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By Peter O’Donnell<\/strong> & Enric Badia Romero<\/strong> (Titan Books) This volume kicks off with what seems a most unconventional tale for the reformed super-criminals \u00e2\u20ac\u201c investigating an alien invasion. ‘Take Me To Your Leader’<\/em> finds Modesty and Willie Garvin asked to verify whether mysterious beings on a tropical Island are what they seem. As past masters of the criminal con-game our Derring Duo should have it all over mere scientists and diplomats. They’re also much better in a fight which is quite fortunate\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n When these tales first saw print in the mid 1970s the strange and the supernatural was common parlance in everyday life so naturally a more fantastic playing field was going to intrude into the hard, tough world of entertainment fiction. Hard on the heels of their extra-terrestrial foes our heroes find themselves tackling ‘The Highland Witch’<\/em>. Although nominally another go-round with the Great Unknown, this is a solid adventure tale involving a beautiful girl nearly murdered by bloodthirsty gangsters, a spectacularly unique villain in the un-comely form of Sister Binks and a classic combat incursion scenario from Modesty and her extended band of helpers.<\/p>\n ‘Cry Wolf’<\/em> concludes this volume on a high note as a retired cryptographer and friend of the family is kidnapped from his new home in the Arctic Circle. In a unique twist, Willie and Modesty find themselves at odds with their old friend Tarrant as the abductors might be British Intelligence rather than those pesky old KGB types. This is a superb spy caper full of twists and turns, exotic locales, spectacular villains and heart-stopping action. If there ever is another movie, this should top the list for scripts to adapt.<\/p>\n Modesty Blaise is one of the greatest characters in comic strips, and indeed adventure fiction. Why she is not a household name is probably the only mystery she can’t solve. Read this book, or any\/all of the others this current series and you’ll see I’m right whilst at the same time helping to correct that situation.<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a9 2006 Associated Newspapers\/Solo Syndication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00c2\u00a0 By Peter O’Donnell & Enric Badia Romero (Titan Books) ISBN 1-84023-869-0 This volume kicks off with what seems a most unconventional tale for the reformed super-criminals \u00e2\u20ac\u201c investigating an alien invasion. ‘Take Me To Your Leader’ finds Modesty and Willie Garvin asked to verify whether mysterious beings on a tropical Island are what they … <\/p>\n
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