Modesty Blaise The Killing Distance
Peter O'Donnell Enric Badia Romero
First Edition First Print
Titan Books England March 2015
Rare & Out Of Print
Large Panel Format Graphic Novel
Printed in Lithuania
Continuing the only complete collection of Modesty Blaise adventures! The return of the ‘ass-kicking femme fatale’.
Full of classic action and adventure and dripping with ‘60’s chic.
In the first story we see the return of fan-favourite character Guido Biganzoli.
The Killing Distance is pure Cold War thriller material, while the legendary Wu Smith appears in the Aristo.
Synopsis
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!
In 'Guido the Jinx' the troublesome Guido
Biganzoli returns, spelling danger for Modesty and Willie. Sir Gerald
Tarrant's life hangs in the balance as a retired Russian agent hunts him
down in the Cold War-influenced 'The Killing Distance', while 'The
Aristo' features the legendary and infamous pulp fiction villain Wu
Smith.
This volume also contains story introductions by Modesty Blaise expert Rick Norwood.
About The Authors
Peter O'Donnell
Celebrated british gothic historical romance novelist and writer of mystery trhrillers and comic strips who wrote under the pseudonym Madeleine Brent.
In 1978, his novel Merlin's Keep won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award at the
British Romantic Fiction Writers Romantic Novelists' Association Awards.
His most famous creation is Modesty Blaise.
Enric Badia Romero
'Like most cartoonists of my time, I was completely self-taught.'
'At 17, I saw my first work published in a Barcelona publication, thus beginning my career as an artist in the world of comics.'
'For
eleven years between 1947-1958, I worked for publishers in my city,
alternating adventure stories with trading cards, figurines, covers,
advertising, etc.'
'I began running a correspondence class in drawing, which 1,000 students signed up for.'
'I set up a magazine (ALEX), managing to get some of the finest artists of the times to contribute.'
'In 1959, I started to branch out into foreign markets.'
'After
working with many people, my work started to appear in a variety of
publications in The UK, US, France, Italy and Germany.'
'In 1970 I was lucky enough to be able to get involved in the character Modesty Blaise.'
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