Modesty Blaise: Sweet Caroline

Illustrated by Neville Colvin
Paperback
$19.95 US
On sale Sep 28, 2010 | 114 Pages | 9781848566736

The dark underworld of espionage and crime is lit up by the gorgeous Modesty Blaise — high priestess of pulp crime.

This latest volume features the classic stories Sweet Caroline, The Return of the Mammoth and Plato’s Republic — in which Modesty and Willie pursue an assassins guild; one of Willie’s prize elephants is stolen by Russian agents; and Modesty becomes the target of extortionists who are after the intelligence files from her days in The Network!

With introductions by creator Peter O’Donnell and exclusive features that takes the reader behind the scenes on the many aspects of Modesty’s world, this latest stylish collection is absolutely essential!
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 gorgeous Modesty Blaise — high priestess of pulp crime.

This latest volume features the classic stories Sweet Caroline, The Return of the Mammoth and Plato’s Republic — in which Modesty and Willie pursue an assassins guild; one of Willie’s prize elephants is stolen by Russian agents; and Modesty becomes the target of extortionists who are after the intelligence files from her days in The Network!

With introductions by creator Peter O’Donnell and exclusive features that takes the reader behind the scenes on the many aspects of Modesty’s world, this latest stylish collection is absolutely essential!

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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