One point makes it easy to tell E. Nelson Bridwell's scripting on DC's Angel and the Ape. Most of the other writers' ape-speak by Sam Simeon is gibberish, but Bridwell's, beginning with #4, is garbled English. In issue #6 the first story, "The Robbing Robot," is credited on the splash page to John Albano (thus I haven't listed it here). "The Ape of 1,000 Disguises" in the same issue is uncredited. Compare the ape-speak, given with translations. The ape-speak in Showcase #77 is garbled English too, but the sound effects confirm the scripting as Howard Post's.
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Angel and the Ape #1 confuses me more each time I look. I would have said Post, perhaps, but the ape-speak is now gibberish.
Henry Boltinoff's writing in #7 is easy to spot when he uses the caption "And..." such as he's used in his page-or-two cartoon features like "Jerry the Jitterbug," where brevity counts. He's the best bet for that issue's other one-pagers that I couldn't be positive enough about to enter here.
I can't tell who plotted a story. In the case of Angel and the Ape #2, which I've left off this list too since it's credited, Sergio Aragonés is in those credits as co-scripter with Bob Oksner, presumably plotter as he's listed first. Showcase #77? Supposedly Nelson Bridwell, supposedly Robert Kanigher, supposedly even Al Jaffee. I'd go with Bridwell from the contemporary On the Drawing Board #67 (June 1968) listing.
Writers:
Angel and the Ape in SHOWCASE
ANGEL AND THE APE
MEET ANGEL
Angel and the Ape #1 confuses me more each time I look. I would have said Post, perhaps, but the ape-speak is now gibberish.
Henry Boltinoff's writing in #7 is easy to spot when he uses the caption "And..." such as he's used in his page-or-two cartoon features like "Jerry the Jitterbug," where brevity counts. He's the best bet for that issue's other one-pagers that I couldn't be positive enough about to enter here.
I can't tell who plotted a story. In the case of Angel and the Ape #2, which I've left off this list too since it's credited, Sergio Aragonés is in those credits as co-scripter with Bob Oksner, presumably plotter as he's listed first. Showcase #77? Supposedly Nelson Bridwell, supposedly Robert Kanigher, supposedly even Al Jaffee. I'd go with Bridwell from the contemporary On the Drawing Board #67 (June 1968) listing.
Writers:
Angel and the Ape in SHOWCASE
| Sep/68 | #77 | Angel and the Ape | Howard Post |
ANGEL AND THE APE
| Mar-Apr/69 | #3 | The Curse of the Avarice Clan | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| May-June/ | #4 | Remember the Chow Mein | Bridwell |
| The Case of Trouble on the Talk Show | Bridwell | ||
| Cheapskater's Waltz | Bridwell | ||
| July-Aug/ | #5 | Pigeon Mob | John Albano |
| Hippie, Hippie, Hooray | Albano | ||
| Sep-Oct/ | #6 | The Ape of 1,000 Disguises (Would You Believe Four?) | Bridwell |
MEET ANGEL
| Nov-Dec/69 | #7 | A Busy Little Aunt | Albano |
| Suits Me Fine | Henry Boltinoff | ||
| The Case of the "Inside Job" | Boltinoff | ||
| The Case of the Millionaire Cat | Boltinoff |