Cracked #222

Cracked #222 (September 1986) packs an enormous crowd of pop-culture caricatures onto its cover, with a giant green blob looming over the Statue of Liberty while familiar faces — including figures spoofing the Golden Girls cast, a Wheel of Fortune host look-alike, and a young Steven Spielberg stand-in — jostle for space on what appear to be Hollywood-style sidewalk stars bearing names like "S. Brush," "Silvester," and "The Blob." Voltron looms in the background alongside various robots, adding to the cheerful mayhem that cover artist John Severin renders with his trademark wit and detail. Inside, Vic Martin handles writing, art, inking, and lettering solo for "One Night at the Statue of Liberty," promising the kind of sharp parody — targeting Golden Girls, Spielberg, Wheel of Fortune, and a Cracked Movie — that made this magazine a staple of mid-'80s humor.