JET DREAM & HER STUNT-GIRL COUNTERSPIES "Demon Dogfight"

We're presenting the final Jet Dream short story...

...but it's not her final adventure, as a public demonstration of flying prowess goes awry due to evil intent!

Story by Dave Wood, art by Joe Certa.

This new story from Gold Key's Man from U.N.C.L.E. #22 (1968) backs up a reprinted U.N.C.L.E. tale, so most people (myself included) thought it was a reprint as well!
Good thing I took a look inside the book!
And isn't that a great argument against "slabbing"?
There's one more never-reprinted Jet Dream story to tell, but you won't find it here.
It will appear on our "sister" blog Heroines™ blog tomorrow and Saturday!

Tomorrow, the Book-Length Jet Dream Adventure Begins at Heroines!

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JET DREAM & HER STUNT-GIRL COUNTERSPIES "Menace of the Feathered Warriors"

Raven Red is Jet Dream's Only Recurring Villainess...

...back for her final appearance!

Well, so much for recurring foes...

Story by Dave Wood, art by Joe Certa.

We initially-thought this story from Gold Key's Man from U.N.C.L.E. #20 (1968) was her final strip chronologically, but after acquiring the remaining issues in the series, we learned that's not the case!

While the final issues (#21 and #22) of the title reprint earlier Napoleon Solo & Illya Kuryakin tales, the Jet Dream stories in both issues are not reprints but new stories!
Weird!
Those two tales will appear tomorrow and Thursday, with the book-length one-shot running Friday and Saturday!

Tomorrow, Another Jet Dream Adventure at Heroines!

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JET DREAM & HER STUNT-GIRL COUNTERSPIES "Farmer Brown Fiasco"

It's difficult fitting a team strip into only four pages...

...so Jet Dream usually had solo action stories or a team-up with one of the Stunt-Girl Counterspies!

Unfortunately, because of the 4-page per story limitation, the individual Stunt-Girls never had any real characterization.

Add Joe Certa's passable art using the same facial features for all the female characters, with the only things differentiating the women being hairstyle/color and stereotyped accents.

Script for this tale from Gold Key's Man from U.N.C.L.E. #17 (1968) by Dick Wood, art by Joe Certa.

Tomorrow, Another Jet Dream Adventure at Heroines!

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JET DREAM & HER STUNT-GIRL COUNTERSPIES "Set-Up Sultan"

When your bodyguards are Jet Dream and her team...

...you would want bodies like those as close to you as possible! (Wink, wink, nudge nudge)

Script for this tale from Gold Key's Man from U.N.C.L.E. #15 (1967) by Dick Wood, art by Joe Certa.

Unfortunately, Certa has problems differentiating women, and uses hairstyles to tell them apart.

Tomorrow, Another Jet Dream Adventure at Heroines!

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JET DREAM & HER STUNT-GIRL COUNTERSPIES "Death Plunge"

It's amazing how, back in the 1960s, an entire tale could fit into only four pages...

...when most of today's writers can't tell a complete story in twenty pages!

Admittedly, it is tight, but everything's there!
Script for this tale from Gold Key's Man from U.N.C.L.E. #11 (1967) by Dick Wood, with art by Gold Key mainstay Jack Sparling in his only Jet Dream assignment.

Tomorrow, Another Jet Dream Adventure at Heroines!

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JET DREAM & HER STUNT-GIRL COUNTERSPIES "Super-Tiger of Targan!"

There's no rest for our favorite femme fatales...

..as they go on the hunt for a fearsome furry feline in this never-reprinted short story from Gold Key's Man from U.N.C.L.E. #9 (1966)!

Ah, the Swinging Sixties, when a story like this actually seemed plausible...
Though the story by Dick Wood is silly, it's made quite palatable by the Mike Sekowsky/Mike Peppe artwork.
Tomorrow, Another Jet Dream Adventure at Heroines!

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MODESTY BLAISE Conclusion

It Has all Led Up to This...

...Modesty and Willie have recovered the diamonds, but Gabriel is aware of their actions, and now the duo have to fight their way our of the villain's mountain monastery headquarters...

For all of you who are screeching "That's not what happened in the movie, you're sort of right!
This was an adaptation of the novel based on the screenplay Peter O'Donnell wrote for the 1960s movie based on the initial plotline of the comic strip!
However, the producers used only some basic plot elements from his script and "camped" it up, tremendously!
The movie (as weirdly-entertaining as it is) is to the comic strip and novel what the 1960s Batman TV series was to the comics!

Want Proof?

Here's the trailer...

and here's the whole movie!

Compare for yourself!

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The Gabriel Set-Up

(The Premiere Newspaper Strip Appearance of Modesty & Willie which Peter O'Donnell adapted into his Premiere Novel, which this Graphic Novel adapts!)

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MODESTY BLAISE Part 8

When Last We Left Modesty, Willie, Gabriel, and the Rest...

...believed to be "unwilling associates", Modesty and Willie put their unique talents to work for Gabriel...which is exactly what the duo wanted!

Meanwhile, Sir Gerald and his crew, ready to back up Modesty and Willie, wait anxiously...

To Be Continued Monday at Heroines!

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Modesty Blaise
The Gabriel Set-Up
(The Premiere Newspaper Strip Appearance of Modesty & Willie which Peter O'Donnell adapted into his Premiere Novel, which this Graphic Novel adapts!)
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