Cracked
#73
(November 1968)
Major Publications,
1958 Series
- Price
- 0.35 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except February, April, June and December
- On-sale Date
- 1968
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Major Magazines Inc.
- Editing
- Robert Sproul (credited as Robert C. Sproul) (editor, publisher); Charles Foster (credited) (production); Arlene Newman (associate editor)
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Sylvester P. Smythe
Contents
table of contents / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Credits printed on this page - Artists: John Severin, Charlie Rodrigues, Johnny Langton, Caracu, Bill Ward, Lugoze, Vic Martin, Joe Mead. Writers: George Gladir, Paul Laikin, Joe Kiernan, Vic Seymor, Dave Carter.
Bonnie and Clyde!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed as O. O. Severin)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed as O. O. Severin)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
Mini-Everything!!
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Vic Martin (signed as Vic Martin)
- Inks
- Vic Martin (signed as Vic Martin)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
The Hippies' Illustrated Dictionary
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Langton (signed as Langton)
- Inks
- John Langton (signed as Langton)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
-
in Cracked (Major Publications, 1958 series) #100 (May 1972)
-
Special Clocks for Different Jobs
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Cracked (Major Publications, 1958 series) #53 (July 1966)
-
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Arte Johnson; Dan Rowan; John Wayne; Dick Martin
- Reprints
King of the Mafia
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Art Pottier (signed)
- Pencils
- Art Pottier (signed)
- Inks
- Art Pottier (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
French Forlorn Legion
comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Smith, Jones, Snodgrass…
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Elvis (cameo); Liberace (cameo); Hitler (cameo); Laurel (cameo); Hardy (cameo); Abraham Lincoln (cameo); Phil Silvers (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Army/war satire set in the Middle East, with racist imagery.
- Reprints
- from Cracked (Major Publications, 1958 series) #4 (September 1958)
-
Indexer Notes
The strip begins with an extended roll call, with many comic creators names thrown in: Brodsky, Heath, Everett, Burgos, Elder, Maneely, others. Also celebrities.
Famous Scenes from Great Desert Island Movies (That Just Missed!)
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Langton (signed as Langton)
- Inks
- John Langton (signed as Langton)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
Protest Signs Unlimited or Picket -- It's Now Cricket!
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
The Day Bazman Almost Went Bats!
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody; superhero
- Synopsis
- Bazman hears someone calling for help and begins to don his costume, but the voice dies away before he's done dressing so he gives up and goes back to his newspaper.
- Reprints
- in Your Cracked (Dell, 1974 series) #6156 (July 1974)
- in Super Cracked (Globe Communications, 1985 series) #31 (Summer 1986)
- in Super Cracked (Globe Communications, 1987 series) #3 (Winter 1989), #6 (Winter 1992), #7 (Summer 1993)
-
Indexer Notes
Parody of Batman.
[no title indexed]
Shut-Ups / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed)
- Inks
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- C'mon! Don't be such a stick-in-the-mud!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Cracked Collectors' Edition (Major Publications, 1973 series) #37
- in Giant Cracked (Major Publications, 1965 series) #8
- in King-Sized Cracked (Major Publications, 1967 series) #6
- in Cracked Shut-Ups (Major Publications, 1971 series) #2 (1971)
- in Cracked Collectors' Edition (Major Publications, 1973 series) #[27] (December 1978)
- in Giant Cracked (Globe Communications, 1986 series) #47 (Winter 1988)
- in Cracked Collectors' Edition (Globe Communications, 1985 series) #78 (April 1989)
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
Contents
-
2.
[no title indexed]
Letters -
3.
Bonnie and Clyde!
-
4.
Mini-Everything!!
-
5.
Four Fun Flicks!
-
6.
The Hippies' Illustrated Dictionary
-
7.
Special Clocks for Different Jobs
-
8.
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
-
9.
Marx Brothers' Laff-in!
-
10.
King of the Mafia
-
11.
French Forlorn Legion
-
12.
Dear Sir!
-
13.
Famous Scenes from Great Desert Island Movies (That Just Missed!)
-
14.
A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Lies
-
15.
Protest Signs Unlimited or Picket -- It's Now Cricket!
-
16.
The Day Bazman Almost Went Bats!
-
17.
Cue Cards for Everyone
-
18.
["C'mon! Don't be such a stick-in-the-mud!"]
Shut-Ups
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Bill Devine
- Michael Hoskin
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