Cracked #233

Cracked's January 1988 "Movie Mania" issue bursts with chaotic energy courtesy of cover artist John Severin, whose illustration crams an explosion of familiar big-screen figures — a muscle-bound commando, a caped Superman, action heroes trading gunfire, and a green alien monster — into a wild movie-theater scene where hapless audience members duck and scramble amid the mayhem. Inside, the parody lineup is impressively ambitious, promising send-ups of RoboCop, Predator, Beverly Hills Cop II, The Untouchables, James Bond, and more, plus features on Bon Jovi vs. Springsteen, Oprah Winfrey, and the Beastie Boys. It's a wonderfully overstuffed snapshot of pop culture circa 1988, all for a buck thirty-five.