Cracked
#32
(November 1963)
Major Publications,
1958 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1963
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Major Magazines Inc.
- Editing
- Robert Sproul (credited as Robert C. Sproul) (editor, publisher); Bette Martin (associate editor)
This Is a Laughing Matter
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Sylvester P. Smythe
The New '63 Shoverollit Trucks Are Work Tested on the Slam-Bang Baja Run!
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed as
SEVERIN) - Inks
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
Indexer Notes
Parody of Chevrolet advertisements.
On inside front cover.
Contents
table of contents / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Credits as printed are Artists: John Severin, Le Poer [John Severin], Bill McCartney [Bill Ward], J. Lewis [John Severin], Pete Wyma. Writers: George Gladir, Bill Ward, John Powers [John Severin], Jay Lynch, Don Edwing, Joe Kiernan, Bette Martin.
Ads of Yore
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
- Pencils
- Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
- Inks
- Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
The Rescue
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Edwing (credited)
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Superguy
- Synopsis
- When Superguy is found changing his clothes inside a telephone booth the police arrest him.
The Evolution of Beauty Contests
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
[no title indexed]
Hurry Ups / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mommy! Mrs. Murphy's house is on fire!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
-
in Giant Cracked (Globe Communications, 1986 series) #46 (January 1987)
-
Indexer Notes
Introduced as a variation on the usual 'Shut Up' feature.
What I'd Like to Be When I Grow Up
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
Inside Dope
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Peter Wyma (signed as
Pete Wyma) - Inks
- Peter Wyma (signed as Pete Wyma)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
The Bully
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Edwing (credited)
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Tired of being abused by a bully on the beach our protagonist takes a bodybuilding course. Unfortunately, so does the bully.
Indexer Notes
Parody of Charles Atlas advertisements.
Cracked Future Antiques
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
- Pencils
- Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
- Inks
- Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
The Duck Hunter
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
- Pencils
- Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
- Inks
- Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A duck hunter is undone by a duck who uses a decoy to lure the hunter into a trap.
Getting the Gate in '68
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
The Movie Monsters Strike...
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- When a monsters union goes on strike the movie monsters have to find new occupations. Undaunted, Hollywood finds new ways to depict horror.
- Reprints
The Horn
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
- Pencils
- Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
- Inks
- Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
The American Space Base on Mars
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody; science fiction
- Reprints
- in Giant Cracked (Globe Communications, 1986 series) #43 (March 1986)
- in Cracked Blockbuster (Globe Communications, 1988 series) #8 (Summer 1994)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
This Is a Laughing Matter
-
1.
The New '63 Shoverollit Trucks Are Work Tested on the Slam-Bang Baja Run!
-
2.
Contents
-
3.
[no title indexed]
Letters -
4.
Ads of Yore
-
5.
The Rescue
-
6.
The Evolution of Beauty Contests
-
7.
["Mommy! Mrs. Murphy's house is on fire!"]
Hurry Ups -
8.
What I'd Like to Be When I Grow Up
-
9.
Inside Dope
-
10.
Historical Scoops
-
11.
The Bully
-
12.
Cracked Future Antiques
-
13.
Modern Chess Set
-
14.
The Duck Hunter
-
15.
Letters from Bette
-
16.
Getting the Gate in '68
-
17.
The Movie Monsters Strike...
-
18.
The Horn
-
19.
The American Space Base on Mars
-
20.
[Gala Jamboree]
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- Nick Caputo
- Bill Devine
- Michael Hoskin
- Andrew Krieg
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