Extra Special Cracked

From 1976 to 1986, Major Publications released Extra Special Cracked, a nine-issue humor comic that served as a spin-off or special edition within the Cracked magazine universe. Most frequently written by Don Orehek, the series featured art from a rotating team including Orehek himself, John Severin, and Bob Fingerman, each bringing their distinct satirical style to the book’s parody-heavy pages. While brief in its run, the series stands as a quirky artifact of the era’s newsstand humor comics, capturing the irreverent, slapstick tone that defined the Cracked brand during the 1970s and 1980s.