James Bond in film process. Connery, however, was somewhat resigned to the project, lacking the enthusiasm he sported for "Thunderball". A press conference on his arrival had been tense, "soured by aggressive questioning of Connery's crumpled, jet-lagged appearance". Primary and secondary photography finished in December; the special effects filming for the space scenes were undertaken between January and March 1967, prior to the film's release on 12 June. The cinema posters for the film stated "Sean Connery IS James Bond", to distance the Eon-produced picture from the independent "Casino Royale", which had been released two months earlier. However, during the production, Connery announced that
James Bond (comics) in December 1962 - an adaptation of the first Bond film "Dr. No". Originally published by "Classics Illustrated" in the United Kingdom, it was later reprinted in the United States by DC Comics as part of its "Showcase" anthology series in January 1963. The next James Bond comic book did not appear for nearly 20 years, when Marvel Comics published a two-issue adaptation of the 1981 film "For Your Eyes Only" (which was also published in a single-issue magazine edition and a paperback release). Marvel later adapted the 1983 film "Octopussy" in magazine format. In 1989 comic books featuring Bond