The Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast is back with episode #62 featuring The Green Lama!
Original Green Lama from Prize Comics #24
This character got his start in pulp magazines in the early 1940′s and made his first comic book appearance in the pages of Prize Comics #7 (September 1940). He appeared in this title for 24 issues and eventually got his own book, and a new look, in Green Lama Comics #1 (March 1944). This title ran for eight issues, until 1946.
Green Lama Teams-Up to Defeat Frankenstein (Prize Comics #24)
The Green Lama was drawn by the great Mac Raboy whose most notable work was on Captain Marvel Junior for Fawcett.
Here are a few cover images from Green Lama’s Golden Age comic book run.
Green Lama #1
Green Lama #2
Green Lama #5
Green Lama #7
I hope you enjoy this episode of the Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast!
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Oops. Right off the bat I said “61st” episode, when this is really the 62nd. Oh well, you know what I meant!
Wow, I didn’t know he had been drawn by Raboy…makes him almost a cousin to Cap Jr.
-David