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A great strip featuring Modesty in all three panels- Drawn and Inked by Neville Colvin in 1982 as part of the story 'A Few Flowers for The Colonel'. 

This is strip Number 5490 from the series.

Modesty proposes to hold off 'El Toro', who is trying to recapture the women and nuns shown in the centre panel. Modesty and the Colonel will hold off this enemy as Willie Garvin leads the Women to safety.

As is the case with most Modesty Blaise boards, this has been striped from it's backing board- this does not affect the image.

The speech bubbles and Title are pasted on as is also usually the case.

Neville Colvin was the 5th artist to draw for Modesty Blaise, and worked very closely with the writer Peter O'Donnell for 16 whole stories. The Other artists were Jim Holdaway, Enric Badia Romero John Burns and Patrick Wright.

This Lot is offered with no reserve and will be shipped most carefully and in the friendliest possible manner to the winning bidder.



Very good - 1 Original artwork - Size 54 x 18 cm.

Colvin, Neville - Original strip - Modesty Blaise- A few flowers for the Colonel - (1982)

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1950-1960

2010-2020

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