One family member that has not been discussed much is Thing. Many of you may know Thing from the show, or the movies. But in the strip, Thing was quite different, Thing was a person. In fact that is Thing down in the bottom left.
I briefly mentioned Thing near the start of this journey, in week 3.
This image is the cover for Addams and Evil, published in 1947. At this time Fester, Granny Frump, and Grandmama were not yet official members of the Family.
In the TV show Pugsley has a pet octopus, here Wednesday can be seen holding a presumably toy octopus.
There really is not much of a “comic” to this strip, being the book cover. But it is a picture i enjoy a lot, and it fits well with my cozy theme of the last couple weeks.
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Thing was in the very first Addams Family strip with Morticia, and Lurch, published 6 August, 1938.
Fester’s first appearance was in January 1941, in a strip I have yet to share. He was not even a member of the Family until 1950 when Fester was pictured on the cover of the book Monster Rally.
There are only two strips that feature It, or Itt in the TV series. However you may notice It or another relative covered in hair is also on the cover of Monster Rally.
Even though I have yet to properly introduce Fester, he was the subject of the very first strip I shared in this project.
I wonder what happened to Thing. Tragic death and all that could be saved was a single reanimated hand?
Maybe so!