And the first part of this rambling and too brief history of Cracked magazine, the best rip-off of Mad magazine.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Weapon X" by Barry Windsor-Smith, his classic take on the story of how Wolverine got his adamantium skeleton.

And now a rambling and too brief review of the original 1982  "Wolverine" limited series by Christ Claremont & Frank Miller, which featured the character in his first solo outing.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Whiteout" by Greg Ruck & Steve Lieber, a classic murder mystery set in Antartica

And now a ramblinga and too brief review of "We3" by Grant Morrision & Frank Quitely, a three issue mini-series from 2004 about cybernetic animal assassins that is a lot more powerful than the concept reads on paper.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "The Walking Dead" by Robert Kirkman, his seminal zombie series that reset the genre for the comic book medium.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "The Dark Phoenix Saga" by Chris Claremont & John Byrne, which collects "Uncanny X-Men" #129 to 138, agruably the greatest X-Men tale of all time.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Ultimate X-Men" by Mark Millar, Andy & Adam Kubert, the second series in Marvel's Ultimate line that rebooted the classic mutant team, along with eventually introducing Ultimate Nick Fury, who bares a strong resemblence to Samuel L. Jackson.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Ultimate Spider-Man", the flagship title that launched the Ultimate  universe at Marvel.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Torso" by Brian Michael Bendis & Marc Andreyko, which is a retelling of the true story of the Cleveland Torso Killings of the 1930's.