' ▁last ▁original ▁work ▁for ▁Mad . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁an ▁occas ional ▁feature ▁called ▁" The ▁Dark er ▁Side ▁of ▁the ▁L ighter ▁Side " ▁deb uted . ▁ ▁These ▁consist ▁of ▁repr int ed ▁Berg ▁stri ps , ▁with ▁re written ▁word ▁bal lo ons ▁that ▁change ▁the ▁g ags ▁to ▁references ▁about ▁disease , ▁sex ▁off enders , ▁cor pse ▁dispos al ▁and ▁other ▁uns av ory , ▁un - B erg - like ▁topics . ▁ ▁" S py ▁vs . ▁Sp y " ▁ ▁Antonio ▁Pro h ías ' s ▁word less ▁" S py ▁vs . ▁Sp y ," ▁the ▁never - ending ▁battle ▁between ▁the ▁icon ic ▁Black ▁Sp y ▁and ▁White ▁Sp y , ▁ended ▁up ▁out last ing ▁the ▁Cold ▁War ▁that ▁inspired ▁it . ▁Ex cept ▁for ▁the ▁respective ▁black / white ▁color ▁of ▁their ▁cl othing , ▁the ▁two ▁sp ies ▁were ▁identical ▁in ▁appearance ▁and ▁intent . ▁The ▁strip ▁was ▁a ▁silent ▁par able ▁about ▁the ▁fut ility ▁of ▁mut ually - ass ured ▁destruction , ▁with ▁various ▁elaborate ▁de at ht ra ps ▁designed ▁in ▁Pro h ías ' ▁thick ▁line . ▁Typ ically , ▁the ▁trap ▁would ▁bo omer ang ▁back ▁on ▁wh iche ver ▁sp y ▁had ▁con co cted ▁it . ▁There ▁was ▁no ▁pattern ▁or ▁order ▁dict ating ▁which ▁sp y ▁would ▁be ▁killed ▁in ▁a ▁particular ▁episode . ▁A ▁female ▁" G rey ▁Sp y " ▁occasionally ▁appeared ; ▁unlike ▁her