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
SPECTRE each member. In the first book to include SPECTRE, "Thunderball", it is stated that the numbers of each member changes periodically (it "advances round a rota by two digits at midnight on the first of every month") to avoid detection and Blofeld is in fact "Number 2". In "Casino Royale", it is revealed Le Chiffre and a reluctant Vesper Lynd are in league with a crime syndicate that is behind Mr. White and subsequently identified as Spectre in the 2015 film of the same name led by Ernst Stravo Blofeld in this rebooted continuity as well. Blofeld reveals to Bond