Green Lama #2

(February 1945)

Green Lama Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Pencils

Mac Raboy

Inks

Mac Raboy

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

The Green Lama [Jethro Dumont]

Synopsis

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

Reprints

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

Willie the Sleeper! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Ken Crossen

Pencils

Mac Raboy

Inks

Mac Raboy

Colors

?

Letters

Rhoda Lewis (signed)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Green Lama [Jethro Dumont]; Tsarong; Lieutenant Caraway; Willie the Sleeper (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Willie, the President of the Chamber of Criminal Commerce, offers a grand prize of $10,000 to anyone who sends them the best idea for a successful crime wave in the postwar underworld.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

The last 1/3 of the last page of the story is an illustrated ad for the Green Lama Club. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2008-10-5.

Smith? Kelly? Cohen? Svoboda? (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Illustrated ad encouraging Americans to join the war effort and buy War Bonds.

Reprints

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

A Genius in the Family! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Joseph Greene (signed)

Pencils

Al Bare (signed)

Inks

Al Bare (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Rhoda Lewis (signed)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Boy Champions [Tuffy; Mickey; Wellington Smith]; Horace Higginbottom (villain); Higginbottom's gang (villains)

Synopsis

Tuffy writes what he thinks is a masterpiece and sees a man about publishing it, which he agrees to do. But Tuffy is not aware the man plans to use the publishing of the book as a cover for a crime!

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Credits added by Craig Delich 2008-10-5.

Murder on Water (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Joseph Greene (signed)

Pencils

? (spot illustration)

Inks

? (spot illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

crime

Characters

Inspector McGabe; Professor Sam Hoyle; Mrs. Sterling; John Gardner (villain)

Synopsis

Inspector McCabe asks Professor Hoyle help him solve the murder of James Sterling, a man strangled to death on a life raft in the water while half a dozen people watched.

Reprints

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

Youth Is a Curse! (Table of Contents: 6)

Angus Mac Erc / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Bruce Elliott (signed)

Pencils

Jerry Robinson [as Perry Williams] (signed)

Inks

Jerry Robinson [as Perry Williams] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Angus Mac Erc [aka Mc Erc]; Time; Mr. Magdelene; Chumley Sister Maudlin; Paracelsus

Synopsis

While at a library, Mac Erc runs into a student of the dark arts who plans to release one Paracelsus from his imprisonment in a tree for the last few centuries.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Credits added by Craig Delich 2008-10-5.

Letterer credit revised from Rhoda Lewis to ? by Craig Delich. Lettering on this story totally different from Lewis' work on the other stories.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Al Liederman [as L] (signed)

Pencils

Al Liederman [as L] (signed)

Inks

Al Liederman [as L] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Al Liederman

Genre

sports

Characters

Mike McTigg; Pop; Joe Clutch (villain)

Synopsis

Mike gets nervous before his big fight, but his pop is equally scared of the fight he has waiting at home: with his wife!

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Credits added by Craig Delich 2008-10-5.

Censor Trouble (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 (signed)

Genre

adventure; aviation

Characters

Rick Masters; Twin Eagle; F. X. MacIntyre (death); Peeves (villain, death); Big Casino (villain, death); Little Casino (villain, death)

Synopsis

When Rick Masters and his sidekick set up their commercial air operations, they thought it would be smooth sailing. And it would have been, except for a dictionary, a dying man, a stolen safe and the power of static electricity.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Credits added by Craig Delich 2008-10-5.

It Pays to Advertise (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

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

Pencils

Irving Tirman

Inks

Irving Tirman

Colors

?

Letters

Rhoda Lewis (signed)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lieutenant Hercules [Wilbur Klutz]; Merlin; un-named gang members (villains)

Synopsis

Wilbur decides that the job of bookkeeper is beneath the dignity of a superhero, so he decides to use his super powers to cash in.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Credits added by Craig Delich 2008-10-5. Story title taken from the contents page.