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Modesty Blaise: The Gallows Bird.


Modesty Blaise
This article is an overview of the character and the comic strip/film/novel franchise. For specific additional uses of the name, see Modesty Blaise (disambiguation).


Modesty Blaise
: The Gallows Bird gallows bird
n. Informal
One who is destined or deserves to be hanged.

Noun 1. gallows bird - a person who deserves to be hanged
scoundrel, villain - a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
 

Peter O'Donnell Peter O'Donnell (born April 11, 1920 in Lewisham, London), is a British writer of mysteries and of comic strips, best known as the creator of Modesty Blaise, a kind of female action hero / undercover trouble-shooter / enforcer.  & Enric Badia Romero

Titan Books Ltd.

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That intrepid British adventurer, spy, smuggler, and "bad girl" Modest Blaise is back again in another collection of action adventure stories that involve her and her partner, Willie Garvin, into episodes of murder, blackmail, kidnaping, and a "rumble in the jungle". Featuring three of her best stories to date from the combined talents of Peter O'Donnell and Enric Badia Romero, Modesty Blaise: The Gallows Bird includes "The Bluebeard Bluebeard, nickname of the chevalier Raoul in a story by Charles Perrault. In the story Bluebeard's seventh wife, Fatima, yielding to curiosity, opens a locked door and discovers the slain bodies of her predecessors.  Affair", "The Iron God", and the title piece, "The Gallows Birds". No dedicated Modesty Blaise fan will want to miss this latest graphic novel installment of great fun, high adventure, and hazardous daring-do! Also highly recommended, especially for those new to Modesty Blaise and her adventures, are the earlier graphic novel compilations of her diverse and exciting adventures from Titan Books, including: The Gabriel Set-Up (1840236582); Mister Sun (184023721X); Top Traitor (184023-6841); The Black Pearl (1840238429); Bad Suki (184023864X); The Hell Makers (1840238658); The Green-Eyed Monster (1840238666); and The Puppet Master (1840238674).
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