Angel and the Ape

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Angel and the Ape
Showcase #77 (December 1968).
Pencils by Bob Oksner, inks by Tex Blaisdell.
Publication information
Publisher(vol. 1–2)
DC Comics
(vol. 3)
Vertigo Comics
ScheduleBi-monthly
Format(vol. 1)
Ongoing series
(vol. 2–3)
Limited series
Publication date(vol. 1)
November 1968-September 1969
(vol. 2)
March–June 1991
(vol. 3)
October 2001-January 2002
No. of issues(vol. 1): 7
(vol. 2–3): 4 each
Main character(s)Angel O'Day
Sam Simeon
Creative team
Created byE. Nelson Bridwell & Bob Oksner
Written by(vol. 1)
E. Nelson Bridwell
(vol. 2)
Phil Foglio
(vol. 3)
Howard Chaykin and David Tischman
Artist(s)(vol. 1)
Bob Oksner
(vol. 2)
Phil Foglio
(vol. 3)
Philip Bond
Inker(s)(vol. 1)
Wally Wood
Colorist(s)(vol. 2)
Tom Ziuko

Angel and the Ape is a humor

Showcase #77[1] then graduated to their own title, with art by comic artist Bob Oksner, most often inked by Wally Wood. The title lasted for seven issues, being renamed to Meet Angel for its final appearance.[2]

Series overview

Angel O'Day is a private investigator who manages the O'Day and Simeon Detective Agency with her partner Sam Simeon.

San Simeon estate of publisher William Randolph Hearst.[5] In the first few stories, Sam draws comics for a self-obsessed editor named Stan Bragg, then moves to a competitor, working for Morton Stoops.[6]

Revivals

The series has been revived twice. The first was by

Flash
. As such, Sam has mental powers that he can use to make a limited number of people see him as a human being. However, a break in his concentration allows people to see him in his true form. This is in contrast to the original series, wherein people see Sam's true form but convince themselves he is simply an unusually ape-like human male, since it is "impossible" for there to be such a thing as a talking gorilla.

A second revival was made in early 2001 under DC's Vertigo imprint, with a vastly different take. The four-issue limited series was written by Howard Chaykin and David Tischman, with art by Philip Bond and covers by Arthur Adams.

The two appeared in a one-page story in DC Holiday Special '09, written and drawn by Andrew Pepoy.

In 2011, "

Gorilla City turned Sam into a humanoid gorilla. During the "Forever Evil" storyline, Simeon fell under the control of Cheetah who had him operate as Primeape.[7]

In 2012, Angel and Sam appeared in a segment of the anthology title Joe Kubert Presents.

Angel and Sam are briefly seen when they sense Miguel Montez using the H-Dial for the first time.[8]

Appearances

  1. Showcase #77 (September 1968): "Angel and the Ape"
  2. Angel and the Ape Vol. 1 #1 (November–December 1968)
  3. Angel and the Ape Vol. 1 #2 (January–February 1969)
  4. Angel and the Ape Vol. 1 #3 (March–April 1969)
  5. Angel and the Ape Vol. 1 #4 (May–June 1969)
  6. Angel and the Ape Vol. 1 #5 (July–August 1969)
  7. Angel and the Ape Vol. 1 #6 (September–October 1969)
  8. Meet Angel #7 (November–December 1969)
  9. Limited Collectors' Edition #C-34 (February–March 1975) (Christmas with the Super-Heroes)
  10. Showcase #100 (May 1978): "There Shall Come a Gathering"
  11. Crisis on Infinite Earths #11 (February 1986): "Aftershock" (Angel appears with
    Jonni Thunder and Sam appears with Detective Chimp
    , but they do not appear together)
  12. Swamp Thing Annual Vol. 2 #3 (1987): "Distant Cousins"
  13. Angel and the Ape Vol. 2 #1 (March 1991): "Shaking the Family Tree"
  14. Angel and the Ape Vol. 2 #2 (April 1991): "The Apes of Wrath"
  15. Angel and the Ape Vol. 2 #3 (May 1991): "Family Feud"
  16. Angel and the Ape Vol. 2 #4 (June 1991): "Monkey See - Monkey Doom"
  17. Guy Gardner: Warrior #29 (March 1995): "It's My Party And I'll Fight If I Want To"
  18. Martian Manhunter Annual #2 (1999): "Fear and Loathing on the Planet of Apes"
  19. Angel and the Ape Vol. 3 #1 (October 2001): "Model Behavior"
  20. Angel and the Ape Vol. 3 #2 (November 2001): "Death Becomes Her"
  21. Angel and the Ape Vol. 3 #3 (December 2001): "36DD For Death"
  22. Angel and the Ape Vol. 3 #4 (January 2002): "Deux Ex Machina"
  23. Infinite Crisis #5 (April 2006)
  24. DC Holiday Special 2009 (February 2010): "Angel and The Ape"
  25. Joe Kubert Presents #1 (December 2012)
  26. Joe Kubert Presents #2 (January 2013)
  27. Joe Kubert Presents #3 (February 2013)
  28. Joe Kubert Presents #4 (March 2013)
  29. Joe Kubert Presents #5 (April 2013)
  30. Joe Kubert Presents #6 (May 2013)

In other media

References

  1. beauty and the beast
    concept when they opened the O'Day and Simeon Detective Agency for business.
  2. ^ Markstein, Don. "Angel and the Ape". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  3. ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0
    .
  4. ISBN 978-0-7566-4119-1
  5. ^ Amash, Jim (April 2007). "My Women Had Saturday Night Bodies And Sunday School Faces". Alter Ego #67. p. 21. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  6. ISBN 978-1605490557
    .
  7. ^ Forever Evil: A.R.G.U.S. #5. DC Comics.
  8. ^ Dial H for Hero #1. DC Comics.

External links

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