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Modesty Blaise: The Lady Killers

Illustrated by Neville Colvin
Paperback
$19.95 US
8.66"W x 11.63"H x 0.34"D   | 17 oz | 23 per carton
On sale May 12, 2009 | 104 Pages | 9781848561069
The dark underworld of espionage and crime is lit up by the fatal charms of the gorgeous Modesty Blaise — high priestess of pulp crime and goddess of cult thrillers!

Adventurer, spy, smuggler, racketeer and all-round bad girl, Modesty is as stylish as she is smart, as lethal and beautiful as a Japanese fighting sword! This latest volume features three classic hard-to-find stories: ‘Dossier on Pluto’, ‘The Lady Killers’ & ‘Garvin’s Travels’... all wrapped up in a spectacular collector’s library edition!

Featuring new story introductions by creator Peter O’Donnell, plus a host of special features and behind the scenes material — this latest addition to the Modesty Blaise library is not to be missed!
"Brilliant slices of retro-chic" - SFX Magazine

"O’Donnell sure has a knack for the world of espionage, and the comics read like one hell of a spy flick – with one sexy-as-hell lead character." - Ain't it Cool News

"I fell in love with Peter O'Donnell's astonishing heroine when I was 12." - Neil Gaiman (Creator of Sandman)
PETER O’DONNELL is the creator of Modesty Blaise, which was first published in 1963. The internationally successful character has appeared in book, film and comic forms.

NEVILLE COLVIN was a noted strip artist whose career began in the 1950s. He is most famous for illustrating Modesty Blaise, but also worked on James Bond and the fondly remembered Ginger & Co. Sadly, he died in 1991.

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The dark underworld of espionage and crime is lit up by the fatal charms of the gorgeous Modesty Blaise — high priestess of pulp crime and goddess of cult thrillers!

Adventurer, spy, smuggler, racketeer and all-round bad girl, Modesty is as stylish as she is smart, as lethal and beautiful as a Japanese fighting sword! This latest volume features three classic hard-to-find stories: ‘Dossier on Pluto’, ‘The Lady Killers’ & ‘Garvin’s Travels’... all wrapped up in a spectacular collector’s library edition!

Featuring new story introductions by creator Peter O’Donnell, plus a host of special features and behind the scenes material — this latest addition to the Modesty Blaise library is not to be missed!

Praise

"Brilliant slices of retro-chic" - SFX Magazine

"O’Donnell sure has a knack for the world of espionage, and the comics read like one hell of a spy flick – with one sexy-as-hell lead character." - Ain't it Cool News

"I fell in love with Peter O'Donnell's astonishing heroine when I was 12." - Neil Gaiman (Creator of Sandman)

Author

PETER O’DONNELL is the creator of Modesty Blaise, which was first published in 1963. The internationally successful character has appeared in book, film and comic forms.

NEVILLE COLVIN was a noted strip artist whose career began in the 1950s. He is most famous for illustrating Modesty Blaise, but also worked on James Bond and the fondly remembered Ginger & Co. Sadly, he died in 1991.