Green Lama Pulp Covers

College student Jethro Dumont spends 10 years in Tibet studying the secrets of meditation and returns with mystical powers. He now returns to Park Avenue and New York City to combat crime, evil doers and international enemies and with a magical Tibetan chant, he is transformed into the Green Lama.

The Green Lama first appeared in novel form in the pulp fiction magazine Double Detective. Written by Kendell Foster Crossen under the pen name of Richard Foster and published by the Frank A. Munsey Company.

The Green Lama then surfaced in the December, 1940 issue Prize Comics and appeared in 27 issues including art from Mac Raboy. The Green Lama's popularity launched his own comic entitled The Green Lama from Sparks Publications which lasted for 8 more issues.

The Green Lama then made the jump over to his own Radio Show starring Paul Frees and Ben Wright in 1949 which lasted 11 broadcasts.

Green Lama Story Title	Double Detective Issue	Green Lama Pulp Novel Description
The Green Lama	April, 1940	Only the Green Lama stood between this mysterious, sinister, master criminal, and the domination of the world. Only the Green Lama had the knowledge, out of the ages, and the fortitude, out of a life of strict adherence to Truth and belief in Justice, to combat this menace which threatened the very life of the nation.
Croesus of Murder	May 1940	Armed with the secret weapon of the world's most hated dictator, this mysterious masked fuhrer sought to subjugate the free people of the world - but one man, The Green Lama, stood in his merciless path.
Babies for Sale	June 1940	The Green Lama pits his wits against a monster who traffics in human misery. A gigantic, sinister plot engineered by a master criminal -- a monstrous traffic in human misery, hidden behind the portals of a home for children brings the Green Lama to Hollywood to combat an evil far greater than any he had faced before.
Wave of Death	July 1940	A foreign nation sent its best men out to get this terrible and powerful new weapon. But these clever spies found the Green Lama barring their way -- implacable, unwavering and invincible with his peculiar powers.
The Man Who Wasn’t There	August 1940	"Man Overboard!" The dreaded cry of the sea rang out through the night and thus began a series of circumstances, and the beginning of a gigantic plot that tested to the utmost the powers of the Green Lama.
Death’s Head Face	September 1940	The Green Lama meets the Man with the Death's Head Face again and encounters a diabolical murder syndicate lead by a ruthless, bloodthirsty and power-mad leader.
The Case of the Clown Who Laughed	October 1940
The Case of the Invisible Enemy	December 1940
The Case of the Mad Magi	February 1941
The Case of the Vanishing Ships	April 1941
The Case of the Fugitive Fingerprints	June 1941
The Case of the Crooked Cane	August 1941
The Case of the Hollywood Ghost	October 1941
The Case of the Beardless Corpse	March 1943

Green Lama Radio Show Title	Broadcast Date
The Man Who Never Existed	06/05/1949
The Man Who Stole A Pyramid	06/12/1949
The Girl With No Name	06/19/1949
The Million Dollar Chopsticks	06/26/1949
The Last Dinosaur	07/03/1949	MP3
The Return Of Madame Pompadour	07/16/1949
Tapestry In Purple	07/23/1949
The African Diamond Affair	07/30/1949
The Gumbo Man	08/06/1949
The Case Of The Dangerous Dog	08/13/1949
Adventure Of The Patient(Perfect?) Prisoner	08/20/1949