Cracked #311

Cracked takes its shot at the summer 1996 blockbuster Independence Day with this gleefully silly parody issue, skewering the alien-invasion craze with the headline "We Soak in Depends Day." John Severin's cover art depicts a slime-drenched figure triumphantly laughing on the White House lawn while panicked caricatures scramble around him clutching a box of Depends — a perfectly lowbrow twist on the film's iconic imagery. Inside, the fun continues with additional send-ups of The Nanny, the Atlanta Olympics, and The Cable Guy, making this a well-stocked snapshot of mid-'90s pop culture filtered through Cracked's reliably irreverent lens.