The June 1964 issue of
Cracked. Another cover by
John Severin.

After a parody of
Tareyton ads, a letters column showing
Steve Allen reading
Cracked and a statement of ownership (138,463), is
Sylvester for President. On the bottom are
Lyndon B. Johnson and
Barry M. Goldwater. The Romney mentioned here is
George Romney, father of Mitt (remember him?)

Also by Severin was
Losers Can Be Choosers.
Bill Ward takes a look at
Transylvanian TV.

Ward also looks at 1032 B.C.,
That Wonderful Year

It's funny how at one time it was considered thing for supermarkets to come to the neighborhood without ever dreaming there would be even bigger stores that made them obsolete as well.

There's a piece by Severin called
Don't Throw Anything Away, an article by
Al Jaffee from their sixth issue called
Easy, Exciting Ways to Earn Money in Beautiful Mexico,
Don Orehek's
Hard Luck Stories and How to Handle Them, and then this illustrated by Bill Ward.

This recurring gag feature used cartoons meant for the other magazines companies published

Another thing by Orehek called
The Truth Behind Press Agents' Items and
this ad for Fangman's Whiskey.
They might have realized if they had to reprint things, they might as well be from
Jack Davis I know I would. This comes from #12.
Celebrities' License Plates showed just that, then Severin did this one pager.

The back cover was some
Travel Stickers that didn't have any illustrations.
Excerpts from
Cracked #40 next Wednesday.
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