SPECTRE (1963). The film adaptation of "From Russia with Love" also features the first on-screen appearance of Blofeld, although he is only identified by name in the closing credits of the film and his face is not seen at all. SPECTRE also serve as the primary antagonists of the film, orchestrating a plan to humiliate and kill James Bond as revenge for the death of Dr. No. After being absent from the third film, "Goldfinger" (1964), SPECTRE returns in the 4th film, "Thunderball" (1965), which closely mirrors the events of the novel, and subsequently is featured in the following films. During
The Union (James Bond) dies when his helicopter is destroyed, as does Marc-Ange, ending the scourge of the Union once and for all. Raymond Benson, the writer who created the Union, describes then as "a blue-collar version of SPECTRE", adding that unlike Ian Fleming's creation, "they don't have any qualms about doing low-rent jobs. I guess they work more like a Mafia, with "cells" all over the world". The Union (James Bond) The Union is a fictional criminal organization, which is the main antagonist to James Bond in the Raymond Benson novels "High Time to Kill", "Doubleshot" and "Never Dream of Dying" (collectively known