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Cracked Collectors' Edition#82
Cover: Jack Davis

Cracked Collectors' Edition #82

Apr 1990 · Globe Communications · 2.75 USD
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In "If Racketeers Took Over the Children's World," Paul Laikin and Jack Davis reimagine classic 1950s TV shows—The Millionaire, Lassie, The Lineup, and others—through a satirical lens where organized crime has seized control of the children's entertainment landscape. With Jack Davis’s signature sharp wit and exaggerated visuals, the story flips beloved tropes into darkly humorous parodies, all rendered in his distinctive, inky style on both interior and cover.

Contains 33 stories
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Lucky LucianoJack Benny
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
If Racketeers Took Over the Children's World
4 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Endings for Old TV Shows
3 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody

In this satirical gem from Cracked Collectors' Edition #82, classic TV shows like *The Millionaire*, *Lassie*, and *Have Gun Will Travel* get hilariously reimagined with absurd, over-the-top endings that skewer the tropes of 1950s and 60s television. With deadpan humor and sharp parody, each show’s fate is twisted in ways both unexpected and delightfully silly—no spoilers, just pure, nostalgic mockery.

Annoying Table Companions in Restaurants
2 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Man's Best Friend?
1 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody, War
Untitled Humor story
2 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody, Western-Frontier
Billy the Kid
Judo
3 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Realistic Children's Games
2 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Civil War Facts
3 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Beatnik Goes to a Party
2 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Peter Goon
3 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Bat Masteyson
4 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Freezing People
5 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Cartoons of the Year
2 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
The Searcher
1 pp · Humor
Why People Move to the Suburbs
4 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Band-Aides for Weird Color Skin
1 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Sea Haunt
4 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Believe It or Nuts!!
1 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Tiger Joe Farnsworth
1 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody, Sports
Hank Luckeezi"Tiger Joe Farnsworth"Luke "Slugger" D'AmbezziPancho Gumba
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
The Last in a Series of Great War Heroes
2 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Seaman Clyde V. SmytheJanitor Sylvester P. SmytheCorp. Joshua N. Smythe1st Sgt. Rufus M. SmytheCol. Abner Z. SmytheSgt. Felix J. SmythePvt. Maxwell T. SmytheCapt. Jonathan R. SmytheMinute Man Jason B. SmytheLt. Lemuel C. Smythe
They Shoulda Listened
3 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Mrs. O'LearyGoliathNeville
Fullback Arnold Hotchkiss
1 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody, Sports
Arnold HotchkissSam Snerd"Nauseous Nat" TwirleySidney SlofkisSergei Macabee
Illustrated Limericks
3 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Magazine Covers... Just a Little Bit Different
4 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Rare Olde Shut-Upf
1 pp · Humor
Fine Art Captions
3 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Pencils variousInks various
Things We Shoulda Done...
3 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
When Doctors Advertise!
4 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody

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artist, inker Jack Davis
cover pencils, inks Jack Davis

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