MR. AND MRS. J. EVIL SCIENTIST FIRST APPEARANCE!

The comic trio of Mr. and Mrs. J. Evil Scientist and son Junior were obviously inspired by Charles Addams' cartoons of The Addams Family that appeared regularly in THE NEW YORKER. Their first appearance in a comic book was in this issue of Gold Key's HANNA-BARBERA BANDWAGON #2 (January 1963). Art is by Kay Wright, who began her comic book career in the early 1940s drawing mostly funny animal stories for ACG, Dell, DC and Pines.

BONUS!

Just for fun, the front, back and inside covers of HANNA-BARBERA BANDWAGON #2:

Art by Harry Eisenberg.

MEET MR. AND MRS. J. EVIL SCIENTIST

Under the influence of Chas Addams' THE ADDAMS FAMILY New Yorker cartoons (the TV show was a few years off) was Hanna-Barbera's MR. AND MRS. J. EVIL SCIENTIST). The trio (Boris, Goonda and Junior) first appeared on TV in "The Great Diaper Caper" on a Snooper and Blabber animated cartoon as a part of THE QUICK DRAW MCGRAW SHOW in 1961. They also guested the same year on THE YOGI BEAR SHOW in a Snagglepuss cartoon. Their last animated cartoon appearance was on Snooper and Blabber's "Chilly Chiller" on Feb 17, 1962.

They transitioned to comics, first appearing in HANNA-BARBERA BANDWAGON #2 (Western/Gold Key, January 1963) and again in issue #3 (April 1963) in their own story.

Deemed popular enough, they got their own comic book, which ran for four issues from October 1962 - April 1963.

The first issue is shown here today. No credit is given to the writer(s) and artist(s).

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