Brenner stayed on as editor almost to the end, leaving the post after issue #61 (July 1949). As comics readers' tastes changed in the years following World War II, Quality publisher Arnold responded. Starting with issue #63 (Nov. 1949), "Crack" became a Western comic, changing its name to "Crack Western". This format lasted 22 issues until #84 (May 1953), when the title changed again, to "Jonesy". "Jonesy" published one issue with the old numbering system and then restarted (from #2), publishing until issue #8 (Oct. 1954), when it was cancelled for good. Following the demise of "Crack Comics" and later the publisher itself, many of Quality Comics' characters lapsed into the public domain. In November 2011, as part of editor Erik Larsen's "Next Issue Project," Image Comics published "Crack Comics" "#63," containing the following stories:  Other characters of note who appeared in "Crack Comics" included Batch Bachelor, Biff Banks, Black Shark, Dewey Drip, Kiki Kelly, and Yankee Guerilla.