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Issue: Showcase #77
Publication Date: September 1968
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Issues: #77 of 104 Issues (108 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/25/1968
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando
Disclose Notes: Only Angel and the Ape tryout issue. On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Bob Oksner; Sergio Aragones (cover idea)
Inker(s): Tex Blaisdell ?; Bob Oksner ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Angel and the Ape
First Line: Drop the pen, Sam! I have a feeling our first case is here!
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In Content Item: FlagStripp #1/1990 published October 1990
as Velkommen [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]Ape hands from lower third of cover
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell (plot) ?; Howie Post ?; Al Jaffee ?
Penciller(s): Bob Oksner (signed)
Inker(s): Tex Blaisdell (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ray Holloway ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Angel and the Ape
Character(s): Angel O'Day; Sam Simian (a gorilla); Trumbull; gangsters; cops; Stan Bragg; Tex Bumblewell (parody of inker Tex Blaisdell); a zookeeper
First Line: Boy, wouldn't it be rotten...
Synopsis: Trumbull, with his leg in a cast, stumbles into O'DAY AND SIMEON, PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS. Angel is a crack PI and judo master. Sam is a gorilla who draws comic books. Sam delivers his latest art to Stan Bragg, publisher at BRAINPIX PUBLICATION, INC. Angel protects Trumbull from kidnapping, but they're nabbed. Sam races across the city (nobody noticing he's a gorilla in a suit) to the zoo. Angel wiggles out of her bonds as Sam avoids death traps. The zookeeper nabbed Trumbull for his cast, since the bandages contain "super rocket" plans - for a ride at Disneyland!
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In Content Item: FlagStripp #1/1990 published October 1990
as Engelen og Apen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 21.67
Disclose Notes: Feature continues in Angel and the Ape (DC, 1968 series) #1 (November-December 1968).

There is no definite conclusion on who wrote this story. In Amazing World of DC Comics #10, January 1976, in "There's No Cases Like Showcases", Jack C. Harris wrote, "Orlando was up again with... Angel and the Ape... by E. Nelson Bridwell, Al Jaffee, Bob Oskner, and Tex Blaisdell... with the cover idea of [Sergio] Aragones. In the letters column of Adventure Comics #414 (January 1972), when a fan recalls AATA, E. Nelson Bridwell replies, "That was a creation of Publisher Carmine Infantino, Editor Joe Orlando, and yours truly... with Bob's art." On The Drawing Board #67, June 1968, credits Bridwell with plot and Howie Post with script. Other writers cited in the past include Howie Post and Bob Kanigher (creation and writing).

Story across 23 pages, but page 6 is a 2/3-page, and pages 15 and 23 are 1/2-pages.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic, superhero
Feature(s): Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
First Line: You are cordially invited to attend the wedding of Lois Lane and Superman...
Synopsis: House ad for Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #86, an 80-Page Giant "Featuring Lois' Schemes and Dreams to Marry Superman!"
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Pages: 1
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Enemy Ace Is Back!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert (part)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Enemy Ace
Character(s): Enemy Ace
Synopsis: House ad for Enemy Ace in Star Spangled War Stories.
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Pages: 0.5
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Fanzine Review; Geek Sneak Peek

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Wonderful World of Comics
Synopsis: Review of the fanzine STAR-STUDDED COMICS, funny graffitti such as "Neal Adams is a One-Liner!", and promo for THE GEEK.
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Pages: 1

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