Peter O’Donnell, the British writer who created Modesty Blaise, the sexy, resourceful action hero who was a distaff answer to James Bond, first as a comic strip character and later as the ...

Modesty is the invention of an English comic-strip writer named Peter ... heady stuff for a 15-year-old girl. Modesty Blaise was merely a cartoon character turned into a bit of pulp fiction ...

The premise and core plot (including some of the main characters) are identical to one of the BBC radio adaptations I had listened to. Peter O'Donnell, the creator of the Modesty Blaise comic ...

The comely comic-strip goddess is drawn into adventures galore in this slick action yarn. Alexandra Staden plays the title character, a heroine who runs a casino. Modesty faces off against a ...

But none of them had interesting young female characters. Where were the role models for a budding feminist? Then, copies of Modesty Blaise comics and novels were discovered, and there was a ...

"The basic reason she's such an enduring character is the great story-telling," said Ernest Hects, the publisher of Souvenir Press. Modesty Blaise was ... for a number of comic strips in British ...

The film is based upon the early years of the character Modesty Blaise, a former crime boss turned secret agent created by Peter O'Donnell for his classic comic strip. As such it is a violent ...

O'Donnell's heroine featured in the comic strips that he drew ... four great-grandchildren but also a character who is, in her own way, ageless: Modesty Blaise.

Most intriguing from a character stand-point is the vampire ... in the still-potent pop world of Modesty Blaise, a little flamboyance is definitely part of the show.

Modesty Blaise was a 1982 American-produced one-hour television pilot produced for the ABC Network and based upon the 1963-2001 comic strip ... the telefilm makes both characters American.