Issue Details

Issue	#234
Published	March 1988
Cover Price	1.35 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Michael Delle-Femine

Cover Details - "Cracked"

Characters	Sledge Hammer; Sylvester P. Smythe; Santa Claus; Dirty Harry; Dick Tracy; Batman
Genre	Humor; Satire
Pencils	John Severin (signed)

1 page The Uggly Family story "untitled"

Genre	Humor
Script	Eel O'Brien
Pencils	Stosh Gillespie
Notes	Inside Front Cover (full color).

1 page Cracked foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Table of Contents"

Characters	Sludge Hammer; Robocop; Sylvester P. Smythe; Pee-Wee Herman; Joker; Frankenstein monster
Genre	Fact
Pencils	Various
Letters	Typeset

1 page Don Martin Strikes story "The Kick-Off"

Genre	Humor
Script	Don Martin
Pencils	Don Martin (signed)
Inks	Don Martin
Letters	Don Martin

4 page [TV Satire] story "Sludge Hammer!"

Characters	Sludge Hammer; Capt. Drunk; Zereau; Sylvester P. Smythe
Genre	Humor; Satire
Pencils	Rick Altergott (signed)
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Spoof of television series "Sledge Hammer!"

3 page Cracked story "Cyborgs Unlimited"

Characters	Robocop; Santa Claus; Ronald Reagan
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	George Gladir
Pencils	John Severin (signed)
Letters	Typeset

2 page Cracked story "What Stores Do for Christmas"

Genre	Humor
Script	Joe Catalano
Pencils	Don Orehek (signed)
Letters	Typeset

2 page One-Shots story "... Looks at Sports"

Genre	Humor
Script	Roger Brown
Pencils	Mike Ricigliano (signed)
Inks	? (Photographs)

4 page [TV Satire] story "Battyman"

Characters	Bruise Payne [Battyman]; Dick Greasin [Rabid]; Aunt Harriedtwit; Alfredo; Commissioner; Chief O'Hairy; Jerker; Twiddler; Kittywoman; Pencilguin
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Charles E. Hall
Pencils	Rick Altergott
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Spoof of 1960s television series "Batman."

1 page Cracked story "The Short-Lived Reformation of Ebeneezer Scrooge"

Characters	Ebeneezer Scrooge
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Al Scaduto
Pencils	Al Scaduto
Inks	Al Scaduto

2 page [TV Satire] story "Nightlite with Ked Toppel"

Characters	Ked Toppel
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Steve Skeates
Pencils	Frank Caruso
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Spoof of TV series "Nightline with Ted Koppel."

1 page Cracked story "Miner Mistake"

Genre	Humor
Script	Roger Brown
Pencils	Mike Ricigliano (signed)

4 page Cracked story "The Uggly Family"

Characters	Dick Tracer
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Eel O'Brien
Pencils	Stosh Gillespie
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Spoof of classic comic strip "Dick Tracy."

3 page Cracked story "Cracked Star Cars"

Characters	Vanna White; Bill Cosby; Arnold Schwarzenegger; Michael J. Fox; Pee-Wee Herman; Captain Kirk; Mr. Spock; Dr. McCoy; Phil Donahue; Oprah Winfrey; Max Headroom; ALF; Sledge Hammer; David Letterman; Sylvester P. Smythe
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Cliff Mott
Pencils	Cliff Mott; John Severin

1 page Cracked Letters letters page "untitled"

Characters	Sylvester P. Smythe
Genre	Humor
Script	Michael Delle-Femine
Letters	Typeset

1 page Don Martin Strikes Again story "The Half-Time Show"

Genre	Humor
Script	Don Martin
Pencils	Don Martin (signed)
Inks	Don Martin
Letters	Don Martin

4 page Super-Sylvester story "On the Scent of the Stinker"

Characters	Sylvester P. Smythe
Genre	Super-hero; Humor
Script	Mort Todd
Pencils	John Severin
Letters	Typeset

2 page Skateboarding story "Form & Function"

Genre	Humor
Script	Bo Badman
Pencils	Bo Badman
Inks	Bo Badman
Letters	Typeset

2 page Cracked story "Don Martin's Things That Irritate You the Most"

Genre	Humor
Script	Don Martin
Pencils	Don Martin (signed)
Inks	Don Martin
Letters	Don Martin

3 page [Movie Satire] story "Cracked Movie Carol"

Characters	Thomas Edison; Ebeneezer Scrooge; Ghost of Movies Past [Charlie Chaplin]; Roger Dweebert; Gene Sissy; Sean Penncilneck; Badonna; Ghost of Movies Future; Ferdie from Elm Street
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Stu Schwartzberg
Pencils	Walter Brogan
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Spoof of "A Christmas Carol."

2 page [Movie Satire] story "Cracked Look at Frankenstein"

Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	John Arcudi
Pencils	Clifford Mott
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Inspired by Dick Briefer's Frankenstein appearance in Cracked Monster Party (Globe Communications, 1988 series).

3 page Cracked story "Cracked Interviews Clint Beastwood"

Characters	Nanny Dickering; Clint Beastwood; Mayor Ed Kroch
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Joe Catalano
Pencils	Rob Orzechowski
Letters	Typeset

1 page Shut-Ups story "untitled"

Genre	Humor
Pencils	Don Orehek (signed)
Letters	Typeset

1 page Cracked story "Stain-It!"

Genre	Humor
Pencils	Milton Knight
Notes	Inside Back Cover (full color).

1 page The Cracked Portrait of Smythe illustration "Syl Jon Bon Jovial"

Characters	Sylvester P. Smythe [as Bon Jovi]
Genre	Humor; Satire
Pencils	Bill Wray (signed)