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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Chester Gould's final Dick Tracy strip, Dec. 24, 1977 (with the first strip inserted).

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Dick Tracy encounters J. Edgar Hoover

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

1956: Flattop Jr., haunted by the spirit of a woman he killed, is in bad shape. His hair has turned white.

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Born Sept. 1, 1926, comic book artist Gene Colan

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Born Aug. 7, 1940, actress Marlyn Mason. In 2015, after my mother passed away, UNCLE fan Jon Heitland arranged for her to autograph some UNCLE publicity stills for me. I've never forgotten that.

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Publicity still from a 1973 Burt Reynolds special that aired last night on a Saturday on NBC. This aired around the time of the premiere of Live And Let Die. Reynolds asked Moore if he was ready for Bond publicity. "I'm ready for anything," Moore replied.

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

In 1963, during filming of The Greatest Story Ever Told, Jamie Farr (playing the apostle Thaddeus) gets married with his fellow cast members attending David McCallum (playing Judas) and David Hedison were among those present.

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Some nominations for Golden Bullet awards (Bond fan awards) are out. I've been nominated for Best Writer. Online ballots available soon.

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Even Archie got into the 1960s spycraze.

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Robert Vaughn wearing white socks and clogs, circa 1966

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Born March 31, 1934, Richard Chamberlain. Here is his sort-of cameo on The Man From UNCLE. Both UNCLE and Dr. Kildaire were made by Arena Productions at MGM.

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

When Dick Tracy has a laser, don't attack him.

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Len Deighton dies at 97 hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/17/l...

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Via Uncle Agents page on Facebook | David McCallum with the royal family of Monaco, likely during filming of The Prince of Darkness/The Helicopter Spies.

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Milton Caniff (creator Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon) presents Bob Crane with a sketch.

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

The Brow, Nazi spy, meets his end in a Dick Tracy strip.

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

On the Fiddle (1961) got Sean Connery on Harry Saltzman's radar as a potential James Bond actor. It got a 1965 U.S. release under the title Operation Snafu.

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

BOTD, 1924, Sam Rolfe, developer of The Man From UNCLE. Rolfe went on a London vacation and took his children to the set of Doctor Who.

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

A title card you don't expect to see on an old TV show. It's from Disneyland, which edited Darby O'Gill and the Little People to Walt's TV show

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

On The FBI (1965-74), it was always a mistake to shoot at Inspector Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.). Here, after being shot at, Erskine returns fire. He wounds a suspect who is hiding behind a side of beef. While right-handed, Erskine could shoot accurately with either hand.

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

In 1985, Dick Locher, artist on the Dick Tracy comic strip, memorialized Chester Gould (1900-85). This illustration doubled for the strip and an editorial cartoon in the Chicago Tribune.

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

1968: Intro, a Blofeld-like villain, is smuggling gold from the moon. Dick Tracy sets a trap with wood painted like gold. Intro orders his men to open fire on Tracy and Diet Smith in the space coupe. Tracy zaps Nitro's yacht with a laser.

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Happy holidays from The Spy Command hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/12/23/h...

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

A future Oscar winner is on the far right of this image

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Bernard Lee in a 1964 episode of Danger Man. He played the villain.

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Marlyn Mason, born Aug. 7, 1940. She was a guest star in two UNCLE episodes. A friend arranged for her to autograph this after the death of my mother.

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Happy 100th birthday to June Lockhart, seen here in The Man From UNCLE episode "The Dove Affair." She was the episode's "innocent."

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Scene from the new 007 video game. It has a Ken Adam design element from Dr. Strangelove.

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Remember during the first Trump administration where Stephen Miller had what looked like spray on hair?

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Richard Chamberlain's sort-of UNCLE cameo

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

This graphic was created by Paul Baack (1957-2017). He did it for the former Her Majesty's Secret Servant website. I still see it pop up on the internet.

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Seen on the internet. At this point, the jokes write themselves.

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Master Spy from Gerry Anderson's Supercar and Kingpin from Marvel Comics in 1967.

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Imagine a scene from Live And Let Die like this...

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

BOTD, 1920: Jack Lord, the first film Felix Leiter, who starred in Hawaii Five-O, 1968-80. This is an odd publicity still for a two-hour Five-O episode from the 11th season. George Lazenby appears to be playing mind games with the Big Kahuna.

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Friends have sent me ways to view the Roger Moore documentary. I don't know if this October 1960 image taken on the Warner Bros. lot will be referenced. (That's Efrem Zimbalist Jr. with the pipe.)

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Fall 1965: After his departure from The Man From UNCLE, Sam Rolfe (series developer and first-season producer) visits the UK and takes his kids to the Doctor Who set.

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

When you need Shark repellant Bat Spray...

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

TODAY'S NEWS: Work on a Chitty Chitty Bang Bang remake is in early stages. Reaction of some fans:

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

ME: A lot of Americans didn't like Roger Moore as Bond OTHERS: No way! Here's the cover to an issue of the U.S. Bond fan club's magazine that made clear it was on the side of Team Sean over Team Roger.

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Coming soon: Some Bond fan predictions that don't work out.

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