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''Spy vs. Spy'' is a wordless comic strip published in ''Mad'' magazine. It features two agents involved in espionage activities who are completely identical except for the fact that one is dressed all in white and the other all in black. The pair are constantly warring with each other, using a variety of booby-traps to inflict harm on the other. The spies usually alternate between victory and defeat with each new strip. A metaphor for the Cold War, the strip was created by Cuban expatriate cartoonist Antonio Prohías, and debuted in ''Mad'' #60, dated January 1961. ''Spy vs. Spy'' is currently written and drawn by Peter Kuper. The ''Spy vs. Spy'' characters have been featured in such media as video games and an animated television series, and in such merchandise as action figures and trading cards. ==Publication history== Prohías was a prolific cartoonist in Cuba known for political satire. He fled to the United States on May 1, 1960, three days before Fidel Castro's government nationalized the last of the Cuban free press. Prohías sought work in his profession and travelled to the offices of ''Mad'' magazine in New York City on July 12, 1960. After a successful showing of his work and a prototype cartoon for ''Spy vs. Spy'', Prohías was hired.〔"''Spy vs. Spy: The Complete Casebook"'', Prohías, A. (Watson-Guptill, 2001).〕 Prohías cryptically "signed" each strip on its first panel with a sequence of Morse code characters that spell "BY PROHIAS". In a 1983 interview with the ''Miami Herald'', Prohías reflected on the success of ''Spy vs. Spy'', stating, "The sweetest revenge has been to turn Fidel's accusation of me as a spy into a moneymaking venture."〔 Prohías, however, was censored by ''Mad'' magazine publisher William Gaines on at least one occasion: the strip that eventually appeared in ''Mad'' magazine #84 (Jan. 1964) was altered, as the spies were depicted drinking and smoking (Gaines had a strong anti-smoking stance).〔 Prohías completed a total of 241 ''Spy vs. Spy'' strips for ''Mad'' magazine, the last one appearing in issue #269 (March 1987), when he retired due to ill health.〔 The strips continued, with writer Duck Edwing and artist Bob Clarke creating the majority. Peter Kuper took over as writer and artist for the strip with ''Mad'' magazine #356 (April 1997). It has since been drawn in full-color. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spy vs. Spy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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