Fleetway policy at the time was to respond to competitors' titles with a similar themed version of their own, and work was started on an answer to Mandy in the form of Tina.

Junior editor Olivia Hicks pulled the material from the archives and quickly became a fan and fervent supporter of the collection, noting "there's something about the stories that's just so whacky, so delightfully camp, that really appealed to me".

[3] Due to some of the material, the collection featured a disclaimer stating the book "may deal with race, class, disability, or gender in ways uncomfortable to contemporary readers".

[6] Jane Bond is a glamorous international globetrotter of many skills, equally at home at a chic Monegasque dinner party or winning the Pasadena Grand Prix motor race without a hair out of place.

Jane receives coded messages and instructions from Worldpol supremo Colonel Merrill, and uses her skill at fitting in to any situation, whether it's rescuing kidnapped scientists, exposing a school for enemy superspies or saving the polar ice caps.

While she doesn't use firearms, Jane is heavily kitted out with Worldpol gadgetry, including a personal jet fighter, a camera-gun, a bracelet-concealed steel whip - and her own sharp wits and highly trained physique.