Cracked #22
(November 1961)

Major Publications, 1958 Series
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Price
0.25 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1961
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Major Magazines Inc.
Editing
Paul Laikin (credited) (editor)

We Need New Quarters (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
Inks
John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Characters
Sylvester P. Smythe

Cutt'r Sank Because of Scotch Whiskey (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

On inside front cover.

Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
various
Inks
various
Letters
typeset

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

Letters / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Laikin (credited)
Letters
typeset

Russian Ads... Along the Kremlin (Table of Contents: 4)

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
Synopsis
Parody advertisements for Russian products such as borscht and Cossack hats.

That Wonderful Year (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
J. Osvaldo Laino (sourced)
Pencils
J. Osvaldo Laino (sourced)
Inks
J. Osvaldo Laino (sourced)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

Neighborhood Confidential (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor; satire-parody

How to Make an Art of Your Job (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Laikin (credited)
Pencils
J. Osvaldo Laino (signed)
Inks
J. Osvaldo Laino (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

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

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

Script
Paul Laikin (credited)
Pencils
Vic Martin (signed as Vic Martin)
Inks
Vic Martin (signed as Vic Martin)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm a-moseyin' outta town right now, sheriff...
Genre
humor

If Different Poets Had Read Cracked (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Laikin (credited)
Pencils
J. Osvaldo Laino
Inks
J. Osvaldo Laino
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

Indexer Notes

Not the same story as the identically-titled story in issue #13.

Popular Songs Shut-Ups (Table of Contents: 10)

Shut Ups / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Laikin (credited)
Pencils
Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
Inks
Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Reprints

Madison Avenue's View of America (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Laikin (credited)
Pencils
J. Osvaldo Laino (signed)
Inks
J. Osvaldo Laino (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

The Little World of Don Swanson / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Don Swanson (credited)
Pencils
Don Swanson (credited)
Inks
Don Swanson (credited)

Genre
humor

Future Living Instances of Instant Living Futures... (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Laikin (credited)
Pencils
J. Osvaldo Laino (signed)
Inks
J. Osvaldo Laino (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

You Too Can Be an Optimist (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor; satire-parody

Grin! (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Robert W. Service
Pencils
Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
Inks
Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

The Little World of Don Swanson / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Don Swanson (credited)
Pencils
Don Swanson (credited)
Inks
Don Swanson (credited)

Genre
humor

Great Enemies of Fiction (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Laikin (credited)
Pencils
J. Osvaldo Laino (signed)
Inks
J. Osvaldo Laino (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

The Rationalizer (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stuart Sloves (signed)
Pencils
Stuart Sloves (signed)
Inks
Stuart Sloves (signed)
Letters
?

Genre
humor

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (Table of Contents: 19)

How It Really Was / 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; western-frontier

Pages That Didn't Get into Cracked (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor; satire-parody

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

Cracked Fun Shoppe / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

The Family Is Growing (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

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

Cracked Cut-Out Paste-on Matchbook Covers (Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
humor; satire-parody

Indexer Notes

On back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. We Need New Quarters
  2. 1. Cutt'r Sank Because of Scotch Whiskey
  3. 2. Contents
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Letters
  5. 4. Russian Ads... Along the Kremlin
  6. 5. That Wonderful Year
  7. 6. Neighborhood Confidential
  8. 7. How to Make an Art of Your Job
  9. 8. ["I'm a-moseyin' outta town right now, sheriff..."]
    When It All Ended
  10. 9. If Different Poets Had Read Cracked
  11. 10. Popular Songs Shut-Ups
    Shut Ups
  12. 11. Madison Avenue's View of America
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    The Little World of Don Swanson
  14. 13. Future Living Instances of Instant Living Futures...
  15. 14. You Too Can Be an Optimist
  16. 15. Grin!
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    The Little World of Don Swanson
  18. 17. Great Enemies of Fiction
  19. 18. The Rationalizer
  20. 19. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
    How It Really Was
  21. 20. Pages That Didn't Get into Cracked
  22. 21. [no title indexed]
    Cracked Fun Shoppe
  23. 22. The Family Is Growing
  24. 23. Cracked Cut-Out Paste-on Matchbook Covers
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Bill Devine
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Andrew Krieg