Modesty Blaise: The Lady Killers (Modesty Blaise (Graphic Novels)) [Paperback]

Peter O'Donnell (Author), Neville Colvin (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 12, 2009 | Series: Modesty Blaise (Graphic Novels)

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!

Editorial Reviews

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"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)

About the 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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: Titan Books (May 12, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1848561067
• ISBN-13: 978-1848561069
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 8.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #463,645 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If You Like It, You'll Love It!, May 19, 2009

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Silas Sparkhammer "opinionated ain't I?" (San Diego CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Modesty Blaise: The Lady Killers (Modesty Blaise (Graphic Novels)) (Paperback)

It helps if you're already a Modesty Blaise fan. If you are, you *know* you like these strips! Just think of a freelance Secret Agent, like James Bond or John Drake, but having the independence to act freely. The stories are "procedurals," with a lot of focus on details. If you aren't (yet!) a Blaise fan then you perhaps would be better off beginning at the beginning. But for the daring and doughty, hey, dive right in! You're coming in to the middle of a vast cycle of mythic stories, and you won't immediately know who everyone is. For some, that's disorienting. But the Blaise adventures are "stand alone" as well as part of a larger epic/mythic cycle. "The Lady Killers" (one of the three stories in this collection) is one of the best Blaise stories ever. The plot is intricate, and the villain is memorable. "Garvin's Travels" is over-the-top goofy cold-war spy nonsense, literally gigantic in scope; the unravelling of the plot is magnificent. "Dossier on Pluto" is the weakest of the three stories, and yet it gives the most insight into Modesty's character. In fact, all three stories, taken together, suggest that her name ought to be "Loyalty" and not "Modesty." Readable, re-readable, re-re-readable!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Modesty Blaise: The Lady Killers, June 16, 2009

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B. Goh "Bikerarcher" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Modesty Blaise: The Lady Killers (Modesty Blaise (Graphic Novels)) (Paperback)

Excellent plot lines, character development, setting, artwork and more. The best action comic strip of the '60s through the '90s! I own the entire set of some 15 volumes; I started reading (and cutting out and saving!) the strips in the last '70s, until I left for college in the mid-'80s, where I discovered that there were reprints (Viking Press at the time).