As dangerous as she is desirable, Modesty Blaise — former criminal mastermind, now an international adventuress — is a classic newspaper strip icon! In this sixth volume, Modesty saves Willie from a chemically-induced nightmare; faces off against the Mafia; and fights an apocalyptic cult! This book also features an introduction by Max Allan Collins (The Road to Perdition), a gallery of rare artwork and an exclusive, in-depth interview with Peter O’Donnell!

Modesty Blaise, cult creation of best-selling author Peter O’Donnell, is back! The adventures of this all-round bad girl and spy are now collected in a luscious Collectors’ Edition paperback library! Thrown into searing hotbeds of intrigue, and up against impossible odds, Modesty Blaise proves once and for all that the female of the species is deadlier than the male. With her trusted right-hand man, Willie Garvin, and the underworld resources of ‘The Network’ on tap, no job is too big, no threat too great!

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She’s back in a Blaise of glory! From the pages of British newspaper The Evening Standard comes the global phenomenon and cult icon that is Modesty Blaise! Peter O’Donnell’s serialised comic strip featuring everyone’s favourite high-kicking, seductive super spy Modesty Blaise are reprinted here in new Collectors’ Library volumes. These classic stories are brought to the comic strip page by the highly talented writer/creator O’Donnell with illustrations by the equally talented artists Jim Holdaway and Enric Badia Romero. Expertly drawn and highly detailed, Modesty Blaise adventures are a nostalgic trip into the characters past and world. This volume contains an introduction by crime novelist Max Allan Collins (The Road to Perdition) on bringing Blaise to America, an article written by Peter O’Donnell exploring the changeover from artist Holdaway to Romero, previously unseen artwork, an interview with creator Peter O’Donnell, new story introductions by O’Donnell, a story checklist and bonus stories Take-Over and The War-Lords of Phoenix.

The high priestess of pulp crime is lighting up the dark, seedy underworld of espionage with her fatal charms! In The Hell Makers Modesty’s partner and friend Willie Garvin, is kidnapped and heavily drugged by a mysterious organisation. Losing his sanity, Willie is also in danger of losing his life. Modesty knows she must use her wits to save him and his sanity or both are doomed. Together with Take-Over and The War-Lords of Phoenix, which marks the beginning of Enric Badia Romero’s work on Modesty Blaise, this is a must-have collection of exciting, action-packed adventures with a woman you don’t want to mess with!

Writer Peter O’Donnell is best known as the creator of Modesty Blaise but he was also a historical romance novelist with a total of nine novels credited under the pseudonym Madeleine Brent. Enric Badia Romero is a Spanish comic strip artist who is notable for not only completing the Modesty Blaise story The War-Lords of Phoenix after Jim Holdaway’s death but also carrying on as the strip’s artist until its end. Romero has worked for 2000 AD and is creator and artist on Axa. Artist Jim Holdaway’s career began in advertising and but he then moved into freelance work drawing for Captain Vigour, The Football Comic, Steve Samson, Dick Hercules, Reveille, Tit-Bits, Comic Cuts, Junior Express and then Romeo Brown where he met Peter O’Donnell. Although since his death in 1970, Holdaway’s most famous work will always be Modesty Blaise, a 1960s cultural and female icon that still inspires today.

“Modesty Blaise is one of British Pop Culture’s neglected jewels…Let’s hope Ms Blaise finds a new audience, hungry for these brilliant slices of retro-chic.” – SFX Magazine

“The blueprint for ass-kicking femme.” – The Guardian

“Modesty is a distinctive type, a fantasy femme – sometimes captured in Jane-like semi-nudity or in striking fighting poses – with a heart and a will of her own. We’re looking forward to the rest of the series.” – Kim Newman

Classics · Modesty Blaise
Volume 6 in the series · Collects The Hell Makers, Take-Over, The War-Lords of Phoenix