CRACKED wasn't the only humor mag that used photos from monster movies for their jokes. The gag mag POPULAR JOKES (Visual Varieties, Inc., May 1968) was yet another in the slew of adult cartoon digests and regular-size 'zines that offered risque single panel strips, short humorous text stories and semi-nude to all-nude photos and pin-ups, usually accompanied by a suggestive gag-line.
This issue has a two-page spread titled, "Have You Enjoyed An Out-of-the-Way Holiday Recently?" It includes two photos from horror flicks: Maria Ouspenskya as Maleva, "The Gypsy Woman" from THE WOLFMAN and Otto Kruger and Gloria Holden in DRACULA'S DAUGHTER.
Also in this issue is a spot pic of nudist and pin-up model, Diane Webber, star of MERMAIDS OF TIBERION (1962). The recycled photo was first used in a pictorial of Miss Weber in the men's adventure magazine, MAN'S ILLUSTRATED (February 1958). The cartoon on the top right panel is by Archie's own Dan DeCarlo.
Included is this full-page pinup of Austrian actress, Marisa Mell, taken around the time she was seen in Mario Bava's crime thriller DANGER: DIABOLIK. The captivating Miss Mell appeared in European films, including the Umberto Lenzi's giallo, SEVEN BLOOD-STAINED ORCHIDS (1972), VIOLENT BLOODBATH (1974), PARAPSYCHO (1975), OBSCENE DESIRE (1978) and RING OF DARKNESS (1979),