As dangerous as she is desirable, Modesty Blaise — former criminal mastermind, now an international adventuress — is a classic newspaper strip icon! In this tenth collection of her adventures with long-time companion Willie Garvin, the two have a close encounter; save a young girl from a deadly plot; and Sir Gerald Tarrant tries to hoodwink the daring duo with a false kidnapping... but all hell breaks loose when a real kidnapper strikes! With brand new story introductions by Modesty creator Peter O’Donnell, plus a very rare interview with O’Donnell and a selection from Enric Badia Romero’s sketchbook.

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 artist Enric Badia Romero. Expertly drawn and highly detailed, Modesty Blaise adventures are a nostalgic trip into the characters past and world. This volume contains a special introduction by band Sparks, an interview with creator Peter O’Donnell, new story introductions by O’Donnell, extracts from Enric Badia Romer’s sketchbook, a story checklist and bonus stories Take Me To Your Leader and Highland Witch.

Tricksters and kidnappers, another day in the life of seductive and deadly secret agent Modesty Blaise. In Cry Wolf Sir Gerald Tarrant lures Modesty and partner Willie into a faked kidnapping plot but all hell breaks loose when a real kidnapper strikes! Modesty has a close encounter of the strange kind in Take Me To Your Leader while in Highland Witch our duo must save a young girl from a deadly plot. Modesty is going to need plenty of charm and intelligence to succeed but of course this is the goddess of cult thrillers Modesty Blaise. More classic adventures in another 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. Romero’s work contributed to the legacy that is Modesty Blaise, a 1960s cultural and female icon that still inspires today.

“It’s astonishing how much detail and dynamism are packed into those three-panel gunshots of style that conjure a sleek, shadowed world of intrigue and glamour.” – SFX Magazine

“The blueprint for the 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 10 in the series · Collects Highland Witch, Cry Wolf, Take Me To Your Leader.