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

Characters:

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

[The Invisibility Formula] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Newman

Inks:

George Newman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

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

[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

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

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

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

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