No, as well as the scene Bond and Honey Ryder meet the tank disguised as a dragon.

It was first published in the United Kingdom in Classics Illustrated #158A, being later reprinted in Detective Stories by Dell Publishing through Europe. For the US publishing by DC Comics, the comic was censored, deleting all racial skin color and dialogue thought to be demeaning. It also received a different cover, by Bob Brown, depicting a scene from the climax where Bond confronts Dr. No in the control room. The inside front cover included photos from the film, and the inside back cover had brief biographies of Bond and Fleming. The release in Showcase #43 (March 1963) - a comic series that usually focused on superhero stories - went mostly ignored. The next attempt at an American-published James Bond comic would not be made until the adaptation of For Your Eyes Only by Marvel Comics in 1981.

Publication history

Cover & page 03 of Showcase #43

It was first published in the United Kingdom in Classics Illustrated #158A in December 1962, being later reprinted in Detective Stories by Dell Publishing through Europe.

The United States publisher of Classics Illustrated, Gilberton, marketed their CI series as educational in nature and felt that releasing Dr. No would be a poor marketing fit. So the rights were sold to Independent News, then-owners of DC Comics, who published the comic as issue 43 of the Showcase anthology series, in January 1963. As the US issue hit the news stands four months before the film's US release, sales were disappointing. With interior art very different from most other work published by DC Comics, it may have had trouble finding an audience since James Bond was still relatively unknown in the US at the time.

 DC has not published another James Bond comic since, though they considered starting a title when their 10-year option for a Bond comic was about to expire in 1972. Artist Jack Kirby and writer Alex Toth were contacted, but DC ultimately decided against it, feeling unsure about the future of the characters as Sean Connery made what he stated would be his last appearance as 007, Diamonds Are Forever.

https://jamesbond.fandom.com/wiki/Dr._No_(comic)

 List of issues

007 James Bond 20 Doctor No (Spanish [Chile], 1969) 

Agent 007 James Bond Dr. No (Norway, 1963)

Beeldscherm Detective 06 - Doctor No (Dutch, 1963)

Classics Illustrated 171 UK Doctor No (1963) [B&W missing pg 19]

Doctor No DC Showcase v1 043 (US, 1963) (c2c)

Classics Illustrated Europe 158 Dr. No (c2¢) (Euro Series) 

[DC Showcase043, 1963) [Fake]

James Bond - D006 - Dr No [Newspaper dailies (600523-601001) 584-697]

JAMES BOND 007 MAGAZINE - Dr. No Interactive Exhibitors’ Campaign Book 

James Bond contra Dr. No (Spanish magazine) [Newspaper dailies $84-697]

We thank Jens Terje for this generous contribution

Classic Comics/Classics Illustrated #053 A Christmas Carol, #085 The Sea Wolf, #095 All Quiet on the Western Front , #151 Won by the Sword & #168 In Freedom's Cause (two different scans) Elliot Publishing Company [Complete issues] Courtesy of Jens Terje

Classics Illustrated is an American comic book series featuring adaptations of literary classics such as Les Miserables, Moby Dick, Hamlet, and The Iliad.  Created Classic Comics for Elliot Publishing Company in 1941  and finished its first run in 1971, producing 169 issues.
The series name-changed in March 1947 to Classics Illustrated .

Following the series' demise, various companies reprinted its titles. This series is different from the Great Illustrated Classics, which is an adaptation of the classics for young re

aders that includes illustrations, but is not in the comic book form.

6 complete issues of  Classics Illustrated

#053 A Christmas Carol, 

#085 The Sea Wolf, 

#095 All Quiet on the Western Front ,

 #151 Won by the Sword 

 #168 In Freedom's Cause (two different scans)

Very grateful to Jens Terje for providing the pages that complete this series

Classic Comics/Classics Illustrated. #101 - #169- Elliot Publishing Company [Complete series]

Classics Illustrated is an American comic book series featuring adaptations of literary classics such as Les Miserables, Moby Dick, Hamlet, and The Iliad.  Created Classic Comics for
 Elliot Publishing Company in 1941 and finished its first run in 1971, producing 169 issues.
The series name-changed in March 1947 to Classics Illustrated .

Following the series' demise, various companies reprinted its titles. This series is different from the Great Illustrated Classics, which is an adaptation of the classics for young readers that includes illustrations, but is not in the comic book form.

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TITLES:

Classics Illustrated #101 William Tell

Classics Illustrated #102 The White Company

Classics Illustrated #103 Men Against The Sea

Classics Illustrated #104 Bring 'Em Back Alive

Classics Illustrated #105 From the Earth to the Moon

Classics Illustrated #106 Buffalo Bill

Classics Illustrated #107 King of the Khyber Rifles

Classics Illustrated #108 Knights Of Round Table

Classics Illustrated #109 Pitcairn's Island

Classics Illustrated #110 A Study in Scarlet

Classics Illustrated #111 The Talisman

Classics Illustrated #112 The Adventures of Kit Carson

Classics Illustrated #113 The 045 Guardsmen

Classics Illustrated #114 The Red Rover

Classics Illustrated #115 How I Found Livingstone

Classics Illustrated #116 The Bottle Imp

Classics Illustrated #117 Captains Courageous

Classics Illustrated #118 Rob Roy

Classics Illustrated #119 Soldiers of Fortune

Classics Illustrated #120 The Hurricane

Classics Illustrated #121 Wild Bill Hickock

Classics Illustrated #122 The Mutineers

Classics Illustrated #123 Fang and Claw.

Classics Illustrated #124 War of the Worlds

Classics Illustrated #125 The Ox-Bow Incident

Classics Illustrated #126 The Downfall

Classics Illustrated #127 The King of the Mountains

Classics Illustrated #128 Macbeth

Classics Illustrated #129 Davy Crockett

Classics Illustrated #130 Caesar's Conquests

Classics Illustrated #131 The Covered Wagon

Classics Illustrated #132 The Dark Frigate

Classics Illustrated #133 The Time Machine

Classics Illustrated #134 Romeo and Juliet

Classics Illustrated #135 Waterloo

Classics Illustrated #136 Lord Jim

Classics Illustrated #137 The Little Savage

Classics Illustrated #138 Journey to the Center of the Earth

Classics Illustrated #139 In the Reign of Terror

Classics Illustrated #140 On Jungle Trails

Classics Illustrated #141 Castle Dangerous.

Classics Illustrated #142 Abraham Lincoln

Classics Illustrated #143 Kim

Classics Illustrated #144 First Men in the Moon

Classics Illustrated #145 The Crisis

Classics Illustrated #146 With Fire & Sword

Classics Illustrated #147 Ben Hur

Classics Illustrated #148 The Buccaneers

Classics Illustrated #149 Off On A Comet

Classics Illustrated #150 The Virginian

Classics Illustrated #151 Won by the Sword

Classics Illustrated #152 Wild Animals I Have Known

Classics Illustrated #153 The Invisible Man

Classics Illustrated #154 Conspiracy of Pontiac

Classics Illustrated #155 Lion of the North.

Classics Illustrated #156 The Conquest of Mexico

Classics Illustrated #157 Lives of the Hunter

Classics Illustrated #158 The Conspirators

Classics Illustrated #159 The Octopus

Classics Illustrated #160 Food of the Gods

Classics Illustrated #161 Cleopatra

Classics Illustrated #162 Robur The Conqueror

Classics Illustrated #163 Master of the World

Classics Illustrated #164 The Cossack Chief

Classics Illustrated #165 The Queen's Necklace

Classics Illustrated #166 Tigers and Traitors

Classics Illustrated #167 Faust

Classics Illustrated #168 In Freedom's Cause

Classics Illustrated #169 Negro Americans.

 #117 Captains Courageous complete edition with pg 28

#106 Buffalo Bill pg 39 fixed 

Very grateful to Jens Terje  for providing the pages that complete this series

And thanks also to Jens Terje for adding issues 

#151 - Won by the Sword and #168 - In Freedom's Cause, COMPLETE