Green Lama #1

(December 1944)

Green Lama Contents (Table of Contents)

Green Lama / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Mac Raboy

Inks:

Mac Raboy

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

The Green Lama [Jethro Dumont]

Synopsis:

Contents page featuring illo of the Green Lama, features, story titles and brief synopses of stories.

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• in Green Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1 (April 2008)

The Court of Crime (Table of Contents)

Green Lama / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ken Crossen [as Richard Foster] (signed)

Pencils:

Mac Raboy (signed)

Inks:

Mac Raboy (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Rhoda Lewis (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Green Lama [Jethro Dumont](origin recap); Tsarong; Lt. Caraway; Foxey (villain); un-named boss (villain); Slug (villain)

Synopsis:

After the death of a small child at the hands of mobsters, Jethro Dumont takes on the guise of the Green Lama to battle crime. After visiting a Police Lieutenant, Dumont discovers that criminals, after being released from prison, are disappearing, and so he poses as a crook to discover the fate of those men: they are being organized into a "Navy of Crime"!

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• in Golden Age of Comics Special (New Media Publishing, 1982 series) #[nn] (Summer 1982)
• in Green Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1 (April 2008)

Keywords:

"Oh Mani Padme Hum" (oath)

Indexer Notes

The Green Lama's last appearance was in Prize Comics #34. Final 1/3 of the last page is a promotional illustrated ad encouraging readers to join the Green Lama Club.

The Witch of Times Square (Table of Contents)

The Boy Champions / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joseph Greene (signed)

Pencils:

Al Bare (signed)

Inks:

Al Bare (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Rhoda Lewis (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

The Boy Champions [Tuffy; Mickey; Wellington Smith] (introduction); a Witch (villain); Shifty (villain); other un-named criminals (villains)

Synopsis:

The Boy Champions are hired on their first case by a Witch, who wants them to gather a large crowd in Times Square while she puts on an exhibition, not realizing the show is a front for a robbery.

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• in Green Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1 (April 2008)

Indexer Notes

Credits added by Craig Delich 2008-10-3.

Enough Rope (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bennett Barley (signed)

Pencils:

? (spot illustration)

Inks:

? (spot illustration)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Johnny Lawrence; Honey; Henry Talcomb; Turner Markas (villain)

Synopsis:

Bloodhound Johnny Lawrence discovers that Turner Markas has used his near blind dog to help set a fire in his library that would destroy his stamp collection and would allow him to collect the insurance money for their loss.

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• in Green Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1 (April 2008)

none (Table of Contents)

Lieutenant Hercules / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Horace L. Gold [as Horace Gold] (signed)

Pencils:

Irving Tirman

Inks:

Irving Tirman

Colors:

?

Letters:

Rhoda Lewis (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Lieutenant Hercules [Wilbur Klutz](introduction, origin); Mr. MacGregor; Merlin (wizard, mythical character); un-named boss (villain); his gang (villains)

Synopsis:

Wilbur's boss is being blackmailed by gangsters, so he wants Wilbur to take his place so that a trap can be set to nab the bad guys. If the plan succeeds, Wilbur gets a lifetime job with the company. Wilbur wishes he had powers to help him out on this assignment, and the great wizard, Merlin appears to grant that request.

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• in Green Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1 (April 2008)

Indexer Notes

Credits added by Craig Delich 2008-10-4.

Smith? Kelly? Cohen? Svoboda? (Table of Contents)

War Bonds / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

?; most typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Patriotic PSA encouraging Americans to buy War Bonds, because if our boys are good enough to die for us, then the American people should support that effort by purchasing bonds.

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• in Green Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1 (April 2008)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Pop Flys / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Al Liederman [as L] (signed)

Pencils:

Al Liederman [as L] (signed)

Inks:

Al Liederman [as L] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Al Liederman

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Mike McTigg; Oscar

Synopsis:

Mike takes on a patsy sparring partner to prepare for the big fight, then is told that evening to take it easy and be ready for the big fight the next day. But a beautiful girl, spoken for by another guy, throws a monkey wrench into that plan.

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• in Green Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1 (April 2008)

Indexer Notes

Credits added by Craig Delich 2008-10-4.

Frozen Asset (Table of Contents)

Rick Masters / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Walter Gardner (signed)

Pencils:

Ira Turner (signed)

Inks:

Ira Turner (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Rhoda Lewis (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; aviation

Characters:

Rick Masters; Twin Eagles [aka Mike]; Fats (villain); Slicky (villain)

Synopsis:

Rick smells a rat when a group of men approach and pay him $1000 to fly their equipment to Alaska, unaware that they are trying to get a stash of gold away from a dead man's niece.

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• in Green Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1 (April 2008)

Indexer Notes

Credits added by Craig Delich 2008-10-4.

The Three Wishes (Table of Contents)

Angus Mac Erc / comic story / 6.66 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bruce Elliott (signed)

Pencils:

Jerry Robinson [as Perry Williams] (signed)

Inks:

Jerry Robinson [as Perry Williams] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Rhoda Lewis (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Angus Mac Erc [aka McErc]; King Oberon; un-named Private

Synopsis:

Mac Erc grants a soldier three wishes, but he doesn't use any of them very well.

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• in Green Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1 (April 2008)

Indexer Notes

Credits added by Craig Delich 2008-10-4.