Early staff Cracked (magazine)

the first issue of cracked. art bill everett.

the magazine s first editor sol brodsky, better known journeyman artist , later production manager , publishing vice president @ marvel comics.

cracked s original publisher, robert c. sproul s major publications, imitated other companies successes in various genres, such westerns, men s adventure, , warren publications mid-1960s revival of horror comics.

editor terry bisson later recalled, whole company lowball imitations. publisher, robert sproul, wanted put out imitations of western, romance , astrology mags, , hired (at age 27) put them because of romance mag experience... pseudomags did pretty (this low end market). many of cracked contributors work on these titles. number of monster-themed issues printed under cracked umbrella, capitalizing on such publications fangoria , famous monsters of filmland. sproul published cracked 1980s.

however, company chased publishing trends, long-running flagship title cracked magazine—or cracked mazagine, cover read, deliberately misspelling magazine . (in same vein, magazine s website cracked.com referred wesbite. )