Cracked #238

 

52 pages

September 1988

John Severin cover

 

written by:

George Gladir, Joe Catelano, Mort Todd , Stu Schwartzberg and others

 

Art by:

John Severin, Don Martin, Pat Boyette, Mike Ricigliano, Gary Fields, Al Scaduto, Gray Morrow, Bill Wray and others

 

Highlights:

 

Three Don Martin gags, one on color, one two pages

 

Bo Badman is a pseudonym of Rurik Tyler, who also worked for Mad

 

Cracked 30th Aniversary Party by John Severin with selfportrait

 

Didja Notice on Star trek 2 pgs by Gray Morrow

 

Cheers spoof by Wally Brogan (Kirstie Alley version)

 

Alfred Neuman cameo in Olympic Games gag (with Alfred losing from Sylvester)

 

One on Ebay for $3 and $6.40 on Mycomicshop

 

Condition: Very Good (no real defects)

Starting Price: $5

Buy Me Now at: $12

Cracked magazine is known as the best Mad magazine imitation out there. The saying was: "If you had finished your Mad and you didn't want to wait for the next one, you would go and buy Cracked. Not as good as Mad, but it kept you going for a while. In fact, sometimes it was just as good as Mad or even better. And most of those times was in the first 60 issues. These issues feature manny very good artists, some who had worked at Mad or would go on to work there. The writing was sharp and an effort was made to do stuff that mad didn't or do it in a different way. It was only later, when they decided that creating a weaker carbon copy of Mad was easier and just as profitable. 

Also, from this issue on, Don Martin was a regular.

 

Notes on postage:

 

Postage from Europe can be a problem. I have quoted the postage for one issue at $12. You can actually have three magazines sent for $12 or five for $15. If you want to combine with my other auctions (or wait until there is more, in which case you should NOT PAY without my PERSONAL INVOICE). I can also send it as a package with track and trace, which unfortunately comes to $35 (the price has been raised from $25 last year). There is even a five kilo option for $68.