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	Modesty Blaise - Don Markstein's Toonopedia
		Modesty Blaise was the star of a comic strip that was read by millions for almost four decades.
		Modesty was created by British comics writer Peter O'Donnell, who, after scripting he-man adventure stories for the male audience and tender romance stories for women, decided he could make a go of adventure stories about a strong, resourceful woman.
		Modesty's partner (in adventure only — not domestic or sexual) was Willie Garvin, streetwise and tough, whom she'd met during the Network days.
	www.toonopedia.com /modesty.htm (1090 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Modesty Blaise
		Modesty Blaise is a fictional character in a comic strip of the same name created by Peter O'Donnell (writer) and Jim Holdaway (art) in 1962.
		Modesty Blaise is a character in a comic strip of the same name created by Peter O'Donnell (writer) and (art) in 1962.
		Modesty Blaise is unique in that in all its printed forms over more than 40 years — comic strip and literary — it has only ever been written by one person: Peter O'Donnell.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Modesty-Blaise (504 words)

	Modesty Blaise - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although Modesty and Willie will not hesitate to kill if necessary — and have, on occasion, taken on the roles of judge, jury, and executioner when dealing with particularly unsavory types — they avoid deadly force whenever possible, often relying upon their extraordinary physical and weapons skills to change a killing blow into a knock-out.
		Modesty was fond of a tactic that she called the "Nailer," in which she would appear topless and Willie would incapacitate their foes while they were distracted by her bare breasts.
		Modesty Blaise has been the inspiration for a number of similar (but usually inferior) book series, most notably the ultraviolent mid-1970s series The Baroness by Paul Kenyon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Modesty_Blaise (2905 words)

	Modesty Blaise (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Modesty Blaise is a character in a comic strip of the same name created by Peter O'Donnell (writer) and Jim Holdaway (art) in 1962.
		Modesty was fond of a strategem that she called the "Nailer," in which she would appear topless and Willie would incapacitate their foes while they were distracted by her bare breasts.
		In 1982, a pilot was made for a proposed Modesty Blaise television series, starring Ann Turkel as Modesty Blaise and Lewis Van Bergen as Willie Garvin.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Modesty_Blaise.html (879 words)

	Cobra Trap - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The book was published in 1996, and is considered the last collection of Modesty Blaise literature, as O'Donnell retired from writing a few years later and is vehemently opposed to anyone else writing about his creation.
		Modesty, who has been recently diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor and given only a short time to live, chooses to give her life to save a train of innocents.
		Cobra Trap is considered the rarest of the Modesty Blaise book series as it is the only one that has not been reprinted in paperback and the hardcover editions are currently (2005) out of print.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cobra_Trap (350 words)

	Modesty Blaise (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Modesty Blaise is a character in a comic strip of thesame name created by Peter O'Donnell (writer) and Jim Holdaway (art) in 1962.
		The strip follows the adventures of Modesty Blaise, an exceptional young woman with manytalents and a criminal past, and her trusty sidekick Willie Garvin.
		Modesty was fond of a strategem that she called the "Nailer," in which she would appeartopless and Willie would incapacitate their foes while they were distracted by her bare breasts.
	www.therfcc.org /modesty-blaise-98645.html (825 words)

	Modesty Blaise: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Modesty Blaise is a character in a comic strip comic strip quick summary:
		Modesty Blaise debuted in the London Evening Standard[For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link] on May 13 1963.
		Pieces of modesty is a short story collection by peter odonnell featuring his secret agent heroine, modesty blaise, first published in 1972....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mo/modesty_blaise.htm (4133 words)

	BLAISE OF GLORY: ALL THINGS MODESTY
		Although Modesty and Willie will not hesitate to kill if necessary — and have, on occasion, taken on the roles of judge, jury, and executioner when dealing with particularly unsavory types — they avoid deadly force whenever possible, often relying upon their extraordinary physical and weapons skills to change a killing blow into a knock-out.
		Aware of Modesty Blaise and Willie Garvin as ideal choices for the role, and equally cogniscent of their retirement from professional ass-whuppin' and criminal activity, the flguard kidnaps a child dear to our heroes and uses her as leverage to ensure their cooperation.
		Once at the villains' island stronghold Modesty enters the bizarre world of Lucifer and his twisted handlers (pornographic puppeteers the Seffs being particualrly nauseating and offensive), and must endure under threat of a diabolically escape-proof doom until Willie figures out where she is and comes to her aid.
	elbunchosmodestycorner.blogspot.com (2618 words)

	Introduction to Modesty Blaise
		She also knew that criminals were happy doing criminal things, especially things that made money, and the one thing that Modesty Blaise had in common with the men of the Louche gang was that she was just as hard and wanted money, just as much.
		Though Willie and Modesty were indeed soulmates, being of one mind and sometimes one working body, they were never lovers, and perhaps that is the truest love of all; unencumbered by the jealousies and pettiness that come from the insecurity of lovers.
		Modesty Blaise had left it behind, trusting that those she left in that world had learned something from her own way of controlling such an organization as The Network.
	www.cs.umu.se /~kenth/Modesty/mbintro.html (1288 words)

	Modesty Blaise
		By her late teens she was running an international crime syndicate, The Network (no drugs and prostitution, natch) and we meet her in the first book, 'Modesty Blaise', when she and Willie have retired, still only in their early thirties, if that, with too much time on their hands and a constant thirst for adventure.
		Modesty and Willie charge around the world, drawn in reluctantly to a series of caper/adventures with improbably nasty villains and ruthless opponents.
		Modesty's Tartiest moment comes with her move, The Nailer, which involves her stripping to the waist and entering a room full of bad guys so the sight will paralyse them for a few seconds, long enough for Willie to come in through the back door and take some of them out with his knives.
	www.tartcity.com /modesty.html (643 words)

	Modesty Blaise (1966)
		Based on the comic strip no one has ever read, Modesty Blaise is a thief of exceptional talent who is recruited by the British government to find out who is trying to steal some diamonds that are being sent to some fictional Arabian nation.
		Despite selecting Modesty for the job, the government has its reservations and so fails to tell her the real location of the diamonds, instead giving her some snow job about them being transported by plane when in fact they are going by boat.
		Modesty and Zod wonder why Gabriel hasn't attacked them yet, but are attacked by the minions of the British government before escaping by letting loose brightly colored gas in the cars they were being held in.
	monsterhunter.coldfusionvideo.com /Modesty_Blaise.html (1740 words)

	My Associates Store - Modesty Blaise: The Hell Makers (Modesty Blaise (Graphic Novels))
		Blaise's face has a more delicate beauty and more character in Holdaway's hands and the first artist has a better command (so far) of landscapes, but Romero surpasses him in two areas: giving Modesty sexy poses (especially in the pivoting of her hips) and in the fighting sequences.
		Now Modesty, along with help from the CIA has to find Willie and rescue him before his captors realize their agent is dead.
		As Willie and Modesty begin to investigate Phoenix, little do they know that Phoenix has their eye on the pair and soon Modesty and Willie are gassed unconscious and wake up aboard a ship off the coast of Japan.
	astore.amazon.com /ucomicscom/detail/1840238658 (955 words)

	The Complete Modesty Blaise Dossier - Introduction
		In 1962, O'Donnell was asked by the strip cartoon editor of Beaverbrook Newspapers to develop a new character, and Modesty Blaise was born.
		In the stories, Modesty Blaise, the former head of an international criminal organization known as The Network, is now living in a penthouse apartment in London.
		Modesty Blaise, directed by Joseph Losey and starring Italian actress Monica Vitti, is today considered to be somewhat of a camp classic.
	www3.sympatico.ca /jim.pattison/modesty/mbintro.htm (1575 words)

	The Hindu : Literary Review / Books : Tough but feminine
		Modesty Blaise is the mother of all action heroines.
		Like all serial heroes, Modesty remains in her late twenties throughout and it is only in the poignantly final Cobra Trap, a collection of short stories, where she ages from 20 to 52.
		It is surprising that Modesty was not adopted by the feminist movement as she is very comfortable in her body and her femininity.
	www.hindu.com /lr/2007/07/01/stories/2007070150210500.htm (542 words)

	Modesty Blaise's Final Bow - 4/2/2001 - Publishers Weekly
		At 26, Modesty was already retired with a vast wealth accrued from her eight years as the head of an international criminal organization known as The Network.
		Modesty and Willie communicate almost telepathically and although their relationship is not sexual, each is the other's most important link.
		The first five Blaise novels (Modesty Blaise in 1965, Sabre-Tooth in 1966, I, Lucifer in 1967, A Taste for Death in 1969 and The Impossible Virgin in 1971) were released simultaneously in Britain by Souvenir Press and in the U.S. by Doubleday.
	www.publishersweekly.com /article/CA69394.html (1445 words)

	"My Name Is Modesty" DVD Review by Kevin Carr - 7M Pictures
		Modesty, whom everyone looks up to at work, challenges the head terrorist (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) to a game of roulette in order to free the other hostages in the casino.
		I understand that the writers were trying to piece together Modesty Blaise’s early life, but too often the movie becomes about justifying this character that not everyone is going to know.
		There’s a retrospective of Modesty Blaise artwork and comic recaps on the DVD, which gives the uninitiated a hint of her adventures.
	www.7mpictures.com /inside/reviews/modestydvd_review.htm (732 words)

	Modesty Blaise Companion - Home
		Modesty Blaise, the character created by Peter O'Donnell, made her international debut on Monday 13th May, 1963 in a strip story illustrated by Jim Holdaway and published in London in the Evening Standard.
		Modesty herself did not actually appear until Strip No. 2 of the story on Tuesday 14th May. Just two years later the first full length novel chronicling her exploits was published by Souvenir Press
		In October 1978 Romero laid down his Modesty pen and the baton was passed first to John Burns for a year and then to Pat Wright for nine months.
	www.modestyblaisecompanion.com /index.htm (540 words)

	Modesty Blaise - The Lost Characters of Frank Hampson (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Strictly speaking Modesty isn’t one of Hampson’s lost characters, in the sense she was never submitted to Eagle, and she did get published.
		What you see here is a row of Hampson’s Modesty, followed by a row of the same strip drawn by Jim Holdaway.
		Modesty Blaise's adventures have been reprinted by Titan Books.
	www.frankhampson.co.uk /modesty.shtml (248 words)

	Modesty Blaise (1966)
		Diabolik is a women's fantasy of a male super-thief, whereas Modesty is a men's fantasy of a female super-thief.
		Modesty is played by Monica Vitti, who has an awfully thick accent for someone who's supposed to be a master of disguise.
		They show copies of the Modesty Blaise comic book lying around in the world of the movie.
	gning.org /comix/modestyblaise.html (607 words)

	The DVD Journal \| Quick Reviews: Modesty Blaise
		It was with dismay then that Modesty Blaise, a cheeky, sexy spy spoof that seemed unlike anything the director had ever done, was one of his most successful box-office hits.
		Based on the comic-strip heroine, Modesty Blaise (Vitti) is the female James Bond, a gal who can change her hair color in a snap and drive cars that poof out colorful, psychedelic smoke bombs.
		Modesty is hired by the government to block a heist involving diamonds (of course), so she recruits her sidekick Willie (Stamp) to help her out.
	www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/m/modestyblaise.q.shtml (520 words)

	Modesty Blaise
		Efter premieren i maj 1963 lod successen ikke vente længe på sig, for snart blev Modesty Blaise bragt i 76 dagblade i 35 lande.
		Den ene sag blev til mange for Modesty og Willie - alle flot fortalt med et utal af menneskelige aspekter i beskrivelsen af agentparrets indbyrdes forhold og deres forhold til modstanderne og til skiftende romantiske forbindelser.
		Således er afslutningsscenen, hvor Modesty og Garvin midt i kugleregnen bryder ud i sang og gennemspiller et helt umotiveret musicalnummer, totalt latterlig og parodisk.
	www.tegneseriemuseet.dk /emner/modesty.htm (1213 words)

	DVD Review - Modesty Blaise
		In the strip, Modesty is a thief, retired from her position as head of the criminal organization known as The Network.
		Together with her partner-in-crime, Willie Garvin, Modesty is constantly drawn into adventures that require her to step into her fl skin-tight costume and pick up her bow and arrows once again.
		Modesty agrees but vows that if she catches the government in a lie, she'll steal the diamonds herself.
	www.thedigitalbits.com /reviews2/modestyblaise.html (760 words)

	Modesty Blaise - Miscellany
		BROWN David W- One of the founding members of Modesty Blaise, David has played Bass on all of the Modesty Blaise recordings to date and is exceptionally tall in keeping with the EEC Bass Player Tallest Band Member Regulations of 1989.
		Modesty Blaise have supported Edwyn a couple of times and became his backing band a la Chuck Berry for a few songs at one of those shows.
		Michael was the Modesty Blaise Road Manager during the 1999 tour of Spain and the 2000 tour of Germany.
	www.savagebee.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /modestyblaise04/misc.shtml (3423 words)

	DVD Savant Review: Modesty Blaise
		Modesty already knows Abu Tahir - he raised her in the desert, and taught her how to fight.
		Modesty Blaise came at the height of Losey's intense, moody string of dramatic hits in the '60s.
		She makes great faces at Modesty when they first meet, and her showdown with the heroine is the film's only really satisfactory action gag, getting a reaction from Dirk Bogarde that's better than anything Nathan Lane came up with in The Birdcage.
	www.dvdtalk.com /dvdsavant/s538blaise.html (2716 words)

	Apollo Movie Guide's Review of Modesty Blaise (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dominated by mod style, almost indiscernible dialogue and a heroine who can change the colour of her hair subconsciously, Modesty Blaise is a confusing and boring mishmash of mid-1960s exuberance.
		Based on a British comic strip, this story focuses on the government hiring of a female spy Modesty Blaise (Monica Vitti) to foil a daring jewel heist.
		One exception has Modesty trying to escape from the most psychedelic of rooms that doesn’t appear to have an exit, just patterned swirls.
	www.apolloguide.com /mov_fullrev.asp?CID=4324 (548 words)

	Modesty Blaise (1966)
		Plot: The British Secret Service recruit retired international jewel thief Modesty Blaise and her Cockney assistant Willie Garvin to foil plans to steal a shipment of diamonds.
		And sadly had it been done right Modesty Blaise could well have been a character that might even have rivalled Bond’s popularity – certainly Peter O’Donnell’s novels have bristling excitement that not unfavourably compares to Ian Fleming.
		The role of Modesty Blaise requires someone who can move with a lithe, dangerous grace while also suggesting an eminent desirability.
	www.moria.co.nz /fantasy/modestyblaise.htm (633 words)

	Peter O'Donnell on Modesty Blaise
		Those who know Peter O'Donnell's resourceful heroine Modesty Blaise and her lethal associate Willie Garvin only through the camped-up Joseph Losey movie are missing a real treat in his brilliantly plotted, strikingly characterised novels, a world away from the jaded spoof of the movie.
		I began to create a detailed background for her, starting with the idea that she was a refugee from Hungary whose mother and father had been killed somewhere between the German and Russian armies during the long flight to the East.
		The girl to whom he long ago gave the name Modesty Blaise is alone again, and what comes next is in the novels.
	www.crimetime.co.uk /features/modestyblaise.php (2650 words)

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