The inept spy is a Cold War classic celebrated in media from Get Smart to Austin Powers. Who doesn’t love the idea that total nuclear annihilation could be prevented by some clueless schmo in a suit and his hypercompetent Gal Friday?
Writer-artist Matt Kindt explores this dynamic in Spy Superb, a three-issue Dark Horse series, published under Kindt’s Flux House imprint, in which the world’s greatest spy is actually an everyday pain-in-the-ass, horribly mustached, wannabe writer named Jay who’s stumbled into a world of international intrigue. Oh, and his Gal Friday hates him.
Check out our exclusive preview of the series’ final issue, out March 15, then go to your local comic shop and track down the first two. More deets below.
And for more on this series and others by Kindt, listen for an upcoming episode of WMQ&A.
SPY SUPERB #3
Jay is the perfect spy. A spy so perfect he doesn’t even realize he is a spy and that he’s on a mission. But now he’s on the run, surrounded by dead agents, and with a beautiful woman who tells him everything–including that he’s unfortunately just a useful idiot.
CREATORS
Writer: Matt Kindt
Artist: Matt Kindt
Colorist: Sharlene Kindt
Cover Artist: Matt Kindt
Publication Date: March 15, 2023
Price: $7.99
Dan Grote is the editor-in-chief of ComicsXF, having won the site by ritual combat. By day, he’s a newspaper editor, and by night, he’s … also an editor. He co-hosts The ComicsXF Interview Podcast with Matt Lazorwitz. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, two kids and two miniature dachshunds, and his third, fictional son, Peter Winston Wisdom.
