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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published May 1945
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Joseph Greene
Notes Layouts are by Rhoda Lewis and Mac Raboy is the art editior. Editor revision from Ken Crossen to Joseph Greene from TOC. Notes and some info added by Craig Delich 12-25-08.

Cover Details - "The Four Freedoms"

Characters The Green Lama
Genre superhero
Pencils Mac Raboy
Inks Mac Raboy
Letters typeset
Notes Layouts are by Rhoda Lewis and Mac Raboy is the art editior. Editor revision from Ken Crossen to Joseph Greene from TOC. Notes and some info added by Craig Delich 12-25-08.
Reprinted in Green Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #2 (January 2009)

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Green Lama"

Characters The Green Lama
Synopsis Illustrated table of contents of all features, story titles, etc. for this issue.
Genre fact
Pencils Mac Raboy
Inks Mac Raboy
Letters typeset
Notes Sequence, all info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-25-08.
Reprinted in Green Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #2 (January 2009)

12 page The Green Lama story "The Four Freedoms"

Characters The Green Lama [Jethro Dumont]; Tsarong; Pvt. Joe Johnson; Pvt. Jones; Nazis (villain); Adolf Hitler (villain); Hermann Goring (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.
Genre superhero
Script Ken Crossen (signed as Richard Foster)
Pencils Mac Raboy (signed)
Inks Mac Raboy (signed)
Letters Rhoda Lewis
Notes Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-25-08.
Reprinted in Green Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #2 (January 2009)

8 page The Boy Champions story "Tuffy Becomes a Papa"

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.
Genre adventure
Script Joseph Greene (signed as Joseph Verdy)
Pencils Jerry Robinson (signed)
Inks Jerry Robinson (signed)
Letters Rhoda Lewis
Notes Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-25-08.
Reprinted in Green Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #2 (January 2009)

2 page Pop Flys story

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.
Genre humor
Script Al Liederman (signed)
Pencils Al Liederman (signed)
Inks Al Liederman (signed)
Letters Al Liederman
Notes Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-25-08.
Reprinted in Green Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #2 (January 2009)

7 page Lt. Hercules story "Little Coughin' Fannie"

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.
Genre superhero
Script Horace L. Gold (signed as H. L. Gold)
Pencils Irving Tirman (signed as Ira Turner)
Inks Irving Tirman (signed as Ira Turner)
Letters Rhoda Lewis
Notes Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-25-08.
Reprinted in Green Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #2 (January 2009)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Green Lama Club"

Characters The Green Lama
Synopsis Promotional illustrated ad for the Green Lama Club, featuring a secret code to be deciphered and a membership blank.
Pencils Mac Raboy
Inks Mac Raboy
Letters typeset
Notes Promotional ad. Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 12-25-08.
Reprinted in Green Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #2 (January 2009)

2 page text story "Smart Enough"

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.
Genre adventure
Script Joseph Greene (signed as Lawrence Vert)
Colors none [just title]
Letters typeset
Notes All info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-25-08.
Reprinted in Green Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #2 (January 2009)

7 page Rick Masters story "A Twist of Time"

Characters Rick Masters; Twin Eagles [a.k.a. Mike]; V: Mr. Gibson.
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.
Genre aviation; adventure
Script Walter Gardner (signed)
Pencils Mort Lawrence (signed)
Inks Mort Lawrence (signed)
Letters Rhoda Lewis
Notes Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-25-08.
Reprinted in Green Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #2 (January 2009)

7 page Angus McErc story "Sauce for the Sorcerer"

Characters Angus McErc; 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.
Genre occult
Script Bruce Elliott (signed)
Pencils George Roussos (signed as Perry Williams)
Inks George Roussos (signed as Perry Williams)
Notes McErc is often spelled "Mac Erc" in the story. Notes, much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-25-08.
Reprinted in Green Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #2 (January 2009)