Mr. & Mrs. J. Evil Scientist
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Mr. & Mrs. J. Evil Scientist are a family of fictional characters inspired by The Addams Family cartoons that appeared in The New Yorker. They appeared on the Snagglepuss and Snooper and Blabber animated television series and starred in their own comic book.
[edit] Television history
The Scientist family (J. Evil, Mrs., and Junior) debuted on February 20, 1961, when Snagglepuss knocked on the door of a creepy old mansion and wound up contending with a giant mouse created by Junior. Later, Junior was baby-sat by Snooper & Blabber, and a "modern stone-age" variation on J. and family, named The Gruesomes, eventually turned up as The Flintstones' next-door neighbors.
[edit] Comic book
The family made its first comic book appearance in the second issue (January, 1963) of the extra-large anthology title, Hanna-Barbera Bandwagon published by Gold Key Comics. Here, as in their first animated appearance, they played second banana to Snagglepuss. But in the next (and final) issue, they were in story of their own, which is their first in any medium. Several months later, they had their own self-titled comic, just in time for Halloween. Three more issues followed, published for Halloween of 1964, '65 and '66. The series last four issues.
Despite the popularity of the property that inspired them, they never did have an animated series of their own.
