Spy vs. Spy 50th Anniversary Celebration

Spy vs. Spy 50th Anniversary Celebration

By DCE Editorial Monday, June 27th, 2011
2011 marks the 50th Anniversary of Spy vs. Spy. To celebrate this historic milestone, every day TheIdiotical will be devoting a post to Antonio Prohias’ classic strip. Today, it’s the very first Spy strip, from MAD #60 (January, 1961). Spy vs. Spy, MAD #60 Over the next few days we’ll be featuring Spy tribute art by different artists. Tomorrow, it’s a post-apocalyptic envisioning of Spy vs. Spy by legendary comic artist Jim Lee. Then, in early July, we’ll begin unveiling “Operation Dynamite.” To celebrate the anniversary, we sent blank statues of a Spy to some of the world’s greatest artists and toy manufacturers and told them to go wild. You won’t believe the results!