Cracked
#43
(May 1965)
Major Publications,
1958 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 44
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1965
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Major Magazines Inc.
- Editing
- J. Kiernan (editor)
The Magazine That's a Howling Success
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense; satire-parody
[no title indexed]
photo story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Next time, I think we should pay...
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
Indexer Notes
On inside front cover.
Contents
table of contents / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Credits as printed are - Artists: John Severin, Bill McCartney [Bill Ward], Jack Webber, Art Pottier, Gene Myers, Pete Wyma, Harry Hunt, Budd Bradley, Larry Elderson. Writers: George Gladir, Bill Ward, Jim Garley, Joe Kiernan, Eddie Moulton, Charlie Tobey, Milton Hellenger.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed as
SEVERIN) - Inks
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ...Want to send that swell cactus dish...
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
-
in Cracked Monster Party (Globe Communications, 1988 series) #7 (November 1989)
-
Tin Soldiers Brought Up-to-Date
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
A Day in the Life of the Average Housewife
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
Push-Buttons Unlimited
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
- Pencils
- Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
- Inks
- Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
Make Up Your Own Story
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Four three-panel stories which can rearranged into any sequence.
- Reprints
- from Cracked (Major Publications, 1958 series) #9 (May 1959)
-
Around the World in Hats or Who Flipped His Lid?
photo story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
Childhood Games and Hobbies of Todays Famous Stars
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
He's Really a Lone Ranger Now!
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody; western-frontier
- Characters
- Toronto
- Synopsis
- A masked hero and his Native sidekick Toronto are surrounded by a band of Natives, whereupon Toronto switches allegiances.
- Reprints
- from Cracked (Major Publications, 1958 series) #1 (February / March 1958)
-
Indexer Notes
Lone Ranger parody.
Do's and Dont's
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Cracked (Major Publications, 1958 series) #8 (March 1959)
-
[no title indexed]
Cracked's Cracks / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- John Severin (signed as Powers); Art Pottier (signed); Gene Myers (signed)
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed as Powers); Art Pottier (signed); Gene Myers (signed)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed as Powers); Art Pottier (signed); Gene Myers (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You'd better speak to him.
- Genre
- humor
Famous Scenes from Great Western Movies...
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
Man's Best Friend?
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody; war
- Synopsis
- A soldier throughs a grenade at a bunker but his K-9 fetches it.
- Reprints
- from Cracked (Major Publications, 1958 series) #11 (October 1959)
-
Monster Party
cartoon / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- in Cracked Collectors' Edition (Major Publications, 1973 series) #61 (February 1985)
- in Cracked Monster Party (Globe Communications, 1988 series) #5 (July 1989)
-
Indexer Notes
Larger version of the cover image.
Canned Music
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
- Pencils
- Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
- Inks
- Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Magazine That's a Howling Success
-
1.
["Next time, I think we should pay..."]
-
2.
Contents
-
3.
[no title indexed]
Letters -
4.
[Statement of Ownership]
-
5.
["...Want to send that swell cactus dish..."]
-
6.
Tin Soldiers Brought Up-to-Date
-
7.
A Day in the Life of the Average Housewife
-
8.
Laugh Lines
-
9.
Monsters in Everything
-
10.
Push-Buttons Unlimited
-
11.
Make Up Your Own Story
-
12.
Around the World in Hats or Who Flipped His Lid?
-
13.
Childhood Games and Hobbies of Todays Famous Stars
-
14.
He's Really a Lone Ranger Now!
-
15.
The Big Four
-
16.
Do's and Dont's
-
17.
["You'd better speak to him."]
Cracked's Cracks -
18.
Famous Scenes from Great Western Movies...
-
19.
Man's Best Friend?
-
20.
Monster Party
-
21.
Canned Music
-
22.
["Freddie, I don't want to play baseball anymore."]
Shut Ups -
23.
If at First You Don't Succeed, Try Again
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