The cover of The Inspector #8 (March 1976) references 'Lobster primps before a mirror' for Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland (1865) by John Tenniel?

 

 

 

 leading from

The Pink Panther comic book trail

and

The 'Maenad holding the thyrsos and wearing a panther skin' avenue  

 

 

 

 

a) The cover of The Inspector #8  (March 1976)

 

 

 

 

b) 'Lobster primps before a mirror' for Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland (1865) by John Tenniel

 

 

 

c) The mirror frame becomes the top part of the jack handle while the brush becomes the inspector's head

 

 

 

 

 

d) Mottled pattern along the crayfish's lower body becomes the paw prints