Golden Age Blue Lama (foe of Sargon the Sorcerer) Appreciation 2021

[MajorHoy]

First appearance = Sensation Comics #68 (August 1947):



And she returned in the following issue (Sensation Comics #69, cover-dated September 1947):


All told, it looks like this wielder of the forces of "black magic" appeared in six stories back in the late 1940s.

[MajorHoy]

And here's the rest of that story from Sensation Comics #69 (September 1947):

[Dr. Poison]

I like this villain quite a bit in spite of her small publication history. I think she'd make a great villain for the Justice League Dark team.

[MajorHoy]

She also showed up in Sensation Comics #70 (October 1947):

[MajorHoy]

The final two pages of the battle between Sargon and The Blue Lama in Sensation Comics #70 (October 1947):


but she would be back for more . . .

[Sandy Hausler]

Weird. My recollection of her (from the re-prints they did in the 1970s) was a giant blue woman, but that does seem to be the case. Wonder where I got that idea from.

[MajorHoy]

Weird. My recollection of her (from the re-prints they did in the 1970s) was a giant blue woman, but that does seem to be the case. Wonder where I got that idea from.

Sometimes she could appear that way, but she wasn't necessarily looking like she was giant-sized all the time.

[MajorHoy]

Blue Lama's appearance in Sensation Comics #71 (November 1947) was reprinted in Wanted: The World's Most Dangerous Villains #6 (February 1973), though it didn't get any credit on that cover.



To be continued . . .

[scary harpy]

She could have been an amazing Wonder Woman foe.

If only DC had rescued more of it's forgotten golden-age villains...especially the villainesses...especially the sorceresses..

[MajorHoy]

The remaining two pages from Blue Lama's appearance in Sensation Comics #71 (November 1947)
as reprinted in Wanted: The World's Most Dangerous Villains #6 (February 1973):

[MajorHoy]

Blue Lama appeared in Scooby-Doo! Team-Up #19 (December 2016) <printed version> when Scooby-Doo and the gang helped Zatanna to locate her father:


NOTE: These images were from the digital-first version, #'s 37 and 38.