When Last We Left Our Heroine...
Wille Garvin, temporarily estranged from Modesty Blaise, served as a mercenary in a South American revolution, was captured and is now sitting in prison, about to be executed.
Fortunately, Sir Gerald Tarrant, head of an unnamed British spy service, knows about Willie's situation, and needs the services of Modesty and Willie.
Sir Gerald visits Modesty and, instead of forcing her to work for him in exchange for Willie's location, gives it to her with no strings attached!
Modesty agrees to help Sir Gerald as soon as she has rescued Willie.
This she (of course) accomplishes, and...
To Be Continued Tomorrow at
Heroines
Adapted by Peter O'Donnell from his 1965 novelization of his screenplay for the 1960s movie Modesty Blaise (of which less than 5% was actually used in the film), which, in turn, was based on the 1963 introductory plotline of the Modesty Blaise comic strip illustrated by Jim Holdaway.Illustrated by Dick Giordano over layouts by Dan Spiegle.Heroines
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