Detective Comics #19

(September 1938)

The Grogan Case (Table of Contents)

Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Fred Guardineer

Inks:

Fred Guardineer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Dave Grogan (introduction, villain, death); Gus (introduction)

[The Invisibility Formula] (Table of Contents)

Inspector Kent / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Newman (signed)

Pencils:

George Newman (signed)

Inks:

George Newman (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Inspector Kent (introduction); Dr. Ronald Wainwright (introduction, death); Wendy Foster (introduction); Henry Adams (introduction); The Raven (introduction, villain); Algy Hawks

Synopsis:

Dr. Wainwright's invisibility formula is stolen from his laboratory by the Raven, and assistant Adams is found tied up. Lured from the crime scene with word the Raven has been arrested, Kent is saved from killers by Wendy, whose father was swindled out of $4 million by the Raven. The real villain, disguised as Adams, kills Wainwright and uses his formula to temporarily become invisible.

Keywords:

disguise; England; invisible; Scotland Yard; swindle

Indexer Notes

Synopsis and some other information by Art Lortie (2013-02-05).

[The Island of Wanatoba: Part 1] (Table of Contents)

Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Ely

Pencils:

Will Ely

Inks:

Will Ely

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

En Rico (introduction, villain)

Indexer Notes

story in black and white

[Mirror of Doom] (Table of Contents)

Spy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Joe Shuster

Inks:

Joe Shuster

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Rosa Rinaldo (introduction, villain, death); Bart Regan; Sally Norris

Indexer Notes

Bart Regan and Sally Norris ALMOST get married!

[The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu: Part 3] (Table of Contents)

Dr. Fu Manchu / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sax Rohmer

Pencils:

Leo O'Mealia

Inks:

Leo O'Mealia

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Reprints:

• from ?

Indexer Notes

strip reprints; adapted from THE INSIDIOUS DR. FU MANCHU by Sax Rohmer

A Dead Case (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox [as Paul Dean]

Letters:

typeset

The Coolie Smugglers (Part 3) (Table of Contents)

Bruce Nelson / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson ?

Pencils:

Tom Hickey

Inks:

Tom Hickey

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

V: Captain Carstairs

[The Air Pirates and the S.S. ALMOA] (Table of Contents)

Cosmo / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sven Elven

Inks:

Sven Elven

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

a band of pirates (introduction, villain); Carlo Di Milo (introduction); Capt. Bartlett (introduction);

[Luigi Ferrini Strikes] (Table of Contents)

Steve Malone / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Luigi Ferrini (introduction, villain)

Indexer Notes

story in black and white

In Africa (Table of Contents)

Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Joe Shuster

Inks:

Joe Shuster

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Betty Gladstone (introduction); Mr. Gladstone (introduction); The "Beast-Man" (introduction, villain, death)

Indexer Notes

title from last issue blurb

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Puzzles / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arthur W. Nugent

Pencils:

Arthur W. Nugent

Inks:

Arthur W. Nugent

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

may be out of order in this book

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Crime Never Pays / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Vincent

Pencils:

Don Vincent

Inks:

Don Vincent

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

may be out of order in this book