Cracked Collectors' Edition #16, 1976
Here's the rest of that special issue continuing from yesterday (click 'older post' at bottom). The inside front and back covers were a special pull-out poster.
Centerspread by Sururi Gumen.
This back cover was also a still from Lords of Flatbush, a film from before Happy Days that had Henry Winkler playing someone similar to the Fonz. Sylvester Stallone, his co-star, was not yet so recognizable,
If the Fonz Became Bionic was one of the many ways Cracked rode the wave of trends. From #140, March 1977.
UPDATE:
Poster (inside front and back covers) from Cracked #134, August 1976, by John Severin
A-Z GUIDE TO MOVIES AND TV SHOWS PARODIED BY MAD, CRACKED, CRAZY, ETC. UP TO 1996. THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. SPOILERS AND OTHER NON-SEQUITURS, TOO. SOMETIMES THESE THINGS HAVE WORDS OR SITUATIONS WE DON'T USE ANYMORE. YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THEY'RE OLD.
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When you said that Cracked was sometimes more like a fanzine, I was literally thinking of that "Bionic Fonz" article which literally ends with "Fonz is the coolest!"
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