Dr. No (novel) No" was serialised in the "Daily Express", first in an abridged story form and later as a comic strip. The story was adapted in 1962 as the first film in the Bond series, with Sean Connery in the lead role; in 2008 BBC Radio 4 broadcast a version, with Toby Stephens as Bond. After recovering from serious poisoning inflicted by the SMERSH agent Rosa Klebb (in "From Russia, with Love") the MI6 agent James Bond is sent by his superior, M, on an undemanding mission to the British Colony of Jamaica. He is instructed to investigate the disappearance of Commander
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