Mad #79
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "If They Held a Summit Meeting at the White House," Antonio Prohías delivers a razor-sharp satire of Cold War tensions through a series of escalating, absurdly choreographed confrontations between the Black Spy and the White Spy. The two agents, locked in a deadly game of cat and mouse, resort to increasingly ridiculous tactics—from aerial dogfights to sabotage under the bed—each one more ludicrous than the last. Norman Mingo’s sharp, expressive cover captures the chaos perfectly, setting the tone for a story that’s as witty as it is wildly over-the-top.
In this classic two-page gag from Mad #79, the eternal rivalry between the Black Spy and the White Spy escalates to new heights—literally—as they trade aerial assaults from plane and helicopter, then turn their attention to a bomb hidden under the Black Spy’s bed. The escalating chaos of their cat-and-mouse game unfolds with perfect deadpan timing, a hallmark of the series’ sharp satire.
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Reprinted in The Worst from MAD #8 (1965), The Ridiculously Expensive Mad #[nn] (1969), The Indigestible Mad #T4830 (1970), Mad #49 (1973), The Completely Mad Don Martin #[nn] (1974), Burning Mad #25 (1975), Dave Berg's Mad Trash #[nn] (1977), Dave Berg's Mad Trash #[nn] (1981), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #40 (1982), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #45 (1983), Mad's Greatest Artists: Don Martin #[nn] (2014), Mad #39
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