Cracked #16
(October 1960)

Major Publications, 1958 Series
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Price
0.25 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1960
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Major Magazines Inc.
Editing
Paul Laikin (credited) (editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Davis (signed)
Inks
Jack Davis (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Characters
Sylvester P. Smythe
Reprints

The Unsociables Prefer Espresso (Table of Contents: 1)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Paul Laikin (credited)
Pencils
John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
Inks
John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Reprints

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover.

Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Letters / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Paul Laikin
Letters
typeset

Untouchybles (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Laikin (credited)
Pencils
John Severin (sourced)
Inks
John Severin (sourced)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

Indexer Notes

Parody of the television series 'The Untouchables.'

Cracked's Handy Guide to Self-Analysis (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Laikin (credited)
Pencils
John Severin (signed as Sev)
Inks
John Severin (signed as Sev)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Reprints

Magazine Covers... Just a Little Bit Different (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Laikin (credited)
Pencils
Jack Davis
Inks
Jack Davis
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Reprints

People Who Get on Our Nerves (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Laikin (credited)
Pencils
John Severin (sourced)
Inks
John Severin (sourced)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

When It All Started / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Paul Laikin (credited)
Pencils
John Severin (signed as Sev)
Inks
John Severin (signed as Sev)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now I'm speaking to you as a sister.
Genre
humor; satire-parody

How Infantile Are You? (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Laikin (credited)
Pencils
John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
Inks
John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

What They're Really Saying (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Laikin (credited)
Pencils
John Severin (sourced)
Inks
John Severin (sourced)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Reprints

Television and Real Life (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Laikin (credited)
Pencils
John Severin
Inks
John Severin
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Reprints

Digest Magazines (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Laikin (credited)
Pencils
John Severin (signed as JS [interlocking])
Inks
John Severin (signed as JS [interlocking])
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Reprints

There's One in Every Crowd (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Laikin (credited)
Pencils
John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
Inks
John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

Cracked Dartboard (Table of Contents: 14)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Paul Laikin (credited)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

The New Cracked Pocket Book Has Taken the Country by Storm! (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Jungle Book (Table of Contents: 16)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Paul Laikin (credited)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Stories of the Month / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Paul Laikin (credited)
Pencils
Yaakov Kirschen (signed as Jerry Kirsch)
Inks
Yaakov Kirschen (signed as Jerry Kirsch)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I don't mean to be nosey, sir, but I watched you...
Genre
humor
Reprints

Cracked Marquees (Table of Contents: 18)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Laikin (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

Rare Olde Shut-Upf (Table of Contents: 19)

Shut-Ups / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Paul Laikin (credited)
Pencils
Jack Davis
Inks
Jack Davis
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Reprints

Hip Talk Taken Literally (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Laikin (credited)
Pencils
Chic Stone (signed as Chic Stone)
Inks
Chic Stone (signed as Chic Stone)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

Occupational Calendars (Table of Contents: 21)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Laikin (credited)
Pencils
John Severin
Inks
John Severin
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

Give Them Cracked As a Going-Away Present!!! (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Cracked Playing Cards (Table of Contents: 23)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Paul Laikin (credited)
Pencils
Jack Davis
Inks
Jack Davis
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Reprints

Indexer Notes

On back cover.
Pencils and inks credits from Cracked Collectors' Edition (Globe Communications Corp., 1985 series) #82.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. The Unsociables Prefer Espresso
  3. 2. Contents
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Letters
  5. 4. Untouchybles
  6. 5. Cracked's Handy Guide to Self-Analysis
  7. 6. Magazine Covers... Just a Little Bit Different
  8. 7. People Who Get on Our Nerves
  9. 8. ["Now I'm speaking to you as a sister."]
    When It All Started
  10. 9. How Infantile Are You?
  11. 10. What They're Really Saying
  12. 11. Television and Real Life
  13. 12. Digest Magazines
  14. 13. There's One in Every Crowd
  15. 14. Cracked Dartboard
  16. 15. The New Cracked Pocket Book Has Taken the Country by Storm!
  17. 16. The Jungle Book
  18. 17. ["I don't mean to be nosey, sir, but I watched you..."]
    Stories of the Month
  19. 18. Cracked Marquees
  20. 19. Rare Olde Shut-Upf
    Shut-Ups
  21. 20. Hip Talk Taken Literally
  22. 21. Occupational Calendars
  23. 22. Give Them Cracked As a Going-Away Present!!!
  24. 23. Cracked Playing Cards
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Bill Devine
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Andrew Krieg