AGENT X9
Garth Here is a presentation of some of the best series of the Agent X9 magazine. It has 13-14 releases each year, and it consists of a variety of series. The most important series are Corrigan, Modesty Blase, Rip Kirby, and Garth.

Agent X9 facts:
Publisher: Semic/nordisk forlag AS
Published first year: 1974
Some of the series: Corrigan, Modesty Blase, Rip Kirby,
Garth, Axa, Ms Tree, Marada (in X9 Spesial), Spirit
Formats: Magazine, Album, Pocket

Agent X9 links:
Modesty Blaise homepage
Modesty Blase



Modesty Blase



Modesty Blase

Modesty Blase is the most regular series in the Agent X9 magazine. It was the englishman Peter O'Donnell (b.1920) who created this series in 1962. He also wrote Garth in the years 1953 thrugh 1966. Enrique Badia Romero draws Modesty Blase. He took over the series after Jim Holdaway in 1970. Romero also created Axa in 1978 together with Donne Avenell.
Kirby & Dorian



Rip Kirby

Alex Raymond (1909-1965) both wrote and drew the private detective Rip Kirby. Other writers are Fred Dickenson (1909-1985) and John Prentice (b.1920).
Other drawers are the same John Prentice (who took over after Alex Raymond), Al Williamson, Angelo Torres, Ray Burns, Gray Morrow, Neal Adams, Wayne Boring, Frank Bolle, Al McWilliams, and George Evans. John Prentice also wrote the series after Fred Dickenson died.
Axa



Axa

Axa can be found in the X9 Spesial magazine. Donne Avenell writes, and Romero draws the series, which is situated a hundred years after an atomic disaster. Avenell and Romero also drew Modesty Blase, but with the Axa-series they could develope the story more freely.
Garth



Garth

Garth has been a regular series in the Agent X9 magazine. The drawers of Garth are Steve Dowling, Martin Asbury and Frank Bellamy. Dowling has a rather old fashion style. It is Bellamy, and especially Asbury, who draws the modern Garth. Garth is the adventurer who travels in time and space with his special abilities. But after all he is but an ordinary englishman. Garth is my favourite comic series, before both Conan and The Phantom.
Marada



Marada

Marada is a very good series in the best Sword & Sorcery tradition. The story takes place in the Roman period. The Marada series was published in X9 Spesial no. 12, 1994. It was also published in Epic magazine no. 5 and 6 in 1983. Chris Claremont is the writer of the series, and John Bolton is the drawer.
Ms. Tree



Ms. Tree

The tough private detective Ms. Tree was created in the early eighties by Max Allen Collins and Terry Beatty. In the USA the series can be found in the Ms. Tree Quarterly magazine. Ms. Tree has appeared in these numbers of the norwegian Agent X9 magazine:
  • 1991: 9, 12, 13
  • 1992: 4, 9
  • 1993: 5
  • 1994: 10, 11
  • 1995: 2, 3
  • 1996: 3, 4