The Modesty Blaise Companion (Expanded Edition)

Everything you could possibly want to know about Peter O'Donnell's classic creation, Modesty Blaise, from novels to newspaper strips, with full story outlines, over 2,000 character descriptions, over 1,800 illustrations by Jim Holdaway, Enric Romero, John M Burns, Neville Colvin and Patrick Wright, plus the original Souvenir Press book covers. Includes "In the Beginning" origin story, the first ever newspaper strip story by Jim Holdaway, never before printed in the UK. This updated expanded edition includes a new introduction and obituary of Peter O'Donnell by Laurence Blackmore, plus new features not in the first edition: A full index of the Titan Book reprints, reproductions of 9 missing strips not appearing in the Titan Books library, details of the three radio plays adaptations, and information on the DVD In the Beginning produced by Tarantino.