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Issue: Green Lama #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1944
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Issues: #1 of 8 Issues (9 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagSpark Publications
Brand:
Indicia Publisher:
On Sale Date: 11/03/1944
Volume:
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ken Crossen
Disclose Notes: Story titles by Al Jetter.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Vol. 39, No. 4.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
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Binding:  
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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The Green Lama - The Man Who Defeats Death!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Mac Raboy
Inker(s): Mac Raboy
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): Ken Crossen
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): Green Lama
Character(s): The Green Lama [Jethro Dumont]
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In Issue: FlagGreen Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy #1 published April 2008
In Content Item: FlagGolden Age of Comics Special #[nn] published January 1982
as Green Lama #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #18 published January 1999
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover title by Al Jetter.
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Green Lama Contents

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Mac Raboy
Inker(s): Mac Raboy
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Green Lama
Character(s): 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 Issue: FlagGreen Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy #1 published April 2008
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Court of Crime

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ken Crossen [as Richard Foster] (signed)
Penciller(s): Mac Raboy (signed)
Inker(s): Mac Raboy (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Rhoda Lewis (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): Green Lama
Character(s): 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 Issue: FlagGreen Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy #1 published April 2008
In Content Item: FlagGolden Age of Comics Special #[nn] published January 1982
as The Court of Crime! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose 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.
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The Witch of Times Square

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joseph Greene (signed)
Penciller(s): Al Bare (signed)
Inker(s): Al Bare (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Rhoda Lewis (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Boy Champions
Character(s): 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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Pages: 8
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Enough Rope

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bennett Barley (signed)
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): 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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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Horace L. Gold [as Horace Gold] (signed)
Penciller(s): Irving Tirman
Inker(s): Irving Tirman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Rhoda Lewis (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Lieutenant Hercules
Character(s): Lieutenant Hercules [Wilbur Klutz](introduction, origin); Mr. MacGregor; Merlin (wizard, mythical character); un-named boss (villain); his gang (villains)
First Line: How would you like to be all the comic heroes rolled into one?
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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Smith? Kelly? Cohen? Svoboda?

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; most typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): War Bonds
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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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Liederman [as L] (signed)
Penciller(s): Al Liederman [as L] (signed)
Inker(s): Al Liederman [as L] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Al Liederman
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Pop Flys
Character(s): Mike McTigg; Oscar
First Line: That's enough bag punchin'...
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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Pages: 2
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Frozen Asset

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bruce Elliott [as Walter Gardner] (signed)
Penciller(s): Ira Turner (signed)
Inker(s): Ira Turner (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Rhoda Lewis (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Rick Masters
Character(s): 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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Three Wishes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bruce Elliott (signed)
Penciller(s): Jerry Robinson [as Perry Williams] (signed)
Inker(s): Jerry Robinson [as Perry Williams] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Angus Mac Erc
Character(s): 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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Pages: 6.66

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