tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post5880872051994545930..comments2024-03-09T13:14:56.299-08:00Comments on Silver Age Comics: Angel & Ape #2Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-55591300488151129922014-07-22T22:00:18.705-07:002014-07-22T22:00:18.705-07:00I really enjoy reading and also appreciate your wo...I really enjoy reading and also appreciate your work. <a href="http://cmro.travis-starnes.com" rel="nofollow">Silver Age Comic Books</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08459584100214799566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-75630767264655783802014-07-19T20:54:04.595-07:002014-07-19T20:54:04.595-07:00I had issue #1, as well as their first appearance ...I had issue #1, as well as their first appearance in Showcase #77. <br /><br />In the Showcase issue, they did have a client, a man who had been injured in a skiing accident in Europe. Unknown to him, secret blueprints had been hidden in his cast, to smuggle them into the US. When the spies tried to kill or kidnap him to retrieve the plans, he hired Angel and Sam to protect him.<br /><br />In A&A #1, they got involved in the case by chance. Angel was moonlighting as a go-go dancer to earn extra money, and got kidnapped by a mad scientist. He planned to hypnotize the dancers to commit robberies. Sam rescued her, then together they rescued the dancers and caught the villain. <br /><br />At the time, I liked the series. If I were to read it today, I would probably think that it was too self-consciously cute, and trying to hard to be clever and cool. Just like a lot of late 1960's pop culture stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-35638312052992265772014-07-19T14:25:00.102-07:002014-07-19T14:25:00.102-07:00Angel and Sam returned in 1991, in a 4-issue mini-...Angel and Sam returned in 1991, in a 4-issue mini-series written and drawn by Phil Foglio and worth checking out. It was revealed that Angel was the half-sister of Athena Tremor (a.k.a Dumb Bunny of the Inferior Five), and Sam was the grandson of Flash foe Gorilla Grodd. This was a time when DC was bringing back many of its older and more obscure characters and fitting them into the post-COIE continuity. Thanks for this glimpse of the originals. (You're right about Oksner's art. Despite his cartoony style, he drew beautiful women, making him the perfect artist for this title.) -- JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com