Cracked #297

Cracked takes on the Street Fighter craze in this 1995 issue, with John Severin's cover dropping a real-life martial artist right into the middle of the video game's colorful roster — a green beast, a beefy brawler, a military commander, and more all crowding in around him. The bold cover tagline "We Pave Over Street Fighter" promises the full Cracked treatment, and the magazine also sets its sights on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Frasier. Severin's blend of caricature and action-figure realism makes this a genuinely fun snapshot of mid-'90s pop culture chaos.