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Issue: Detective Comics #19
Publication Date: September 1938
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Issues: #19 of 883 Issues (1409 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/05/1938
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (10 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color interior
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint; glossy
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Synopsis: A policeman watches a safecracker.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Creig Flessel confirmed in 2007 that it was one of his covers.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Action Comics; More Fun Comics; New Adventure Comics
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Grogan Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Feature(s): Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator
Character(s): Speed Saunders; Dave Grogan (introduction, villain, death); Gus (introduction)
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Pages: 6
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Model Airplane News
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Pages: 0.33
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: crime, non-fiction
Feature(s): Crime Never Pays
Character(s): Alphonse Poller
First Line: Moulage casts aids in detection work!
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Pages: 0.67
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The Invisibility Formula

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Inspector Kent
Character(s): Inspector Kent (introduction); Dr. Ronald Wainwright (introduction, death); Wendy Foster (introduction); Henry Adams (introduction); The Raven (introduction, villain); Algy Hawks
First Line: Hello, Inspector Kent!
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.
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Pages: 6
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The Island of Wanatoba, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Feature(s): Larry Steele, Private Detective
Character(s): Larry Steele; En Rico (villain, introduction)
First Line: About 2000 miles due east...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story printed in black and white.
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Mirror of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, espionage
Feature(s): Spy
Character(s): Bart Regan; Sally Norris; Rosa Rinaldo (villain, saboteur, introduction, death)
First Line: Tired of chasing international perils...
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.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Bart Regan and Sally Norris almost get married!
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The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Part 3

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime
Feature(s): Dr. Fu Manchu
Character(s): Dr. Fu Manchu; Sir Dennis Nayland Smith; Dr. Petrie; Sir Crichton Davey
First Line: I contemplated the square of paper...
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Reprint Notes: from Dr. Fu Manchu daily (Bell Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Adapted from The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer.

The strip appeared in newspapers during 1930 and 1931.
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A Dead Case

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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The Coolie Smugglers [Part 3]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Bruce Nelson
Character(s): Bruce Nelson; Captain Carstairs (villain); Ungi
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Pages: 6
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The Air Pirates and the S.S. Almoa

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Feature(s): Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise
Character(s): Cosmo; Captain Bartlett (introduction); Carlo de Milo (introduction); a band of pirates (villains, introduction for all)
First Line: Cosmo enters the sumptuous hacienda...
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Pages: 6
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Luigi Ferrini Strikes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Steve Malone, District Attorney
Character(s): Steve Malone; Luigi Ferrini (villain, introduction)
First Line: Pass it over.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story printed in black and white.
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In Africa

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Feature(s): Slam Bradley
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Martin; Betty Gladstone (introduction); Mr. Gladstone (introduction); The "Beast-Man" (introduction, villain, death)
First Line: Returning from a shopping trip...
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: story title from next issue blurb in previous issue
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Detective Puzzles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside back cover
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: back cover

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