Angel and the Ape #6

Angel and the Ape #6 (On Sale: July 15, 1969) has a cover by Bob Oksner on this their final issue, though there will be one more comic in this series, simply entitled Meet Angel.

We have three short Angel and the Ape stories this issue. We start with "The Robbing Robot" by John Albano, Bob Oksner and Wally Wood. Angel and Sam are hired by Professor Eightstein to find a missing robot that was stolen from his laboratory. The robot possesses incredible strength and the crooks use it to steal a bank by removing the entire building from its foundations. The crooks then kidnap Eightstein and Angel. Sam tracks down the crooks, but they use the robot against him. Sam then dresses as a female robot and returns. When the crooks attack Sam, the real robot who has fallen in love with Sam, knocks them out.

Next is "The Liberator" a one-page featuring only Sam, which is also drawn by Bob Oksner and Wally Wood. When Sam Simeon sees a chimpanzee chained up, he breaks the chain setting the monkey free. The monkey's owner, an organ grinder, returns from lunch in time to see what Sam has done. He then forces Sam to perform as his new monkey to replace the one that ran away.

We end with "The Ape of 1,000 Disguises" by John Albano, Bob Oksner and Wally Wood. Angel makes a date with photographer Alec Sharp. Alec has a lucky coin that has been passed down through generations. Sam does not like Alec, so he uses various disguises to follow Angel on her date. Angel recognizes Sam as a cab driver, a waiter, an usher, and as a woman. She does not mention it during the date, but plans to chastise Sam the next day. Just as Angel starts yelling at Sam, Alec returns. He is upset about losing his lucky coin. Sam then produces the coin which Alec used to pay for cab fare.

Edited by Joe Orlando.