Mad's Spy vs Spy

The silent, slapstick mayhem of Antonio Prohías’s black-and-white Cold War satire began in Mad magazine and was collected by New American Library in this 1965 series premiere. For decades, Prohías’s single-minded, wordless strips pitted the Black Spy against the White Spy in an endless, perfectly balanced cycle of booby traps and double-crosses. Its enduring appeal lies in its universal, anarchic humor—a timeless gag that transcends language and politics, making it one of the most iconic and reprinted series in Mad history.