Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant by Tony Cliff


Mr. Selim is proper tea-drinking Turkish soldier (Jannissary) who meets Delilah Dirk, a female James Bond. This graphic novel is a fun adventure set in the Ottoman period which includes flying ships, treasure and an unexpected friendship.



Delilah "is the master of forty-seven different sword-fighting techniques which she's used on different occasions..."


"..against twenty-nine Sikh warriors, thirty-two Conquistadors,..."



"...fifty-one Aboriginal Australian warriors, a small pride of lions..."


"...and one very large Mongolian man with a large sword, a small brain and a very bad temper."


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