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Cover: Mac Raboy
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Green Lama #4

Apr 1945 · Spark Publications · 0.10 USD
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In "The Green Lama Bombs Tokyo!", the Green Lama finds himself entangled in a high-stakes card game with a desperate gambler whose ship was destroyed by fire, setting off a dangerous scheme that threatens more than just money. Written by Bruce Elliott and illustrated by Mort Lawrence, this 1945 adventure blends suspense and mystery with the Green Lama’s trademark blend of mysticism and action. The cover by Mac Raboy captures the story’s tense, cinematic energy.

Contains 6 stories
The Green Lama Bombs Tokyo!
12 pp · Superhero
The Green Lama [Jethro Dumont]Tsarongthe Japanese (villains, some die)Emperor Hirohito (villain, cameo)

In "The Green Lama Bombs Tokyo!", the Green Lama takes drastic action after learning the Japanese are deploying Hitler’s deadly robot bombs against American troops in the Pacific. With the fate of the war hanging in the balance, he races to stop the advance—before the bombs turn the tide of battle.

A Bull in a China Shop!
8 pp · Adventure
The Boy Champions [TuffyMickeyWellington Smith]Mr. Chen"Betcha" Benny (villain)Mr. Krat (villain)

In "A Bull in a China Shop!" from Green Lama #4 (1945), the Champions take on a seemingly simple job: settling a wager between two men betting on whether a bull will wreck a china shop. But when the chaos unfolds, it quickly becomes clear the real danger lies not in the shattering porcelain, but in a carefully staged theft of priceless jade hidden among the fragile display.

The Right Bottle!
7 pp · Adventure
Angus Mac ErcJohn Hamitmore

In "The Right Bottle!" from Green Lama #4 (1945), an aging actor confides in Mac Erc his longing to stay young forever—only for Angus to take the wish literally, with a twist that turns the promise into something far more complicated than eternal youth.

Untitled Humor story
2 pp · Humor, Sports
MikePop
The Sky's the Limit!
7 pp · Adventure, Aviation
Rick MastersTwin Eagles [aka Mike]Dan (villain)Dan's gang members (villains)

In "The Sky's the Limit!" from Green Lama #4 (1945), Jo Masters finds himself drawn into a high-stakes card game aboard a derelict airship, where a desperate gambler with a burned-out vessel seeks revenge through deception. With the air above and danger below, Jo must outwit a cunning foe who’s turned the game into a deadly trap.

In Comic Land!
7 pp · Humor, Superhero
Lieutenant Hercules [Wilbur Klutz]MerlinDetective Trick DacyPetunia MaeThe Chin (villain)

Lieutenant Hercules strikes a bargain with Merlin, the wise-guy wizard of old, and flies off to Comic Land to show up some of his rival heroes who gallivant about in that fantastical realm. What happens when a real-world soldier tangles with the comic book characters he's long admired—or despised—makes for a humorous clash of worlds that only a hero with magical backup could survive.

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $145
CGC 9.4 · 1 in census $3,772
CGC 9.2 none in existence
CGC 9.0 none in existence
CGC 8.5 · 4 in census $1,075
CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $864*
CGC 7.5 · 3 in census $693*
Show all 18 grades
CGC 7.0 · 5 in census $576
CGC 6.5 · 6 in census $483*
CGC 6.0 · 2 in census $418*
CGC 5.5 · 2 in census $351*
CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $334*
CGC 4.5 · 3 in census $285*
CGC 4.0 · 2 in census $248*
CGC 3.5 · 1 in census $221*
CGC 3.0 · 1 in census $196*
CGC 2.5 · 1 in census $148
CGC 2.0 none in existence
CGC 1.5 · 1 in census $104*
* estimate — limited direct-sales data at this grade
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Full credits

artist, inker Mort Lawrence
letterer Rhoda Lewis
cover pencils, inks Mac Raboy

Reprints

Reprinted in Golden-Age Greats #1 (1994), Official Golden-Age Hero & Heroine Directory #1 (1997), Green Lama Featuring the Art of Mac Raboy #1 (2008), Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War #[nn] (2017)

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