Green Lama #5

(May 1945)

Green Lama (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Pencils

Mac Raboy

Inks

Mac Raboy

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

The Green Lama [Jeffrey Dumont]

Synopsis

Illustrated table of contents of all features, story titles, etc. for this issue.

Reprints

• in Green Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #2 (January 2009)

Indexer Notes

Credits added by Craig Delich 2008-12-25. Contents page lists layouts by Rhoda Lewis, Joseph Greene as Editor and Mac Raboy as Art Editor.

The Four Freedoms! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Ken Crossen [as Richard Foster] (signed)

Pencils

Mac Raboy (pages 1-5) (signed); Harry Anderson (pages 6-12)

Inks

Mac Raboy (pages 1-5) (signed); Harry Anderson (pages 6-12)

Colors

?

Letters

Rhoda Lewis

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Green Lama [Jethro Dumont]; Tsarong; Pvt. Joe Johnson; Pvt. Jones; the Nazis (villains); Adolf Hitler (villain); Hermann Göring (villain); Joseph Goebbels (villain)

Synopsis

A letter from a Private in the Army brings the Green Lama to an Army camp, wherein resides a resident bigot. In order to bring the man to his senses, The Lama takes the soldier on a little trip to Nazi Germany.

Reprints

• in Green Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #2 (January 2009)

Indexer Notes

Although this story is signed by Raboy, only the first five pages are by him. Anderson takes over the rest, which can be easily seen by the faces with more lines than Raboy's very "economic" use of lines. He never makes more than necessary, while Anderson have some short inklines under the outer corner of the eyes, and also his special mouth with two lines that don't meet in the middle. Also the sleek Raboy-figure of Green Lama is missing in these pages, he is not as long legged as his. The faces on the last page gives Anderson most away, with round eyes, very thin eyebrows higher up than Raboy, and those peculiar small lines under the outer eye corners. No two-lined mouth here, since everybody are smiling. Compare with the signed Anderson story in "Mr. Scarlet and Pinky", Wow Comics #34. Anderson is credited on Green Lama by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, but no credits are found on any of the Green Lama features in Green Lama. Information added by Steinar Ådland 2011-9-11.

Tuffy Becomes a Papa! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Joseph Greene [as Joseph Verdy] (signed)

Pencils

Jerry Robinson (signed)

Inks

Jerry Robinson (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Rhoda Lewis

Genre

adventure

Characters

The Boy Champions [Tuffy; Mickey; Wellington Smith]; Prentiss Hicks; "Ace" Ryan (villain); Windy (villain)

Synopsis

"Ace" Ryan sends out one of his aides to case a store for a robbery, and then discovers that an Easter display for children may interfer with those plans. Unfortunately for Ryan, his plans for the robbery also hit a snag with his aide is offered a contract to perform his magic act in the movies.

Reprints

• in Green Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #2 (January 2009)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Pop Flys / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Al Liederman (signed)

Pencils

Al Liederman (signed)

Inks

Al Liederman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Al Liederman

Genre

humor

Characters

Mike McTigg; Pop

Synopsis

Mike and Pop are on a hunting trip, not having much luck, when a freak accident occurs and brings the hunt to an unfortunate end.

Reprints

• in Green Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #2 (January 2009)

Little Coughin' Fannie! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

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

Pencils

Irving Tirman [as Ira Turner] (signed)

Inks

Irving Tirman [as Ira Turner] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Rhoda Lewis

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lt. Hercules [Wilbur Klutz]; Merlin; Little Coughin' Fanny; Necessary Smith; Johnny (villain); Maw (villain)

Synopsis

Still in comic land, Lt. Hercules helps put an end to a smuggling operation.

Reprints

• in Green Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #2 (January 2009)

The Green Lama Club (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Smart Enough (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Joseph Greene [as Lawrence Vert] (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Characters

Tom Jenkins; Erich (villain); Schultz (villain)

Synopsis

Tom Jenkins outsmarts a couple of Nazi saboteurs who are trying to dynamite a huge factory turning out war supplies.

Reprints

• in Green Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #2 (January 2009)

A Twist of Time! (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Bruce Elliott [as Walter Gardner] (signed)

Pencils

Mort Lawrence (signed)

Inks

Mort Lawrence (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Rhoda Lewis

Genre

adventure; aviation

Characters

Rick Masters; Twin Eagles [aka Mike]; Mr. Gibson (villain)

Synopsis

Rick and Mike find themselves 100,000 years in the past after being hired to fly "blind" to San Francisco using only a televisor invention.

Reprints

• in Green Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #2 (January 2009)

Sauce for the Sorcerer! (Table of Contents: 9)

Angus McErc / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Bruce Elliott (signed)

Pencils

George Roussos [as Perry Williams] (signed)

Inks

George Roussos [as Perry Williams] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Angus McErc [aka Mac Erc]; Oberon

Synopsis

Angus decides that his peculiar talents are better suited in Great Britain than in the United States, so he boards a ship for Europe, not realizing he will battle head to head with another sorcerer.

Reprints

• in Green Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #2 (January 2009)