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Issue: Cracked #24
Publication Date: April 1962
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Issues: #24 of 212 Issues (232 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMajor Publications
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Major Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 1962
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 24 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Robert C. Sproul
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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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Special Instant Humor Issue

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Sylvester P. Smythe
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: The Lawnmowers agreed:
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Parody of Remington electric shaver.
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Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Listed as artists: John Severin, Laino, Le Poer, Bill McCartney and Bill Everett.
Listed as writers: Paul Laikin, Ivan Golownjew, George Gladir, Bill Ward, John Powers and Sylvester.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Letters
Character(s): Ed Sullivan
First Line: I have been a reader of your magazine...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.75
Disclose Notes: Includes mail order ads for Cracked paperbacks, back issues and subscription.
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Statement of Ownership

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Nathan Pomerantz
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Statement of ownership for Cracked for October 1, 1961. Sworn to and subscribed by Robert C. Sproul, publisher, before Nathan Pomerantz, notary public, on September 29, 1961. Robert C. Sproul is named as publisher, Paul Laikin, editor and no managing editor, or business manager.
The average number of copies sold or distributed for the preceding 12 months was 159,113.
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If Madison Avenue Advertised Crime

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: If we've heard it once we've heard it a hundred times...
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Pages: 5
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Hollywood Miscasting

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: We've noticed lately how Hollywood has a great amount of teenage appeal...
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Pages: 2
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Shotgun Slayed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
First Line: It seems T.V. Westerns have been approached from every angle of violence.
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Pages: 4
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Great Inventions of History

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Once again we delve into the strange and capricious mind of Laino...
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Pages: 1
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Advance of Civilization

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: While looking through a history book we were surprised...
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Pages: 2
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Home Sweet Home

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Howard Payne
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Sylvester P. Smyth
First Line: John Howard Payne's poem "Home Sweet Home" creates...
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Pages: 2
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Celebrities Libraries

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Somebody once said "you can't judge a book by it's cover."
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Pages: 2
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Celebrities Checkbooks

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Free-For-All-Land

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: We've noticed that vacation playgrounds are bigger and better than ever...
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In Content Item: FlagThe Bill Everett Archives #2 published September 2013
as Free-For-All-Land [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Introductory text lists Bill Everett as the artist.
Humorous 2-page spread, depicting an all weather, all purpose, all fun vacation spot for adults.
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Past, Present and Future Changes in Sports

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, sports
First Line: There was a time when sports were played for the fun of it.
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Pages: 3
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Boysplay

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: We picked up a copy of one of those sophisticated magazines...
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Parody of Playboy magazine.
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Wither Specialists?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: In this age of vast technological changes and advances...
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Pages: 3
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Stories of the Month

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Max, my friend, c'mere. Wanna real bargain?
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Pages: 1
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The Balanced Diet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
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When Doctors Advertise!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: For many years, the American Medical Association has...
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: The last panel on page 48 is the same as the last panel on page 19 by John Severin. Perhaps a late editorial change.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): When It All Ended
First Line: A huge prehistoric monster roaming around in this cave?
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Pages: 1
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Horror House

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ? (title); typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Cracked Fun Shoppe
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Mail order ad for novelties and gag gifts from Cracked Fun Shoppe, 45 West 45 Street, New York 36, New York.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: One way to improve this hand...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Extra Special Bonus

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: This extra special Push Button for Service...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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