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''Cobra Trap'' is the title of a Short Story collection by Peter O'Donnell featuring his secret agent heroine Modesty Blaise . The book was published in 1996 , and is considered the last collection of ''Modesty Blaise'' literature, as O'Donnell retired from writing a few years later and is vehemently opposed to anyone else writing about his creation. The short stories featured in the collection were: # "Bellman" # "The Dark Angels" # "Old Alex" # "The Girl With the Black Balloon" # "Cobra Trap" "Cobra Trap", the title piece of the collection, is the most controversial Modesty Blaise story ever published, in that it profiles the final mission of Modesty and her partner, Willie Garvin. The story takes place 10-15 years after the time frame of the comic strip/novels with Modesty and Willie going on one final mission together. Modesty, who has been recently diagnosed with an inoperable Brain Tumor and given only a short time to live, chooses to give her life to save a train of innocents. Soon after revealing this to Willie, Modesty is killed in an attack and Willie is shot dead soon after. The story ends with the two friends reuniting in some form of Afterlife . Many fans of the characters refuse to read this final story. When O'Donnell brought his comic strip to a close five years later, he chose to do so with a more upbeat story promising future adventures. In 2002 , a Comic Book adaptation of "The Dark Angels" was published in Scandinavia as a postscript to the British ''Modesty Blaise'' daily strip. To date its only English-language publication has been in the American magazine '' Comics Revue ''. Elements of several other stories (in particular "Old Alex" and "Bellman") also appeared in the comic strip prior to being featured in ''Cobra Trap''. ''Cobra Trap'' is considered the rarest of the Modesty Blaise book series as it is the only one that has not been reprinted in paperback and the hardcover editions are currently (2005) out of print.
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