Cracked #275

This 1992 issue of Cracked takes aim at the summer's biggest action hit with a cover parody — titled "Lethal Weapon 3½ Do the Riot Thing" — featuring two gun-toting cops posed back-to-back against a chaotic backdrop of flames, crumbling buildings, and a surging crowd. John Severin's sharp pencils and inks bring both figures to life with the kind of deadpan intensity that makes the joke land perfectly. Inside, Lou Silverstone and Walter Brogan keep the laughs coming with their take on "Ill-Legal Weapon 3½.