by Lewis Black
First published 2015
Two identical spies face off in an endless war of wits and weapons. One wears black, the other white. Each dedicates his existence to eliminating his counterpart through increasingly elaborate schemes. The black spy plants a bomb in a briefcase. The white spy discovers it and redirects the explosion back at his enemy. The white spy sets a trap with poisoned documents. The black spy turns the tables and watches his rival fall victim to his own plot. Neither agent ever speaks. Their pointed beaks and bulging eyes reveal nothing but determination to outwit and destroy. Every encounter escalates into absurd violence as simple plans spiral into complex death machines. The spies deploy everything from basic dynamite to intricate Rube Goldberg contraptions. Success belongs to whichever agent thinks one step ahead. This collection presents the finest strips from MAD Magazine's archives, now rendered in full color for the first time. The eternal conflict between these mirror image adversaries captures the futility and dark humor of espionage itself.
Genres: satire, humor, adventure, action, espionage, comics
Vibes: absurd, fast-paced, humorous, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, mirror-characters
Period: 20th-Century, 21st-Century
224 pages · Hardcover · TI Inc. Books
Content warnings: violence