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).

TV's FIRST MONSTER FAMILY

MEET FRANKENSTEIN JR.

It may be hard to fathom, but before Young Frankenstein there was a Frankenstein Jr. The helpful robot created by boy scientist Buzz Conroy was a crime-fighting super-hero in the Hanna-Barbera cartoon show, FRANKENSTEIN JR. AND THE IMPOSSIBLES. It ran for 18 episodes in one season in 1966-1967.

The show spawned one issue of a comic book from Gold Key with a cover date of January 1967. The cover and Frankenstein Jr. stories were drawn by Phil De Lara and The Impossibles strip was illustrated by Pete Alvarado.