Doug Gilford's Mad Cover Site - Spy Vs. Spy - The Complete Casebook

Front Cover Art and Design: Sam Viviano

Antonio Prohias' drawing table world
MAD Logo from Special #59
Spy slingshot sketch from 1995
Dedication to Prohias with photo
First interior page image from
Mad's Spy vs. Spy Follow Up File paperback
Acknowledgements - Charles Kochman
Introduction - Grant Geissman with art and photo
from Cartoonist PROfiles #8 November 1970
Image of guillotine with peace sign for blade
- source and date unknown
1959 editorial cartoons published in Cuba, Fall 1959
A Cartoonist in Times of Revolution and Censorship
by Fabiola Santiago
Snapshots of My Father by Marta Rosa Pizarro
Selected "El Hombre Siniestro" strips published in Cuba
"Prohias by Spy vs Spy" -- from Cartoonist PROfiles
Unpublished sketch of Spies working at MAD

poisoned tea dumped
sling shot misses head (logo) / pickpocket dreams
push-button hammer (logo) / time-bomb alarm clock
empty clothes (logo) / bartender poisons drink
crab lowerer (logo) / camera in dog head
money lure through guillotine / disguised as girls
water drip torture / fear of dropped handkerchiefs
girl trap / telephone receiver gun switch
trick road mural / exploding chicken egg
paper boat covers mine / dog and cat suits
shrunken head / dog chases painted master
spy sausage / violin playing as weapon
desert magnifying glass / woodpecker morse code overkill
deflated logo / painted therapy session
camera gun / underground bomb tent shift
rocket stretch / spy in garbage can
shelter gator / lightning rod gift
sawshark shortens spy's log / fan diverts bomb
phone receiver flood / moonlight kick into pail
boat bailer / fake dog food poison tester
rescue snake rope / wind-up spy diversion
biting spy in automat / cigar gun
fanning fleas / kicking statue
shark octopus water danger / her glove distraction
grenade tennis / sewer project cannon
wrecking ball love / head to head magnet
home base hole / karate-throw rock-launch
spy faces part of game / weapon money
workout barbell magnet / choking machine
spies trapped on train tracks / target puzzle
diving board move / paddleball
low bridge ejector / battle over fences instigation
dart thrown at inflated spy / chimney cannon bombs bomber /
hat spring bomb diverter / spy in defused bomb
camera thrown shoots plans / helicopter stirs up secrets
steamrolled spies / dual wall-safe press
dynamite trapeze rung / backpack battle
hammock holders / big bomb baby fuse
barber's guillotine / hanging rope pulls anvil
giant blade halves airplane / reverse cannon
peace surgically sewn up / mouse tied to lion tail
dynamite plunger disguised as spy / box shoe spring stomps
branding the trojan horse / castle crusher
lady with hot dog spies / alligator in the pool
Prohias' alterations included showing the
elimination of smoking and drinking spies poolside
drive-in 3D-train / attack crawl cliff fall
electric spaghetti / weak bridge
strapped to midnight / peace pipe car exhaust
fan parachute fail / newspaper extra: spy injured
she shoots spy like an arrow /
spies die saving lady on train tracks
runway plane ripper / water pail bomb
sword fight magnet / electric mouse tail
electified climbing line / rubber cannon target
cannonball slingshot / floor spring hammer head
trick bookshelf / rocket castle tower
mousetrap shoes / moving swing into wall
vampire bats / guillotine window setup
pin the tail on the real donkey / spy balloon bridge support
hit the cannonball spy / umbrella swallower
shaving cream tube snake / fall through hollow rocket
construction crane spy-setter / train tunnel
black magic disorientation / rock mines
bathtub mine / kite pulls wrecking ball
footprints into crocodile jaws / man-hole cover smash
coconut dream / fall past window anvil
photo with swordfish / wind-up cat
she knits her dress / brake for fake lady
gas thrown on house fire / cliff-hanging parachutist
staircase rocket / tree moves in ski jump
finish electric line / camera switch embassies kicks
maiden voyage bombing / snake rope bridge
brick wall to head / upside-down landing strip
hammock splits with downed tree / flying potion fails
nailed oars / tarzan movie lion
intersection crash / cliff horse rocket
concrete cliff drive / palm tree trap
power lines cross bed / safe back ejection
oppositional bowling /
castle rammers meet airplane propeller
torture chamber violinist / ladder rung detonator handle
frozen room / beware of gorilla
teeter totter branch bashing / old west lady's stampede
tunnel feet frogs / guard dogs
cake crash / rodeo rhinos
swinging spies / amusement ride
melting ice cube cactus / false submarine drowning
shark dumped into pool / hard-head liquid fakeout
space capsule door lock / smash through closed circuit TV
set adrift from cruise ship / shoe-spring butt-kicker
finger doorbell pliers / boxing armour face shield
dentist's sign chomper / fluorscope skeleton shocker
forced to listen to Salvation Army band /
gallows pole descends into hangman
brick wall on skateboard / slot car racing game
footprint weapon / safe to safe magnet tacks
spy nose as record needle / smashed by false door
helium raises bed / party horn secret plan stealer
spy in ape's banana peel / boomerang
twisted flier / submarine shark switch

periscope pull / urban mannequin spy is real
billiard balls / magnet beats armor
electrified harp / briefcase getaway through customs
poison fan rings / arm wrestling catapult
Sam's apiary / hinged barbells
rollercoaster / fire escape rock head
fake periscopes / underwater mine release
knife shocker / hollow fall-through bed
drumset / bus stop bag switcheroo
honey draws ants to cast / embassy mail theft
blown-up plane / false ship above submarine
candle chases moth / false hole dug rock drop
jail cell projected exit / waterfall periscope
chain bomb / embassy cornerstone
infiltration course / snake piggy bank rattle
briefcase snake handle / canal barrier springs close
prison window bar gun barrel / ceiling drop
barbed wire rocket fence / dungeon wall shackle pull
water skiing on bomb through rocks /
audio tape recorder knockout
hot feet in high grass
false bomb cover drop
expanding fuselage drop / roll-up bridge
hopscotch into wet cement / lost rafter in ship
paper boat toilet lure
plunger on window wacker
spring-loaded boxing glove
octopus TV
hot air balloon trap
karate swinging arm
giant swing club
embassy guard mask trick

The Old Pro by Nick Meglin
(with photos of Prohias and MAD friends)

smash dad for lollipops
hinged rocket station elevates
tear-shedding trap
submarine lighthouse
top secret crate
punching projected spy
sliding door trap
prison break fake
joke flower squirter burst
inflatable club inflatable head
half-sawn tree pulls down
bike ramp on bike
bridge rocks
bomb shelter fake blast (two-pager)
house wall as mouse trap
bomb in bag attempted switch
caught in a giant slinky spring
fence hurdler stopper
bomb in mirror
toilet balance
hammer on rocket
clubbed through door
girl's photo in glasses
candle rock hinged floor slide
caped fake flying spies
club nailed to floor board
training fleas
borderline turtles
glove bombs
tape recorder dream dive
macaroni factory
fake arms carry wrecking ball
rattlesnake arms
vampire bat in butterfly costume
canoe waterfall fake tree
tea party footsie
lion in dynamite
fingers up into sockets
sawing club
missing airplane wheel ruse
prison window file bar spring
trick-door slats
tripwire match strike
moving train tunnel
rowboat submarine wrecking ball fisherman
embassy mail truck false back
bag grabber pulled into wall
concrete shower
chicken snake
flamethrower diverter
tailhook wire pulls over boat landing deck
tank wrecking ball trick
fun land game
drilled-out bomb
Madde (bonus insert) - wrong direction horse head
magnetized aircraft bomb bomber
wagon club foot
umbrella magnifying glass lights bomb fuse
rafter shark bait
spy inside tree
pivoting plane wing guns
nytroglycerin fly-swatter
elevating torpedo
double-vision periscope slice
roll-away bridge embankment
camouflaged helicopter bird lays bomb egg
rotating fuselage takes bomb hit
amusement game with club
periscope torpedo

minature torpedo & ship release mine

Yin and Yang, Cold War Style by Art Spiegelman

voice breaks plane windshield
pivoting plane wings fire bullets
rope-chop block-slap
helicopter plunger saw
cannonball on chain
saloon stick-up
slingshot in hat
sidewalk rocket
boat ramp diverts bomb back to plane
baby spy inflates with balloon air
mousetrap elevation trick
hinged tank gun shoots down
joke gun fires real gun
roped blocks car-hood spring to helicopter
falling through hinged balcony door
tiny cannons on epaulets
spy sculpture becomes toilet
reverse pump gun (logo) /
forklift's seat propels spy up through ship deck
fan kite bomb (logo) / cannon magnet helmet lifter
toilet oil well (logo) / cannonball within cannonball
shooting smelly sock (logo) / hacksaw submarine
rocket sandwich (logo) / spring-loaded torpedo splits
bag handle grenade clip
"You Are Here" then everywhere
wrong end "up" box holds spy
spy in a bottle
flag saws
donkey kicks back out of rocket
helicopter head
pulley birdhouse clippers
venus fly trap
hinged ladder trap
ice cream vacuum (logo) / torpedoes within torpedo
radioactive waste shower (logo) /
tickled ziplining spy falls to gators
pull into gator's pool (logo) / shark in torpedo
nose cone spring (logo) / victory thru non-violent catsup
frog tongues pull spy to mine
spring-connected, rock-filled boxing glove and boot
club swing (logo) / boomerang alters dive
shaking coconuts (logo) / gun in blow-dryer
dentist drill substitute (logo) / robot on oil slick
typewriter message switch (includes preliminary sketch)
umbrella hammers
rock through hole tank spring
hidden boat cannon

The Other Spy Guy by Don (Duck) Edwing
couch turns into snakes
(written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Bob Clarke art)
boulder chain reaction effect on wrecking balls
(written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Bob Clarke art)
nitroglycerin piano keys (Bob Clarke art)
(includes preliminary sketch)
wine bottle cork pulls hand grenade pin (Bob Clarke art)
razor through belt drops pants (Bob Clarke art)
sling shot violinist (Bob Clarke art)
bus stop sidewalk escape (Dave Manak art)
(includes preliminary sketch)

Mi Hermano, Antonio by Sergio Aragones
(with photo and drawings by Sergio)

Vengeance
More Than Meets the Eye
The Photo Contest
Tovarich
A Portfolio of Mad Blooming Idiosyncracies
The Treasure Map
The Old Ball Game
A Witch's Tale
National Business Machines Showroom
(written by Nick Meglin)
Diplomatic Immunity (written by Nick Meglin)
The Irony of Fate
The Diplomat (twice)
On a Safari
Mad Artists' Response to a "Draw This Figure" Ad
One Special Day in the Dungeon
(written by Antonio Prohias / Don Martin art)
The Pearl

Self portraits and sketches
Possible final panel to a Spy vs. Spy paperback
Drawing for Bill Gaines showing Prohias
unable to travel with the group to Italy in 1968 -
from Maria Reidelbach's Completely MAD

"Spy vs. Spy" and Me by Peter Kuper with self portrait
cycle jumper chopper gate
last resort gate chop
psychiatrist back-stabber (written by Michael Gallagher)
exploding bird seed (written by Michael Gallagher)
sharpened elevator doors (written by Don (Duck) Edwing)
madame voodoo (written by Michael Gallagher)

various articles, magazine covers, ads
where the Spies showed up outside of Mad
regular issue cover ideas: 109, 110, 134, 148, 154, 175
Mad logo: 101
1970s unpublished Alfred E. Neuman cover concept
Spy Special covers: 59, 73, 97, 108, both XL-2
Paperback covers:
The All New Mad Secret File On Spy vs Spy
Mad's Spy vs Spy Follow-Up File
The Third Mad Dossier of Spy vs Spy
The Fourth MAD Declassified Papers on Spy vs Spy
The Fifth Mad Report on Spy vs Spy
The Sixth Mad Case Book on Spy vs Spy
Prohias' Spy vs Spy - The Updated Files #7
Spy vs Spy - The Updated Files #8

Mad Stew, Big Book, merchandise, toys, games, clothing

The Tourist
The Artist

Antonio Prohias' drawing table world (continued)
Back Cover: Norman Mingo cover art from #82

Attempted Short Descriptions and Article Title Links Go To Original Source Issues

Spy Vs. Spy - The Complete CasebookAntonio Prohias - 2001

Spy Vs. Spy - The Complete Casebook
Antonio Prohias - 2001