Cracked #294

This 1994 issue of Cracked serves up the magazine's signature mayhem with a cover by John Severin depicting a yellow school bus going fully airborne — packed with terrified, wide-eyed passengers tumbling around inside — in a gleeful parody of the summer blockbuster Speed. The headline "We Speed Back to School" says it all, and the chaotic scene of the bus launching off a ramp with kids plastered against the windows is exactly the kind of anarchic humor Cracked fans loved. Inside, the issue also takes aim at The Lion King, The Mask, Maverick, and The Crow, making it a fun time capsule of mid-'90s pop culture.