THE INEPT-ONE FACTOR

THE NEPTUNE FACTOR (1973)
dir:Daniel Petrie

THE INEPT-ONE FACTOR
Cracked #120, October 1974
a: John Severin

Underwater adventure about an Oceanlab planning to leave an expedition until they experience an earthquake. Dr. Andrews (Walter Pidgeon) is the captain of The Neptune and enlists the help of Adrien Blake (Ben Gazzara) to help rescue the divers, along with Mack Mackay (Ernest Borgnine) and Leah Jansen (Yvette Mimieux). Scenes of real marine life are shown, supposedly the species the divers must be saved from.

This parody has all kinds of footnotes explaining the jokes so I don't have to. I'm not sure if they were part of the script or added by Severin himself.

Here's a gag they don't explain. A diver is Lloyd Bridges from Sea Hunt.

They also make reference to Shelley Winters from the then-recent Poseidon Adventure.