Spy vs. Spy Fan Thread

[festivus]

If you're an old fart like me, you may have a fond place in your heart for this cold war comic strip!

http://www.icmag.com/ic/picture.php?albumid=10519&pictureid=202651

 

[lepstadder]

oh man that is great stuff, i miss mad and cracked mags.

Cracked.com is a great website with some of the funniest shit ever

 

[Sleepy]

yep, spy vs. spy and captain Klutz were old time favorites!!

hehehe

 

[festivus]

I had forgotten about Capt. Klutz!! lol Anybody care to post some of these old Mad or Cracked strips??

 

[oldbob]

Oh the fond memories

 

[festivus]

Does this guy remind you of anyone???

Does this guy remind you of anyone???

oh man that is great stuff, i miss mad and cracked mags.

Cracked.com is a great website with some of the funniest shit ever

This guy looks familiar...

 

[festivus]

Here's the very first Spy vs. Spy from Mad Magazine's Jan. 1961 Issue #60. The strip's creator, Cuban born Antonio Prohaus escaped Castro's censorship to come to the U.S.

He presented his idea to Mad as "a captivating cartoon of a friendly rivalry", and may have meant the "black" spy was a Soviet Cuban agent, rather than Soviet Russian.

The strip had a 26 year run in Mad. Prohias died in 1998. 2 books of his Spy vs Spy work were released in 2000- "Danger! Intreague! Stupidity!" and "Mission of Madness", both of them sell for $11.99.

All images in this Fan Thread a copyrighted by others, including E.C Publications.

 

[festivus]

Here's a bit more-

 

[ArcticBlast]

Anyone remember this?? i had TWO copies... i should have held onto them, as they're selling for $50 online now.. really fun game, awesome theme song that still gets stuck in my head randomly lol

ArcticBlast

 

[accessndx]

Huge fan. I remember even playing some video game version....don't remember what system it was on....not Atari 2600.....not Colecovision......not the original Nintendo....nor Neo-Geo....
Maybe it was a computer game for Commodore 64? Someone must remember out there.....LOL!

Edit: HOLY CRAP Arctic.....we just posted at the same time about the games!!! LMAO....I don't remember it being on Nintendo......I do remember it being on some other system tho.....maybe Sega Genesis?

 

[ArcticBlast]

Original NES lol

ArcticBlast

 

[festivus]

Hey ArticBlast,

Never got to play the game, saw some of the graphics on the net. They're in color, and it kinda didn't have the same feel as the black and white strips. Thanks for posting the pic!

 

[k1ndz0n3]

Thanks for this thread ! It reminded me that I have the Mad Magazine CD compilation set. Anyone know if I can get PC discs, to run on a Mac ? I loved Mad, Cracked, and Crazy magazines while growing up, and loved the old Fold-Ins inside the back cover, as well as the tiny drawings in the margins !
<KZ>

 

[Walter Chronic]

Jeez
the shit you can forget about is phenominal!
Ijust remembered how cool the fold-ins were.
My favorite,after spy vs spy was the snappy a swers to stupid
questions cRtoons

 

[GreatLakes THC]

I never saw the comic, but I enjoyed playing the game on and old Apple ||e way back in the day.

GreatLakes THC