Those Cracked Monsters, 2 of 2

This is the rest of that issue of Cracked Collectors' Edition featuring reprints of the monster humor Cracked and the rest of the magazines from its publishing company printed over the years.

Parody of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir by John Severin.

Later they reprinted Stationary from Transylvania that I originally posted here.

Charles Rodrigues

“Kelly” was the name used whenever Don Edwing and John Severin collaborated. Like most Mad regulars who moonlighted at Cracked, he doesn't remember ever doing so.

I have no idea who did this.

Inside back cover From For Monsters Only

The back cover was a colorized version of this.

Comics in men's magazines too.

This piece by Claude Smith is from Scene volume 8, number 3 in June 1962. From Sir! volume 20, number 5 in February 1964. Not much is known about Marv Rubin. This is from the sixth issue of Topper, don't know the exact year. By Don Edwing, in Wildcat, January 1965. Cartoons by Jim Lindensmith from Millionaire, volume 2 number 1, from September 1965 The rest are from that same issue of Millionaire

CRACKED #40

Excerpt from the #40, the November 1964 issue of Cracked

Cover as usual by John Severin. The inside front cover is a caption on a photo from West Side Story.

After the contents and letters is this article by Severin. Before this, another page of movie stills with captions called Six Is the Number. Another article by Severin called Bug Buggy, about where bugs (microphones) could be placed in the future, Then a page of Cracked's Cracks by Monroe Leung, T. Schock, Comagilao, (editor) Joe Kiernan, and Don Edwing. There was The Big War, another photo-caption spread, and then A Sunday at Coney Island by Bill Ward Another photo bit called Picture This and Build This Beautiful Yacht from #2 by Bill Everett, then... I have no idea who drew this. This by Jack Davis was reprinted from the eleventh issue. Charm Bracelets for Teens, the next article, may be drawn by the same artist as this one-pager, but I don't know how drew it since the masthead doesn't match. They would have had to pay a typesetter for a new masthead, so instead they just recycled one from a previous issue. Maybe the artist on this was Al Spanger, Jack Leemark, or Frank Nitterson. The inside back cover is an example of the movie stills with captions I've been mentioning all along. The back cover is a bonus “sign” saying “DON'T PUT OFF TOMORROW WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY” with the sign unfinished at CAN and a note to the boss saying the painter will finish it later.

Next Wednesday: pages from Cracked #51.

CRACKED #35

Continuing with my collection of Cracked, this one #35 from April 1964.

Cover as usual by John Severin. The inside front cover was a real ad for a top or yoyo or something. From The Cosa Nostra First Reader drawn by Bill Ward. Hurry-Ups by Severin drawn in a different style to make it look like they had more artists than they actually did. Page from Sylvester's Photo Album It All Depends on the Point of View drawn by Bill Ward has someone that's obviously JFK but a beard and glasses were added by someone else to save face since the assassination occurred between the time the strip was done and when it was printed. Then was another Ward article called Dreams That Didn't Come True.

One pager written by Don Edwing. Note the attempt at using marginal jokes the same way Mad did. Don Orehek Before this one-pager was Personalized Wrist Watches drawn by Severin. After this was an ad for “Transylvania Life” and a subscription ad, both by Severin.

Next Wednesday I'll show parts of Cracked #36.