Editing Angel and the Ape (section)

==Series overview==
Angel O'Day is a private investigator who manages the O'Day and Simeon Detective Agency with her partner Sam Simeon.<ref name=Guide>{{cite book |last1=Cowsill |first1=Alan |last2=Irvine |first2=Alex |last3=Korte |first3=Steve |last4=Manning |first4=Matt |last5=Wiacek |first5=Win |last6=Wilson |first6=Sven |title=The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe |date=2016 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-5357-0 |page=14}}</ref> Sam differs from many stereotypical detectives; besides helping Angel, Sam is a comic book artist and a talking gorilla.<ref name="dc-ency">{{Citation | last = Wallace | first = Dan | contribution = Angel and the Ape | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The DC Comics Encyclopedia | pages = 15 | publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]] | place = London | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-0-7566-4119-1}}</ref> Sam's name is a pun on the word "[[simian]]" and the [[San Simeon]] estate of publisher [[William Randolph Hearst]].<ref name="Alter Ego">{{Cite magazine |last=Amash |first=Jim |date=April 2007 |title=My Women Had Saturday Night Bodies And Sunday School Faces |url=https://issuu.com/twomorrows/docs/alterego67preview |magazine=Alter Ego #67 |page=21 |access-date=2022-07-06}}</ref> In the first few stories, Sam draws comics for self-obsessed editor [[Stan Lee|Stan Bragg]] and his rival [[Mort Weisinger|Morton Stoops]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wells |first1=John |title=American Comic Book Chronicles: 1965-1969 |date=2014 |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |isbn=978-1605490557 |page=209}}</ref>

===Revivals===
The series has been revived twice. The first was by [[Phil Foglio]] in the 1990s. In [[Phil Foglio]]'s 1991 miniseries, Angel is revealed to be the half-sister of Dumb Bunny, a member of the [[Inferior Five]], also created by Bridwell. Sam is depicted as the grandson of [[Gorilla Grodd]] and possesses psychic abilities that he can use to disguise himself as a human.

A second miniseries was released in 2001 under the [[Vertigo Comics]] imprint. It was written by [[Howard Chaykin]] and [[David Tischman]], with art by [[Philip Bond]] and covers by [[Arthur Adams (comics)|Arthur Adams]].

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

In ''[[The New 52]]'' continuity reboot, Angel and Sam Simeon are human [[A.R.G.U.S.]] scientists, with the latter being transformed into a gorilla following an accident with gorilla DNA from [[Gorilla City]].<ref>''Forever Evil: A.R.G.U.S.'' #5. DC Comics.</ref><ref>''[[Dial H for Hero]]'' #1. DC Comics.</ref>