"What if the sexy Russian femme fatale was actually the main
character?"
Mysterious young heiress Contessa Annika Malikova has been
part of Manhattan high society for several years... but if they knew the truth,
her dinner companions would faint! The white-haired Contessa is in fact the
notorious criminal "BABOUSHKA" — a former Moscow gang leader, now living
in exile!
But Baboushka's retirement is about to be shattered, as the US
government has somehow discovered her true identity, and blackmails her into
working for them! Now she must infiltrate a secret conclave of global crime
lords, on a cruise liner, to retrieve information for the Americans. But nobody
reckoned on the boat being hijacked by pirates...
Suitable for teens and
up, CODENAME BABOUSHKA is an action-packed modern pulp spy thriller from writer
ANTONY JOHNSTON (THE FUSE, THE COLDEST CITY, ALEX RIDER) and artist SHARI
CHANKHAMMA (THE FUSE, SHELTERED, KILL SHAKESPEARE), filled with glamour, guns,
exotic locations, guns, explosions, high-kicks, and did we mention
guns?
THE CONCLAVE OF DEATH collects Baboushka's first 5-issue mission
— watch out for her next assignment, GHOST STATION ZERO, in 2016!
"Antony Johnston is an award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of
graphic novels, video games, and books. His graphic novel THE COLDEST CITY is
being adapted into a film starring Charlize Theron. His epic series WASTELAND is
one of only a handful of such longform comic stories in the medium. His first
video game, DEAD SPACE, redefined the survival horror genre.
- ISBN10 1632156784
- ISBN13 9781632156785
- Publish Date 17 May 2016
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Image Comics
- Format Paperback
- Pages 136
- Language English