
Modesty Blaise: The Gabriel Set-Up
Peter O'Donnell(Author)
Titan Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 26. March 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-1-84023-658-3 (ISBN)
Description
Modesty Blaise, cult creation of best-selling author Peter O'Donnell, is back! The London Evening Standard adventures of this all-round bad girl and spy are now collected in the first volume of 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! This volume is packed with special features created exclusively for this book, including an all-new introduction by Peter O'Donnell.
Reviews / Votes
Guardian Review, 24 July 2004: " ...I never saw her initial adventures; so it is a pleasure to encounter the first stories and find how cool they still are." Computercrowsnest.com, October 2004 reviews by Geoff Wilmetts: " Modesty Blaise is probably the only keen rival to james Bond from that period of the 60s with an immense cult following." SFX Magazine Review 2004: "Let's hope Ms Blaise finds a new audience out there, hungry for these brilliant slies of retro chic."; Crime Time 42: " Titan continues to put lovers of the intelligent, adult strip in it's debt with these reprints..."More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 221 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
539 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84023-658-3 (9781840236583)
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Persons
Peter O'Donnell has written in many media, but since he created Modesty Blaise, which was first published in 1963, it has achieved international success. There has even been a film and a TV version of the character. Jim Holdaway has held a wide variety of jobs from rubber engraving to shoe advertising but eventually found success working in the comic industry. Among the long list of comics he contributed to were Comic Cuts and Mickey Mouse Weekly.