The Thénardiers are only in the original Les Miserables and weren't put in the adaptations.
Classics Illustrated is an American comic book series featuring adaptations of literary classics such as Les Miserables , Moby Dick , Hamlet , and The Iliad . Thénardiers . The novel portrays them as brutal and abusive figures ; some adaptations transform them into clownish characters , though sometimes still criminals , to provide comic relief from the generally more serious tone of the story .