Cracked #235
(May 1988)

Globe Communications, 1985 Series
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Price
1.35 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly except February, April, June and December
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Globe Communications Corp.
Barcode
027100062547 05
Editing
Mort Todd (credited as Michael Delle-Femine) (editor-in-chief); Barry Shapiro (credited) (art director)

Don Martin Is Cracked (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Don Martin (signed)
Inks
Don Martin (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

Wanted! (Table of Contents: 1)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry De Fuccio (credited)
Pencils
John Severin (credited)
Inks
John Severin (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover.
Bud Light advertisement parody.

Cracked Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
various
Inks
various
Letters
typeset

One Fine Evening in Transylvania (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Don Martin (signed)
Pencils
Don Martin (signed)
Inks
Don Martin (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

A Deficient World! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Catalano (credited)
Pencils
Rick Altergott (credited)
Inks
Rick Altergott (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

Indexer Notes

Parody of the television series 'A Different World.'

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Sagebrush / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Severin (credited)
Pencils
John Severin (credited)
Inks
John Severin (credited)
Letters
John Severin (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm gettin' fed-up with all this governmental red-tape!
Genre
humor; western-frontier
Characters
Sagebrush; Lucifer

Cracked Mirrors (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Vic Martin (signed as Vic Martin)
Pencils
Vic Martin (signed as Vic Martin)
Inks
Vic Martin (signed as Vic Martin)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Characters
Mike Tyson; Spider-Man; Invisible Man; Michael J. Fox; Ronald Reagan; Frank Perdue; Hugh Hefner; Frankenstein's Monster; Woody Allen; Johnny Carson; Charlie Brown; Lucy Van Pelt; Snoopy; Linus Van Pelt; Hudd; Dini; Kareem-Abdul Jabbar; Sylvester P. Smythe
Synopsis
Celebrities look into funhouse mirrors.

The Case of the Guilty Client (Table of Contents: 7)

Perry Mazin / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Loren Fleming (credited)
Pencils
Bill Wray (credited)
Inks
Bill Wray (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

Indexer Notes

Perry Mason parody.

Long Shots (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Roger Brown (credited)
Pencils
Michael Ricigliano (credited as Mike Ricigliano)
Inks
Michael Ricigliano (credited as Mike Ricigliano)

Genre
humor

#2: Mama Meany (Table of Contents: 9)

Cracked Ugly Oracles / activity / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Rurik Tyler (credited as Bo Badman)
Pencils
Rurik Tyler (credited as Bo Badman)
Inks
Rurik Tyler (credited as Bo Badman)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

A Public Disservice (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Milton Knight (credited)
Pencils
Milton Knight (credited)
Inks
Milton Knight (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

Bummers! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Moe McMahon (credited)
Pencils
Dick Ayers (credited)
Inks
Dick Ayers (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Reprints

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

Cracked Letters / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Michael Ricigliano (illustrations)
Inks
Michael Ricigliano (illustrations)
Letters
typeset

One Especially Fine Day This Winter (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Don Martin (signed)
Pencils
Don Martin (signed)
Inks
Don Martin (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Reprints

Dump Cake (Table of Contents: 14)

The Uggly Family / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mort Todd (credited as Eel O'Brian)
Pencils
Daniel Clowes (signed)
Inks
Daniel Clowes (signed)
Letters
?

Genre
humor

[Statement of Ownership] (Table of Contents: 15)

statement of ownership / 0.5 page (report information)

Pencils
Michael Ricigliano (illustration)
Inks
Michael Ricigliano (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Supedupman's 50th Birthday (Table of Contents: 16)

Supedupman / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils
John Severin (credited)
Inks
John Severin (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody; superhero
Characters
Supedupman; John Rambo
Synopsis
To celebrate Supedupman's 50th birthday, covers from the 1930s to the 1980s are depicted, noting how the character has changed to adapt to the times. From battling Nazis, to communists to the Japanese industrial boom! However when he tried to lead Afghan rebels against the Russians he discovered Rambo already had that market cornered.
Reprints

Yo Yo (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roger Brown (credited)
Pencils
Michael Ricigliano (credited as Mike Ricigliano)
Inks
Michael Ricigliano (credited as Mike Ricigliano)

Genre
humor

Railroad Crossing (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roger Brown (credited)
Pencils
Michael Ricigliano (credited as Mike Ricigliano)
Inks
Michael Ricigliano (credited as Mike Ricigliano)

Genre
humor

Star Drek: The Next Cancellation (Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Rurik Tyler (credited as Bo Badman)
Pencils
Rurik Tyler (credited as Bo Badman)
Inks
Rurik Tyler (credited as Bo Badman)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody; science fiction

Indexer Notes

Star Trek: The Next Generation parody.

The Phrenologist! (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Charles Kaufman (credited); Paul Proch (credited)
Pencils
Al Scaduto (credited)
Inks
Al Scaduto (credited)

Genre
humor

Polly (Table of Contents: 21)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Peter Bagge (credited)
Pencils
Bill Wray (credited)
Inks
Bill Wray (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

The Rock Stars Speak (Table of Contents: 22)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Peter Bagge (credited)
Pencils
Bob Fingerman (credited)
Inks
Bob Fingerman (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

One Fine Mid-Afternoon (Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Don Martin (signed)
Pencils
Don Martin (signed)
Inks
Don Martin (signed)

Genre
humor

Cracked Interviews R.A.L.F. (Table of Contents: 24)

Cracked Interviews / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Catalano (credited)
Pencils
Bob Orzechowski (credited as Rob Orzechowski)
Inks
Bob Orzechowski (credited as Rob Orzechowski)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Characters
Nanny Dickering

Indexer Notes

Parody of the television program 'Alf.'

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

Hurry Ups / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Rick Altergott (credited)
Pencils
Rick Altergott (credited)
Inks
Rick Altergott (credited)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You just sit tight while I change yer oil...
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

Canine the Barkbarian / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gary Fields (signed)
Pencils
Gary Fields (signed)
Inks
Gary Fields (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey Canine!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody

Indexer Notes

On inside back cover.

S. Polly Darton (Table of Contents: 27)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Wray (credited)
Inks
Bill Wray (credited)
Colors
?

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

On back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Don Martin Is Cracked
  2. 1. Wanted!
  3. 2. Cracked Contents
  4. 3. One Fine Evening in Transylvania
  5. 4. A Deficient World!
  6. 5. ["I'm gettin' fed-up with all this governmental red-tape!"]
    Sagebrush
  7. 6. Cracked Mirrors
  8. 7. The Case of the Guilty Client
    Perry Mazin
  9. 8. Long Shots
  10. 9. #2: Mama Meany
    Cracked Ugly Oracles
  11. 10. A Public Disservice
  12. 11. Bummers!
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Cracked Letters
  14. 13. One Especially Fine Day This Winter
  15. 14. Dump Cake
    The Uggly Family
  16. 15. [Statement of Ownership]
  17. 16. Supedupman's 50th Birthday
    Supedupman
  18. 17. Yo Yo
  19. 18. Railroad Crossing
  20. 19. Star Drek: The Next Cancellation
  21. 20. The Phrenologist!
  22. 21. Polly
  23. 22. The Rock Stars Speak
  24. 23. One Fine Mid-Afternoon
  25. 24. Cracked Interviews R.A.L.F.
    Cracked Interviews
  26. 25. ["You just sit tight while I change yer oil..."]
    Hurry Ups
  27. 26. ["Hey Canine!"]
    Canine the Barkbarian
  28. 27. S. Polly Darton
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Thomas Johnson