Sunday, March 25, 2007

Yesterday we pointed out Joe Barbera's birthday and for today's Sunday Funnies we take notice of Mr. and Mrs. J Evil Scientist (and Junior). The creepy and eccentric family first debuted opposite Snagglepuss in an animated outing and appeared from time to time in episodes of other characters' toons, but they were possibly the only Hanna-Barbera characters to be more famous in the comics than in animated form. They appeared in a few issues of the anthology Hanna-Barbera Bandwagon comic by Gold Key before getting their own annual comics that came out around Halloween in the mid-60's.



Above is the cover of the second issue of Hanna-Barbera Bandwagon, featuring the comic book debut of Mr. and Mrs. J. Evil Scientist (though they don't appear on the cover).