Doomdate

I Spy #6

by John Tiger

The men from I SPY race to beat DOOMDATE

Two die-hard Nazis with a brilliant plan to trigger World War III...and exotic desert kingdom on the verge of an Arabian nightmare...a power-greedy Prime Minister...Put them all together, adding two of the Middle East's most sensuous beauties, and they spell top-level danger for Kelly Robinson and Alexander Scott -- the men from I SPY.

126 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1967

Reviews

[Philip · Rating 2 out of 5]

FIRST READ IN 1967: Pretty bad, but still better than the truly awful Man from U.N.C.L.E., Mission: Impossible, and The Avengers TV show tie-ins from the same period - hence the two stars. At least Robinson and Scott work for the CIA rather than some made up superspy agency, and so there is some attempt to use some legit Agency jargon, history, tradecraft, etc. And at least in the book, the playful banter that was such a part of the original TV show also translates better here than in does in the U.N.C.L.E./Avengers books.

The writing's as bad as you'd expect, but the book is fun in a retro kind of way, with statements about airlines requiring people to arrive at the airport at least a half hour before international flights, and both agents brazenly carrying holstered pistols onboard, knowing that as First Class passengers they won't be subjected to "humiliating" body searches.

According to Goodreads, Wager wrote all of the I Spy - and several of the M:I - books. He also wrote some original fiction, including 58 Minutes, whch was the basis for the second Die Hard movie.