Evening Standard - London, April 10th, 2001
Fans the world over will shed a tear tomorrow when comic-strip heroine Modesty Blaise plays out her last adventure in the pages of the Evening Standard. On the eve of his 81st birthday, her remarkable creator tells Nick Curtis why he decided to call a halt to the action IT 'S the end of an era. After 38 years and more adventures than a girl should rightfully have, Modesty Blaise is bowing out of the pages of the Evening Standard. The beautiful ex-criminal, unpaid agent of the British secret service, superwoman and all-round magnet for trouble the veteran of 10, 103 daily strips and 13 books c...
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