This Bond doesn't employ gadgets, doesn't shoot his gun, and has odd feelings about women.
Ruthless, hard, loner-by-choice James Bond debuted that year in Ian Fleming's 'Casino Royale,' as someone much different than he was in decades to come. In 1953 Dwight Eisenhower became president, the hydrogen bomb debuted, Stalin died, the Rosenbergs were executed, and a new hero arrived in time for the iciest phase of the Cold War.
