The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis is the title of a celebrity comics comic book published by DC Comics featuring the popular team of comedians Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. The series ran for 40 issues from 1952 through 1957, at which time the title was renamed because of the real life breakup of the team. The title was continued as "The Adventures of Jerry Lewis" thereafter for issues #41-124. The new series featured the comedian Jerry Lewis in a variety of humorous situations. Infrequent guest stars included Batman, Bob
The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon attained. Many criticisms arose against Jerry Lewis himself, and his negative impressions of disability. Activists argued that Lewis tended to only value disabled children as "poster children," yet ignoring those same "poster children" as they grow up and need genuine help rather than pity. In his 1990 essay "If I Had Muscular Dystrophy" in "Parade" (which had a longtime yearly feature about the telethon with the MDA and Lewis' cooperation), Jerry Lewis imagines himself as an adult with MD. He writes, "I decided after 41 years of battling this curse that cripples children of all ages, that I would put