It was 1965, and secret agents were everywhere...
...even DC's Mystery in Space, whose 100th issue, introed a cover-featured "space spy" series!
(With a cover by Dick Dillin and Sheldon Moldoff!)
Written by Dave Wood, illustrated by Gil Kane, and guest-starring a Sean Connery-lookalike, an ongoing Interplanetary Investigations series seemed like a sure bet, but it disappeared after only one more appearance two issues later!
(BTW, neither of them have been reprinted!)
Instead, a new character, Ultra: the Multi-Alien took over the book until cancellation with #110!
Pity, since the Interplanetary Investigations strip showed such promise.
Considering
DC had the rights to
James Bond (which is why there were
no comic adaptations of
any of the Bond flicks after
Dr No), which didn't do well due to being released
before the movie came out, could you imagine what Gil Kane could've done illustrating
any of the other pre-Roger Moore
Bond movies?
Sadly, we'll never know.
Two notes:
1) The comic rights to
007 eventually lapsed and
Marvel did two
movie adaptations in the 1980s,
For Your Eyes only and
Octopussy.
Neither were big sellers.
2) DC had released
Doctor No as part of the
Showcase tryout comic as shown
HERE.)
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