John M. Burns

Modesty Blaise og Willie Garvin arbejdede oprindeligt på den forkerte side af loven, men efter at have opnået økonomisk overskud, trak de sig tilbage. Efter et stykke tid i rastløshed lader de sig hyre af den britiske efterretningstjeneste, og med deres kendskab til underverdenens uskrevne regler giver det dem en række fordele i deres forbryderjagt. Spændingsserien om Modesty Blaise og hendes makker, Willie Garvin, startede i det britiske dagblad Evening Standard foråret 1963 og blev hurtigt så populær, at der allerede i 1966 blev udsendt en film med italienske Monica Vitti og Terence Stamp i rollerne som det smukke og hårdtslående par. Forfatteren Peter O’Donnells knivskarpe fortællinger og tegneren Jim Holdaways overlegne beherskelse af en sort/hvid teknik med brug af sorte flader indkapsler på tegneseriefronten alt det, der var cool ved 1960’erne. Jim Holdaway døde pludseligt i 1970, hvorefter tegnearbejdet blev overtaget af Enrique Badía Romero og siden John M. Burns. Denne samling omfatter episoderne ”Guruen fra Idaho", "Den gyldne frø", "Indianerguldet" og "Den grønne kobra"

The Age of Chaos reprints an epic full-colour comics adventurestarring the Sixth Doctor, written by Colin Baker Plus: storiesstarring the Third, Fourth and Seventh Doctors All stories arefrom the publishers of the official Doctor Who Magazine, nowin its 40th year of publication

Concentrating on the years between 1904 and 1916 and featuring a wealth of photographs, this book examines America's first three races of international stature: the Vanderbilt Cup, the International Grand Prize and the Indianapolis 500. Researched in great part from contemporary sources such as newspapers and automotive journals, the book covers not only these races, but also the ways in which each spurred development of the American automobile industry, making it at last a true competitor for that of Europe.

Legend has it (it may even be true) that J. B. S. Haldane, when asked by a clergyman what he could infer about God from the works of creation, responded, “He must have had an inordinate fondness for beetles.” Were I asked to infer something essential about Homo sapiens from his work, I should probably reply that this zoological odd-ball required humor to lighten a life taken too seriously. How else can we explain the fact that very profession has its underground classic of humorous self-deprecation and verse? Garstang’s Larval Forms has long filled this role for evolutionary biology. But, as a residual Victorian, Garstang turned out some mighty stuffy poems—and recapitulatory theory of the details of invertebrate morphology do no reside on the frontier of modern biology. But voyeurs and hedonists can now rejoice, for John Burns has produced a worthy successor, a work full of all that is modern in evolutionary biology—mathematical modeling, ecological strategies, ethological theories and, oh yes, plenty of sex.