March 28, 2009

JAMES BOND MEETS PLAYBOY

JAMES BOND MEETS PLAYBOY
In celebration of this week's release of Goldfinger on Blu-ray, I thought it would be fun to go back five years before the film's debut and look at Playboy's first review of Ian Fleming. The magazine has had a long affair with 007 (they both began publishing in 1953). Here's a scan from their first meeting in print from the Oct 1959 issue (click for larger image):