Cracked #2, 2 of 2

This is the last of that issue of Cracked from last week. The second issue dated May 1958, to be exact.

Here are some ads by Bill Ward

I printed some of the original art for a page of this Highway Patrol parody a few months ago.

Paul Reinman

Like I said last week, they reprinted a lot of things in there own magazines and various spinoffs and I've posted many before. There was an article here illustrated by Kurt Schaffenberger called How Times Have Changed.

Then something by Joe Maneely called Frankenstein Rock 'n' Roll that was reprinted in Monster Howls.

Here's their fake letters page with a drawing by John Severin

Inside front cover by Paul Reinman

And back cover by Bill Ward.

CRACKED COLLECTORS EDITION #66, 2 of 4

This is from a collection of reprints from Cracked in 1986. I print the first part earlier here.

This is by John Severin. You can look up things about the TV shows referenced on IMDB or Wikipedia. Bill Elder. Kurt Schaffenberger

SUPER CRACKED #31, 1 of 3

Cracked seemed to do more re-packaging than any other humor magazines, probably so there'd always be more than one incarnation on the newsstands. In the 80's, when Mort Todd became editor, he took advantage of their vast inventory to have their annuals be not just random articles thrown together. Super Cracked #31 was a collection of the comics parodies they'd done throughout the years.

The cover is by Bob Fingerman, one of the newer artists brought in. I've known him for a long time and by posting this cover, I'm violating my unwritten policy of not posting cartoons by people only a few years older and still very much active, but it is the cover for the articles to come. This spread by John Severin reference the first foray of comics culture into mainstream media, using the catchphrase “camp” inspired by the Batman TV show. Drawn by Bill Elder in one of his few solo pieces. Bill Ward By longtime Superman artist Kurt Schaffenberger.