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Modesty Blaise: Lady in the Dark by Peter O'Donnell

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4.0

Generally quite fun, with a lot of twists and turns squeezed into stories that never feel rushed or overstay their welcome. It shows its age with a couple racial epithets, but they don't seem to be reflected in actual characterization, and consequently feel more oudated and insensitive than actively hateful. It is aggressively horny, but from the perspective that sex appeal is one of the main things it is trying to invoke, it does a better job of preserving agency and consent than, for instance, the Bond movies (though some moments rubbed me the worng way). The art is also quite good, with a stunning amount of detail crammed into each tiny panel. If you ever wanted a female James Bond story, this is it.
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