Modesty Blaise

Modesty Blaise is a British comic strip featuring a fictional character of the same name, created by author Peter O’Donnell and illustrator Jim Holdaway in 1963. This comic strip follows the life of Modesty Blaise, who’s a remarkable young woman who’s very talented but has a criminal history. Ms Blaise also has a trusted sidekick who goes by the name of Willie Garvin, and together, they manage to outsmart their adversaries. The first episodes of the comic strip were published in the Evening Standard in 1963, and we learn the story of a young girl who was born a few months before World War 2. The success of the comic strip saw it turned into a spy film in 1966, and many more films would follow after that.