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.
So the creepy guy hanging out in the background didn’t have a name, but there was a comic where there is a sign on the gate that says “Beware of the Thing”, and a comic where the wife (who would be named later in the show, but the original comics didn’t name the characters) is listening to a record and a hand is coming out to change the music.
Oh also in the TV show, Lurch and The Thing are played by Ted Cassidy. Yep, it’s the same guy!