Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Superhero Marathon Spectacular - Day 27: The Green Lama: The Man Who Never Existed

It is hard to fight against someone who never existed.



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The Green Lama first appeared in a short novel entitled The Green Lama in the April 1940 issue of Double Detective magazine. The novel was written by Kendell Foster Crossen using the pseudonym of "Richard Foster". Writing in 1976, Crossen recalled that the character was created because the publishers of Double Detective, the Frank Munsey company, wanted a competitor for The Shadow, which was published by their rivals Street & Smith.

The Green Lama's first comic book appearance was in Crestwood Publications' issue #7 of Prize Comics (December 1940), where he continued to appear for 27 issues . All stories were written by Ken Crossen, with art by Mac Raboy and others.  He then moved to his own title, The Green Lama (Spark Publications) which lasted for eight issues from December 1944 to March 1946.

More than three years after the demise of his comic book, the Green Lama was resurrected for a short-lived CBS radio series that ran for 11 episodes from June 5 to August 20, 1949, with the character's voice provided by Paul Frees. This version of the Green Lama was also written by creator Kendell Foster Crossen, along with several co-writers.

Music used in this production:
"Take A Chance" by Kevin MacLeod


Theme music: Liberator by Man In Space


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