Detective Comics #19

(September 1938)

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Action Comics; More Fun Comics; New Adventure Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Grogan Case (Table of Contents: 2)

Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Fred Guardineer (credited)

Inks

Fred Guardineer (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

crime; detective-mystery

Characters

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

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Model Airplane News / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Crime Never Pays / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Vin Sullivan (signed as Don Vicent - sic)

Pencils

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Moulage casts aids in detection work!

Genre

non-fiction; crime

Characters

Alphonse Poller

[The Invisibility Formula] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

George Newman (signed)

Pencils

George Newman (signed)

Inks

George Newman (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hello, Inspector Kent!

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.

[The Island of Wanatoba, Part 1] (Table of Contents: 6)

Larry Steele, Private Detective / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely)

Pencils

Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely)

Inks

Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely)

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

About 2000 miles due east...

Genre

adventure; detective-mystery

Characters

Larry Steele; En Rico (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Story printed in black and white.

[Mirror of Doom] (Table of Contents: 7)

Spy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited as Siegel)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (credited as Shuster)

Inks

Joe Shuster (credited as Shuster)

Colors

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Tired of chasing international perils...

Genre

adventure; spy

Characters

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

Synopsis

Rosa, a female saboteur who has committed many acts of sabotage, interrupts the wedding of spies Bart and Sally, and uses a mirror that fires destructive rays. Unfortunately for Rosa, that leads to a spectacular, unfortunate end for her.

Indexer Notes

Bart Regan and Sally Norris almost get married!

[The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Part 3] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Leo O'Mealia; Sax Rohmer (original story) (credited)

Pencils

Leo O'Mealia

Inks

Leo O'Mealia

Colors

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I contemplated the square of paper...

Genre

adventure; crime

Characters

Dr. Fu Manchu; Sir Dennis Nayland Smith; Dr. Petrie; Sir Crichton Davey

Reprints

• from Dr. Fu Manchu daily (Bell Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

Adapted from The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer.

The strip appeared in newspapers during 1930 and 1931.

A Dead Case (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (credited as Paul Dean)

Pencils

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Letters

typeset

The Coolie Smugglers [Part 3] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson ?

Pencils

Tom Hickey (credited) (signed as TH)

Inks

Tom Hickey (credited) (signed as TH)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Bruce Nelson; Captain Carstairs (villain); Ungi

[The Air Pirates and the S.S. Almoa] (Table of Contents: 11)

Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sven Elven (credited)

Inks

Sven Elven (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Sven Elven

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Cosmo enters the sumptuous hacienda...

Genre

adventure; detective-mystery

Characters

Cosmo; Captain Bartlett (introduction); Carlo de Milo (introduction); a band of pirates (villains, introduction for all)

[Luigi Ferrini Strikes] (Table of Contents: 12)

Steve Malone, District Attorney / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Don Lynch

Inks

Don Lynch

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Pass it over.

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Steve Malone; Luigi Ferrini (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Story printed in black and white.

[In Africa] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited as Jerome Siegel)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (credited)

Inks

Joe Shuster (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Returning from a shopping trip...

Genre

adventure; detective-mystery

Characters

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

Indexer Notes

story title from next issue blurb in previous issue

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Detective Puzzles / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

A. W. Nugent

Pencils

A. W. Nugent

Inks

A. W. Nugent

Letters

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Indexer Notes

inside back cover

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Johnson Smith & Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)