Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1938-08-05
Editing: Vin Sullivan (credited as Vincent A. Sullivan) (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #19 Edit Cover
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
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  • Genre:crime
Synopsis:
A policeman watches a safecracker.

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks were originally credited to Leo O'Mealia. Creig Flessel confirmed to Scott Bonagofsky in 2007 that it was one of his covers. Correction was submitted by Scott Bonagofsky on July 20, 2008.

Issue Data

  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: monthly
  • Printer: [none printed]

Indexer Notes

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.

[no title indexed]
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Action Comics; More Fun Comics; New Adventure Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

The Grogan Case
(Table of Contents: 2)

Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Inks:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:crime; detective-mystery
Characters:
Dave Grogan (introduction, villain, death); Gus (introduction)

Get Acquainted with Aviation!
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Model Airplane News / advertisement / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]
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Crime Never Pays / cartoon / 0.67 page

Script:
Pencils:
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Inks:
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Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:non-fiction; crime
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Moulage casts aids in detection work!
Characters:
Alphonse Poller

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

Inspector Kent of Scotland Yard / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
George Newman (credited, signed)
Pencils:
George Newman (credited, signed)
Inks:
George Newman (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • 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.

Indexer Notes

Synopsis and some other information by Art Lortie.

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

Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely)
Pencils:
Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely)
Inks:
Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely)
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; detective-mystery; crime
Characters:
En Rico (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Story printed in black and white.

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

Spy / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Jerry Siegel (credited as Siegel)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (credited as Shuster)
Inks:
Joe Shuster (credited as Shuster)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; spy; detective-mystery
Characters:
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)

Fu Manchu / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Sax Rohmer (credited) (original story)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure; crime
  • Feature Logo:Doctor Fu Manchu!
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I contemplated the square of paper...
Characters:
Dr. Fu Manchu; Sir Dennis Nayland Smith; Dr. Petrie; Sir Crichton Davey
Reprints (0)
  • 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

Script:
Gardner Fox (credited as Paul Dean)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

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

Bruce Nelson / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Tom Hickey (signed as TH)
Inks:
Tom Hickey (signed as TH)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery; adventure
Characters:
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

Script:
?
Pencils:
Sven Elven (credited as Sven Elvén) (illustrated by)
Inks:
Sven Elven (credited as Sven Elvén) (illustrated by)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:adventure; detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Cosmo enters the sumptuous hacienda...
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
Captain Bartlett (introduction); Carlo de Milo (introduction); a band of pirates (villains, introduction for all)

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

Steve Malone / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
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Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Luigi Ferrini (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Story printed in black and white.

[In Africa]
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Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (credited)
Inks:
Joe Shuster (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Returning from a shopping trip...
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
Betty Gladstone (introduction); Mr. Gladstone (introduction); The "Beast-Man" (introduction, villain, death)

Indexer Notes

story title from next issue blurb in previous issue

[no title indexed]
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Detective Puzzles / activity / 1 page

Script:
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Letters:
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Indexer Notes

inside back cover

[no title indexed]
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Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
  2. [no title indexed]
    Action Comics; More Fun Comics; New Adventure Comics
  3. The Grogan Case
    Speed Saunders
  4. Get Acquainted with Aviation!
    Model Airplane News
  5. ["Moulage casts aids in detection work!"]
    Crime Never Pays
  6. [The Invisibility Formula]
    Inspector Kent of Scotland Yard
  7. [The Island of Wanatoba, Part 1]
    Larry Steele
  8. [Mirror of Doom]
    Spy
  9. [The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Part 3]
    Fu Manchu
  10. A Dead Case
  11. The Coolie Smugglers [Part 3]
    Bruce Nelson
  12. [The Air Pirates and the S.S. Almoa]
    Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise
  13. [Luigi Ferrini Strikes]
    Steve Malone
  14. [In Africa]
    Slam Bradley
  15. [no title indexed]
    Detective Puzzles
  16. [no title indexed]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
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