Cracked #24

(April 1962)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils

John Severin

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John Severin

Letters

typeset

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The Lawnmowers agreed:

Genre

satire-parody

Keywords

Ramington

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Parody of Remington electric shaver.

Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Listed as artists: John Severin, Laino, Le Poer, Bill McCartney and Bill Everett.
Listed as writers: Paul Laikin, Ivan Golownjew, George Gladir, Bill Ward, John Powers and Sylvester.

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

Letters / letters page / 1.75 pages (report information)

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John Severin (illustrations)

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John Severin (illustrations)

Letters

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I have been a reader of your magazine...

Characters

Ed Sullivan

Indexer Notes

Includes mail order ads for Cracked paperbacks, back issues and subscription.

[Statement of Ownership] (Table of Contents: 4)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

Robert Sproul; Nathan Pomerantz

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of ownership for Cracked for October 1, 1961. Sworn to and subscribed by Robert C. Sproul, publisher, before Nathan Pomerantz, notary public, on September 29, 1961. Robert C. Sproul is named as publisher, Paul Laikin, editor and no managing editor, or business manager.
The average number of copies sold or distributed for the preceding 12 months was 159,113.

If Madison Avenue Advertised Crime (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)

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John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)

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If we've heard it once we've heard it a hundred times...

Genre

satire-parody

Hollywood Miscasting (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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?

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John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)

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John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)

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We've noticed lately how Hollywood has a great amount of teenage appeal...

Genre

satire-parody

Shotgun Slayed (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Ward ?

Pencils

Bill Ward

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Bill Ward

Letters

Bill Ward ?; typeset

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It seems T.V. Westerns have been approached from every angle of violence.

Genre

satire-parody; western-frontier

Great Inventions of History (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

J. Osvaldo Laino (credited, signed)

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J. Osvaldo Laino (credited, signed)

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J. Osvaldo Laino (credited, signed)

Letters

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Once again we delve into the strange and capricious mind of Laino...

Genre

satire-parody

Advance of Civilization (Table of Contents: 9)

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John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)

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John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)

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While looking through a history book we were surprised...

Genre

satire-parody

Home Sweet Home (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

John Howard Payne

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John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)

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John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)

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John Howard Payne's poem "Home Sweet Home" creates...

Genre

satire-parody

Characters

Sylvester P. Smyth

Keywords

poetry

Celebrities Libraries (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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?

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John Severin (illustrations)

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John Severin (illustrations)

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John Severin; typeset

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Somebody once said "you can't judge a book by it's cover."

Genre

satire-parody

Celebrities Checkbooks (Table of Contents: 12)

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?

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? (illustrations)

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? (illustrations)

Letters

?; typeset

Genre

satire-parody

Free-For-All-Land (Table of Contents: 13)

cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

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?

Pencils

Bill Everett (signed as Everett)

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Bill Everett (signed as Everett)

Letters

Bill Everett ?; typeset

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We've noticed that vacation playgrounds are bigger and better than ever...

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in The Bill Everett Archives (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) #2 - Heroic Tales (September 2013)

Indexer Notes

Introductory text lists Bill Everett as the artist.
Humorous 2-page spread, depicting an all weather, all purpose, all fun vacation spot for adults.

Past, Present and Future Changes in Sports (Table of Contents: 14)

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?

Pencils

John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)

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John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)

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?; typeset

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There was a time when sports were played for the fun of it.

Genre

satire-parody; sports

Reprints

• in Cracked (Major Publications, 1958 series) #57 (December 1966)

Boysplay (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

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?

Pencils

John Severin

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John Severin

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We picked up a copy of one of those sophisticated magazines...

Genre

satire-parody

Indexer Notes

Parody of Playboy magazine.

Wither Specialists? (Table of Contents: 16)

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?

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John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)

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John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)

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In this age of vast technological changes and advances...

Genre

humor

Stories of the Month (Table of Contents: 17)

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John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)

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John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)

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Max, my friend, c'mere. Wanna real bargain?

Genre

humor

The Balanced Diet (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bill Ward ?

Pencils

Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)

Inks

Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)

Letters

Bill Ward (signed as McCartney); typeset

Genre

humor

When Doctors Advertise! (Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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?

Pencils

Jack Davis (signed); John Severin (one panel)

Inks

Jack Davis (signed); John Severin (one panel)

Letters

Jack Davis; typeset

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For many years, the American Medical Association has...

Genre

satire-parody

Reprints

• in Cracked (Major Publications, 1958 series) #56 (November 1966)
• in Cracked Collectors' Edition (Globe Communications, 1985 series) #82 (April 1990)

Indexer Notes

The last panel on page 48 is the same as the last panel on page 19 by John Severin. Perhaps a late editorial change.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

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

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John Severin

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John Severin

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A huge prehistoric monster roaming around in this cave?

Genre

satire-parody

Reprints

• in Cracked (Major Publications, 1958 series) #58 (February 1967)

Horror House (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils

John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)

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John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)

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One way to improve this hand...

Genre

satire-parody

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

Extra Special Bonus (Table of Contents: 23)

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This extra special Push Button for Service...

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Back cover.