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Cover: John Severin

Cracked #11

Oct 1959 · Major Publications · 0.25 USD
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In "If Racketeers Took Over the Children's World," Paul Laikin and Jack Davis reimagine a surreal twist on 1950s television, where beloved shows like The Millionaire, Lassie, and Have Gun Will Travel are hijacked by underworld forces. With Jack Davis handling both art and inks, and John Severin’s sharp cover pencils and inks setting the tone, this Cracked #11 satire turns familiar fare into a darkly humorous commentary on media and power—no spoilers, just sharp wit and a cleverly subverted world.

Contains 18 stories
If Racketeers Took Over the Children's World
4 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
State Posters to Lure the Beat Generation
2 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Story of the Month...
1 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Creative Housekeeping
2 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Endings for Old TV Shows
3 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody

In this wry, typeset satire from Cracked #11, classic 1950s TV shows like *The Millionaire*, *Lassie*, and *Have Gun Will Travel* get hilariously reimagined with absurd, tongue-in-cheek endings that skewer the era’s predictable formulas—because nothing says "closure" like a surprise plot twist involving a time-traveling squirrel or a sudden career change into stand-up comedy.

Handshakes
2 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Untitled Humor story
2 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody, Western-Frontier
Billy the Kid
Cracked Annual Awards
2 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
How to Tell You're in Love
2 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Annoying Table Companions in Restaurants
2 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Judo
3 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
The Charge of the Light Brigade
2 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
National Advertising
3 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Bop Shut-Ups
1 pp · Humor
Popoff
1 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Popoff
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Lucky LucianoGomez AddamsMorticia AddamsJack Benny
French Forlorn Legion
3 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Are Comics Ruining Our Children?
2 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Dr. KropotkinLone RangerTontoTarzanLi'l AbnerMammy YokumPappy YokumArchie AndrewsJughead JonesMuttJeffSupermanSmilin' JackPopeyeOlive OylSwee'peaFrankenstein's MonsterLittle Orphan AnnieSandyMary WorthSanta Claus

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Raw (VG) $14
CGC 9.4 · 1 in census $347*
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Full credits

artist, inker Jack Davis
cover pencils, inks John Severin

Reprints

Reprinted in The Cracked Reader #K-111T (1960), Cracked #15 (1960), More Cracked #T-135 (1961), Completely Cracked #T-136 (1962), Cracked #26 (1962), Cracked #39 (1964), Cracked #40 (1964), Cracked #41 (1965), Cracked #43 (1965), Cracked #44 (1965), Giant Cracked #2 (1966), Cracked #51 (1966), Cracked #55 (1966), Pow Magazine #2 (1966), Giant Cracked #3 (1967), Cracked #64 (1967), Giant Cracked #4 (1968), King-Sized Cracked #2 (1968), Giant Cracked #5 (1969), King-Sized Cracked #3 (1969), Giant Cracked #6 (1970), Cracked Shut-Ups #2 (1972), Biggest Greatest Cracked #12 (1976), Super Cracked #31 (1986) + 17 more

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