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Spy vs Spy Danger! Intrigue! Stupidity! (Mad)

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This is a reprint of The All New Mad Secret File On Spy vs Spy (i.e. the first book). Not necessarily a bad thing, but if you already have the old book, this one doesn't add anything new to your collection.

Prohias, a Cuban refugee who became really unpopular with Fidel, was a genius and his cartoons reflect this. This book has material in it I haven't seen in ages and it is a fun collection, with a piece that brings the whole book together in the end. Well worth it!

You probably know Spy vs. Spy. This is a compedium of some of those comics. If you aren't familiar with the series, think of it as the comic strip style violence of Tom and Jerry with spies substituted for the cat and mouse. Sometimes, the black spy wins, sometimes the white. Occasionally, they throw in a woman spy too. She generally wins.

A few strips will might make you laugh or at least admire the creativity. I give it 4 stars for being just what it is; a whole bunch of Spy vs. Spy comics. You could easily argue that that doesn't deserve 4 stars, but I figure people wouldn't buy this if they weren't already familiar with Spy vs. Spy.

My son was interested because he saw the short comics on Mad TV.