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Issue: Cracked #4
Publication Date: September 1958
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Issues: #4 of 212 Issues (225 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMajor Publications
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Major Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Sol Brodsky
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: Magazine size
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding:  
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): John Severin
Inker(s): John Severin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
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Miss Cracked 1959

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Vote Here for Miss Cracked 1959
Synopsis: Parody ad with six painted illustrations.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Racist imagery.
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sylvester P. Smythe
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Bill McCartney is listed as an artist, which is a pen name for Bill Ward. At least two obvious pen names are listed under writers, Mark Twain and Ernest Weminghay.
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Cracked Calendar

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Everett
Inker(s): Bill Everett
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Today's Calendar has a lot of holidays...
Synopsis: Gag calendar with humorous date listings ("April 17 First chicken flicked in Dublin") and images of comic strip women (Blondie, Little Orphan Annie, Daisy Mae, Maggie, and more).
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The Hollywoodization of Sopheeya Luring

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Ward [as Bill McCartney]
Inker(s): Bill Ward [as Bill McCartney]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Sopheeya Luring (parody of Sophia Loren)
First Line: Sopheeya, you're colossal, tremendous, and fabulous.
Synopsis: Parody of "Sopheeya Luring" being Americanized.
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Pages: 2
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It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: "…An I'm just the (hiccup) do they have in mind, bartender."
Synopsis: Joke.
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Pages: 1
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French Forlorn Legion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Severin
Inker(s): John Severin
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Elvis (cameo); Liberace (cameo); Hitler (cameo); Laurel (cameo); Hardy (cameo); Abraham Lincoln (cameo); Phil Silvers (cameo)
First Line: "Smith, Jones, Snodgrass…"
Synopsis: Army/war satire set in the Middle East, with racist imagery.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose 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.
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Who'd She Expect…Elvis?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Ward [as Bill McCartney] (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Ward [as Bill McCartney] (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: n/a
Synopsis: Wordless gag strip.
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Pages: 1
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Best Selling Records of the Year

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Maneely
Inker(s): Joe Maneely
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Last year 12 records sold over one million copies.
Synopsis: 12 illustrations of satirical record covers, e.g. "Some Befuddled Evening"
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Racist imagery.
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Stickers

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Be civic minded paste these on your windows
Synopsis: Gag sticker layout
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Pages: 1
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Meet the Author

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Carl Burgos
Inker(s): Carl Burgos
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: The Book: "My Gun Is Slow" is the exciting sage of a private detective...
Synopsis: Series of parodies of book covers and author blurbs. For example, "Rickey Spittoon" the crime author, and "A. Conin Hoyle," the author of "Surelock Homes."
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Pages: 2
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O.K.K.O. Corral

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Severin
Inker(s): John Severin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Nothing can compare today with the popularity of the Western on TV.
Synopsis: One intro sequence, then a two page spread of a large shootout at the "O.K.K.O. Corral." Images of real and imagined people, including, Sherlock Holmes, John Wayne, Marlon Brando, Wild Bill Hickok, The Lone Ranger, Dick Tracy, Sylvester P. Smythe, Barney Google, Gregory Peck, Billy the Kid, Gary Cooper.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Gray tone art.
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Where Do We Go From Here

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: First it was the "New Look."
Synopsis: Fashion parody.
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Pages: 2
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Saturday Night Dance

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Maneely
Inker(s): Joe Maneely
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Features appearances by real and fictional characters, including: Charlie Brown, Groucho Marx, Santa Claus and Rudolph, Gomez and Morticia Addams, Wimpy, Olive Oyl, Ed Norton (Art Carney).
First Line: To the outside world, dance halls are places where young single people...
Synopsis: Satire.
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Pages: 3
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(Try This) Cracked 5-Day Diet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Are you overweight?
Synopsis: Satirical story about a man going on a diet.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Advertising character appearances include: Mr. Peanut, Jolly Green Giant, Pillsbury Dough Boy.
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Lifer (The Intimate Inmate Magazine)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Ward [as Bill McCartney] (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Ward [as Bill McCartney] (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Lifer's man of the week LARCENY LOUIE smashed all existing records at Alcajazz last week.
Synopsis: Parody of Life Magazine, includes a ½ page ad parody ("Betty Crocked").
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Cameo of Frankenstein.
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Summer Jobs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Carl Burgos
Inker(s): Carl Burgos
Letterer(s): typeset (some lettering by Burgos)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: With summer vacations coming up, Cracked has looked into the possibilities of our readers making a few extra bucks.
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Pages: 2
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How I Rebuilt My Punk Lawn

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Maneely ?
Inker(s): Joe Maneely ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Do your neighbors stare at you as if YOU are bringing the value of the...
Synopsis: Humorous story.
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Pages: 2
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Ancient Egypt

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: So that you educated Cracked readers can become more educated...
Synopsis: Humorous story.
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Ward [as Bill McCartney] (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Ward [as Bill McCartney] (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Cracked Shut-Ups
First Line: Oh George, just what I've always wanted, a diamond ring.
Synopsis: Gag cartoons.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Mickey Mouse in one panel.
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CUT

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Maneely
Inker(s): Joe Maneely
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Cut out the coupon at the bottom of this page.
Synopsis: Ad parody.
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Pages: 1
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Wherever there's a man….

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Wherever there's a man….
Synopsis: Ad parody.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Frankenstein cameo.

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