Cracked #18

(February 1961)

The Temptation of Beautyrester (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

Indexer Notes

Parody of Beautyrest Mattress advertisements.
On inside front cover.

Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

various

Inks

various

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Paul Laikin is credited on this page with "most of the writing" for this issue.

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

Letters / letters page / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Laikin

Letters

typeset

Cracked Cut-Out Calendar for 1961 (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Laikin (credited)

Pencils

John Severin (signed)

Inks

John Severin (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Future on the Spot Reporting (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Redesigning Ads to Appeal to Children (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Laikin (credited)

Pencils

John Severin

Inks

John Severin

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Reprints

• in Cracked (Major Publications, 1958 series) #55 (September 1966) [pages 1-4]

The Discovery of America (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 2 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

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

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

Script

Paul Laikin (credited)

Pencils

George Peltz (signed as P.)

Inks

George Peltz (signed as P.)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Don't t'row in da towel yet, Augie (gasp) I'll...

Genre

humor

Historical Headlines (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Laikin

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Reprints

• in More Cracked (Ace Books, 1961 series) #T-135 (1961)

Famous People Do-It-Yourself Captions (Table of Contents: 10)

cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)

Inks

John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Synopsis

Cartoons of celebrities with blank speech balloons.

A Cracked Hip Primer (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Laikin (credited)

Pencils

John Severin (sourced)

Inks

John Severin (sourced)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Reprints

• in More Cracked (Ace Books, 1961 series) #T-135 (1961)

If Women Did Men's Jobs (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Laikin (credited)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

The Shooting of Dan McGrew (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Robert W. Service

Pencils

John Severin (signed as LePoer)

Inks

John Severin (signed as LePoer)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Uses the original text of Robert Service's poem (slightly truncated).

Interior Decorating to Fit Your Job (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Laikin (credited)

Pencils

Yaakov Kirschen (sourced)

Inks

Yaakov Kirschen (sourced)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Hamlet's Soliloquy If Shakespeare Had Read Cracked (Table of Contents: 15)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Paul Laikin (credited)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

The Sailing of the Vikings (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 2 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

The Panhandler (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Script

Paul Laikin (credited)

Pencils

Yaakov Kirschen (signed as P.)

Inks

Yaakov Kirschen (signed as P.)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Cracked Collectors' Edition (Globe Communications, 1985 series) #78 (April 1989)

Real Cracked Books (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Laikin

Pencils

Vic Martin (signed as Vic Martin)

Inks

Vic Martin (signed as Vic Martin)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Reprints

• in Cracked (Major Publications, 1958 series) #58 (February 1967) [pages 1-2]
• in Cracked Monster Party (Globe Communications, 1988 series) #7 (November 1989) [pages 1-2], #38 (Winter 1997/1998) [pages 1-2]

Jack Parr Makes Up with the Press (Table of Contents: 19)

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

The Cold Single Action Army (Table of Contents: 20)

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

Indexer Notes

Parody of Colt pistol advertisements.
On inside back cover.

[Wanted Poster] (Table of Contents: 21)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Paul Laikin (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Indexer Notes

Wanted poster with a space for a photograph.
On back cover.