Cracked
#42
(March 1965)
Major Publications,
1958 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 44
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Major Magazines Inc.
- Editing
- J. Kiernan (credited as Joe Kiernan) (editor)
Tomorrow's Humor Today
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Sylvester P. Smythe
[no title indexed]
photo story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, medic!
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
Indexer Notes
On inside front cover.
Contents
table of contents / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Credits as listed on this page are - Artists: John Severin, Bill McCartney [Bill Ward], Pete Krell, Art Pottier, Charles Rodrigues, Owen Roe, Harry Hunt, Chuck Lorton. Writers: George Gladir, Jay Lynch, Bill Ward, Joe Kiernan, Eddie Moulton, Charles Tobey, Arnold Fenster.
Pesterfield People
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
Indexer Notes
Parody of Chesterfield advertisements.
Beatlezania
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed as
SEVERIN) - Inks
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
Animals in Advertising
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
Dial 'A' for Africa
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
- Pencils
- Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
- Inks
- Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
Farmer's Old Almanac
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
-
from Cracked (Major Publications, 1958 series) #6 (December 1958)
-
[no title indexed]
Cracked's Cracks / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN); Don Orehek (signed as Don Orehek); Art Pottier (signed); J. Kiernan (signed)
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN); Don Orehek (signed as Don Orehek); Art Pottier (signed); J. Kiernan (signed)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN); Don Orehek (signed as Don Orehek); Art Pottier (signed); J. Kiernan (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's my birthday, stupid!
- Genre
- humor
Music Hath Charm
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
- Pencils
- Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
- Inks
- Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A violinist carries his instrument in a machine gun case.
- Reprints
Great Scenes from Horror Movies
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense; satire-parody
- Characters
- Ygor; Dr. Frankenstein; Frankenstein's Monster
- Synopsis
- Ygor obtained the monster's brain from a pinball machine.
- Reprints
- in Monster Howls (Humor-Vision, 1966 series) #1 (December 1966)
- in Cracked (Major Publications, 1958 series) #93 (July 1971)
- in Cracked Collectors' Edition (Major Publications, 1973 series) #[59] (July 1984)
-
Modern Mother Goose
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed as Rodrigues)
- Inks
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed as Rodrigues)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
Sticks and Stitches
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- in Cracked Blockbuster (Globe Communications, 1988 series) #10 (Summer 1996)
-
[no title indexed]
Shut 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
- Daddy, I don't want to run any more today!
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Tomorrow's Humor Today
-
1.
["Hey, medic!"]
-
2.
Contents
-
3.
[no title indexed]
Letters -
4.
Pesterfield People
-
5.
Beatlezania
-
6.
Still Hanging in There
-
7.
A Cracked Guide to Footwear
-
8.
Animals in Advertising
-
9.
Dial 'A' for Africa
-
10.
Farmer's Old Almanac
-
11.
Hut, Two, Three, Four
-
12.
Gamble Gambol
-
13.
["It's my birthday, stupid!"]
Cracked's Cracks -
14.
Written Forms for All Occasio [sic]
-
15.
Music Hath Charm
-
16.
Great Scenes from Horror Movies
-
17.
Reel Laughs
-
18.
Modern Mother Goose
-
19.
Sticks and Stitches
-
20.
["Daddy, I don't want to run any more today!"]
Shut Ups -
21.
Do Not Disturb
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- Nick Caputo
- Bill Devine
- Michael Hoskin
- Andrew Krieg
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