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Modesty Blaise Comic Strip Books in Order

Modesty Blaise Comic Strip by Peter O’Donnell contains 34 books, published between 1978 and 2017. The first book is The Black Pearl (1978) and the newest is The Killing Game (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
34
Published
1978–2017
Pages on record
1,853 in 19 of 34 books
Reading time
31–46 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,853 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 34 titles with a page count on record.

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Modesty Blaise Comic Strip collects the newspaper strip adventures of Modesty Blaise, a woman agent working against criminal and intelligence targets, written by Peter O'Donnell. 34 volumes appeared between 1978 and 2017, beginning with The Black Pearl and ending with The Killing Game. Spy stories, women detectives and 1960s settings head the subject list, and the collections run to a median of 104 pages.

How many Modesty Blaise Comic Strip books are there?

Modesty Blaise Comic Strip has 34 books, released between 1978 and 2017.

Modesty Blaise Comic Strip Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 34 Modesty Blaise Comic Strip books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Gabriel Set-Up by Peter O’Donnell, book 3 of the Modesty Blaise Comic Strip series (1986)
  2. Cover of The Inca Trail by Peter O’Donnell, book 17 of the Modesty Blaise Comic Strip series (2007)
  3. Cover of Sweet Caroline by Peter O’Donnell, book 24 of the Modesty Blaise Comic Strip series (2010)
  4. Cover of The Girl in the Iron Mask by Peter O’Donnell, book 27 of the Modesty Blaise Comic Strip series (2013)
  5. Cover of The Young Mistress by Peter O’Donnell, book 28 of the Modesty Blaise Comic Strip series (2013)
  6. Cover of The Grim Joker by Peter O’Donnell, book 29 of the Modesty Blaise Comic Strip series (2014)
  7. Cover of The Murder Frame by Peter O’Donnell, book 32 of the Modesty Blaise Comic Strip series (2016)
  8. Cover of The Children of Lucifer by Peter O’Donnell, book 33 of the Modesty Blaise Comic Strip series (2017)
  1. 1
    The Black Pearl1978 · confirmed 2/4
    1978–
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  2. 2
    The Hell-Makers1986 · confirmed 2/4
    1986–
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  3. 3
    The Gabriel Set-Up1986 · 112 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986112
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  4. 4
    Death of a Jester1987 · 64 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198764
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  5. 5
    The Warlords of Phoenix1987 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198796
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  6. 6
    The Puppet Master1987 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198796
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  7. 7
    Uncle Happy1990 · confirmed 2/4
    1990–
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  8. 8
    The Iron God1996 · 64 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199664
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  9. 9
    Live Bait2002 · 100 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002100
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  10. 10
    Lady in the Dark2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
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  11. 11
    Mister Sun2004 · 112 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004112
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  12. 12
    Top Traitor2004 · 112 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004112
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  13. 13
    Bad Suki2005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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  14. 14
    The Green-Eyed Monster2005 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200596
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  15. 15
    The Gallows Bird2006 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006128
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  16. 16
    Cry Wolf2006 · 104 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006104
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  17. 17
    The Inca Trail2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  18. 18
    Death Trap2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  19. 19
    Yellowstone Booty2008 · 104 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008104
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  20. 20
    Green Cobra2008 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200896
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  21. 21
    The Lady Killers2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  22. 22
    The Scarlet Maiden2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  23. 23
    Death in Slow Motion2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  24. 24
    Sweet Caroline2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  25. 25
    The Double Agent2011 · 112 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011112
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  26. 26
    Million Dollar Game2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  27. 27
    The Girl in the Iron Mask2013 · 1 pages · confirmed 2/4
    20131
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  28. 28
    The Young Mistress2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  29. 29
    The Grim Joker2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  30. 30
    The Killing Distance2015 · 104 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015104
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  31. 31
    Ripper Jax2015 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015144
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  32. 32
    The Murder Frame2016 · 104 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016104
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  33. 33
    The Children of Lucifer2017 · 104 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017104
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  34. 34
    The Killing Game2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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Is there a chronological order for Modesty Blaise Comic Strip?

No separate chronological order is on record for Modesty Blaise Comic Strip, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Modesty Blaise Comic Strip books in order?

You should read the Modesty Blaise Comic Strip books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Modesty Blaise Comic Strip book also stands alone.

Where to start with Modesty Blaise Comic Strip

Start with The Black Pearl (1978), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Modesty Blaise Comic Strip book?

The Killing Game (2017) is the newest Modesty Blaise Comic Strip book released so far.

Is there a new Modesty Blaise Comic Strip book coming?

No next Modesty Blaise Comic Strip book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Modesty Blaise Comic Strip at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Modesty Blaise Comic Strip title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Modesty Blaise Comic Strip books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,853 pages across the 19 of 34 books with a recorded length, a median of 104 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Modesty Blaise Comic Strip books, 15 of 34, were published in the 2000s.

What the Modesty Blaise Comic Strip books are about

23 of the 34 Modesty Blaise Comic Strip books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: comics & graphic novels is tagged on 21 of 23. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Peter O’Donnell

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Characters in the Modesty Blaise Comic Strip books

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.