Green Lama
#3
(March 1945)
Spark Publications,
1944 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Spark Publications
- Editing
- Joseph Greene
Issue Notes
Layouts by Al Jetter.
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Green Lama Contents
The Green Lama / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Characters
- The Green Lama [Jethro Dumont]; Falstaff
- Synopsis
- Illustrated contents page listing story titles, characters and brief plot synopsis for each story.
- Reprints
The Riddle of Toys!
The Green Lama / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Ken Crossen [as Richard Foster] (signed)
- Pencils
- Mac Raboy (pages 1-8, 10-11); Harry Anderson (pages 9 and 12)
- Inks
- Mac Raboy (pages 1-8, 10-11); Harry Anderson (pages 9 and 12)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Rhoda Lewis (signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Green Lama [Jethro Dumont]; Tsarong; Lieutenant Caraway; Mr. Jerome; Bobby Stout; Jimmy Starr; Falstaff (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Green Lama begins to investigate what is behind the strange thefts of children's playthings, playthings that were autographed by famed pitcher, Robby Steller.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Page 9 is drawn by Harry Anderson, as can be seen by the faces both of Green Lama and the villains. Anderson's faces have a special mouth with two lines that don't meet at the center, and more open eyes than Raboy, and also some lines on the cheek, which never appear in faces by Raboy, who is very "economic" with lines. Compare with the signed Anderson story in "Mr. Scarlet and Pinky", Wow Comics #34. Also page 12 has Anderson faces in panel 1 and 3, so this page is most probably by Anderson too. Anderson is credited on Green Lama by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, but he is not found credited in any of the Green Lama features in GCD. Anderson also has several pages in Green Lama #5.
Music for Geraldine!
The Boy Champions / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Joseph Greene [as Joseph Verdy] (signed)
- Pencils
- Jerry Robinson (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Rhoda Lewis (signed)
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Boy Champions [Tuffy; Mickey; Wellington Smith]; Mr. Van Plump; Shridni the Great; Geraldine (a snake); a phony Great Shridni (villain); Shridni's gang (villains)
- Synopsis
- The acquisition of a flute by Tuffy from an ad in Green Lama Comics leads the Boy Champions into a case involving Geraldine, a snake!
- Reprints
Cobwebs of Death
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Joseph Greene [as Joseph Verdy] (signed)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Inspector McGabe; Dr. Sam Hoyle; Mr. Sanders (villain)
- Synopsis
- When Dr. Hoyle wants to visit the haunted Old Mill, because of the fact Jim Sanders burned to death in the cellar there years before, he discovers the culprit was his partner, with whom they had created an invention to improve a radar defense system that could spot German rocket bombs. Now he wants the money from that invention.
- Reprints
Holiday in Hollywood!
Angus Mac Erc / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Bruce Elliott (signed)
- Pencils
- George Roussos [as Perry Williams] (signed)
- Inks
- George Roussos [as Perry Williams] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Angus Mac Erc [aka McErc]; Sir Alexander Stringer; Algernon; Whetstone Sharp
- Synopsis
- Angus heads for Hollywood to see how a real horror film is produced, but discovers he is not the only one who wants to know: a real vampire does, too!
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Rhoda Lewis is listed as letterer for the book, BUT the lettering for this story looks entirely different from the rest of the stories she lettered in the book, so removed her as possible letterer.
The Green Lama Club
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Green Lama [Jethro Dumont]
- Synopsis
- Illustrated promotional ad encouraging readers to join the Green Lama Club.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Pop Flys / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Al Liederman (signed)
- Pencils
- Al Liederman (signed)
- Inks
- Al Liederman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Al Liederman
- Genre
- sports; humor
- Characters
- Mike McTigg; Pop
- Synopsis
- Pop is talked into getting Mike to train the fellas down at the club.
- Reprints
The Case of the Concrete Impossibility!
Rick Masters / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Bruce Elliott [as Walter Gardner] (signed)
- Pencils
- Mort Lawrence (signed)
- Inks
- Mort Lawrence (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Rhoda Lewis (signed)
- Genre
- aviation
- Characters
- Rick Masters; Twin Eagles; Barry O'Rourke; Sandy; un-named boss (villain, death); Sandy (signed) Goggles (villain)
- Synopsis
- Barry O'Rourke pleads with the Skyway Transport Company to help him in his construction business to try and overcome work delays, mysterious accidents and more that's preventing him from finished a bridge on time.
- Reprints
The Three Impossible Tasks!
Lieutenant Hercules / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Lieutenant Hercules [Wilbur Klutz]; Mortimer Bux
- Synopsis
- An eccentric millionair offers to pay Lt. Hercules $10,000 if he will complete three seemingly impossible tasks.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Daily Blah
Indexer Notes
On page 2, panel 3, a newspaper ad pokes fun at writer Ken Crossen.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Riddle of Toys
Green Lama -
1.
Green Lama Contents
The Green Lama -
2.
The Riddle of Toys!
The Green Lama -
3.
Music for Geraldine!
The Boy Champions -
4.
Cobwebs of Death
-
5.
Holiday in Hollywood!
Angus Mac Erc -
6.
The Green Lama Club
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7.
[no title indexed]
Pop Flys -
8.
The Case of the Concrete Impossibility!
Rick Masters -
9.
The Three Impossible Tasks!
Lieutenant Hercules
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