Crak! (1963) is an exhibition poster published by
Posters Originals in 1963 for a Leo Castelli exhibition held from September 28
to October 24, 1963. Referenced in Corlett no. II.2.C, Bianchini (1971) cat. no.
5, Zerner (1974) cat. no. 7. Named for its onomatopoeic graphic text,
Lichtenstein’s “Crak!” is a first edition poster, not a reproduction. The poster
image presents a beret-clad woman shooting a rifle. Lichtenstein recomposed the
comic book source — from a story written by Bob Haney and illustrated by Jack
Abel in Star Spangled War Stories #102 (Apr./May 1962) — by cropping the subject
and replacing the mound of sand with a pile of sandbags.