Modesty Blaise: The Scarlet Maiden

Illustrated by Neville Colvin
Paperback
$19.95 US
On sale Nov 24, 2009 | 104 Pages | 9781848561076

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: ‘The Scarlet Maiden’, ‘The Moonman’ & ‘A Few Flowers for the Colonel’... 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!
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: ‘The Scarlet Maiden’, ‘The Moonman’ & ‘A Few Flowers for the Colonel’... 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!

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.

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