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Detective Comics #19 cover
Cover: Creig Flessel

Detective Comics #19

Sep 1938 · DC · 0.10 USD
📊 ~77,922 copies sold its debut month
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Contains 9 stories
The Grogan Case
6 pp · Crime, Detective-Mystery
Dave Grogan (introduction, villain, death)Gus (introduction)
The Invisibility Formula
6 pp · Detective-Mystery
Inspector Kent (introduction)Dr. Ronald Wainwright (introduction, death)Wendy Foster (introduction)Henry Adams (introduction)The Raven (introduction, villain)Algy Hawks

In "The Invisibility Formula," a stolen scientific breakthrough sets off a dangerous game of cat and mouse in 1938’s Detective Comics. When the Raven steals Dr. Wainwright’s invisibility formula and leaves Adams tied up, Kent is drawn into a web of deception—only to be saved by Wendy, whose father was ruined by the criminal mastermind. As the real villain, masquerading as Adams, strikes again, the line between truth and disguise grows thinner than ever.

The Island of Wanatoba, Part 1
6 pp · Adventure, Detective-Mystery
En Rico (villain, introduction)
Mirror of Doom
8 pp · Adventure, Spy
Rosa Rinaldo (villain, saboteur, introduction, death)

In "Mirror of Doom," saboteur Rosa crashes the wedding of spies Bart and Sally, wielding a sinister mirror capable of unleashing destructive rays. The story unfolds with tense, high-stakes intrigue as her plan spirals into chaos—though the outcome for Rosa is anything but triumphant.

The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Part 3
4 pp · Adventure, Crime
Dr. Fu ManchuSir Dennis Nayland SmithDr. PetrieSir Crichton Davey
The Coolie Smugglers [Part 3]
6 pp · Detective-Mystery
Captain Carstairs (villain)Ungi
The Air Pirates and the S.S. Almoa
6 pp · Adventure, Detective-Mystery
Captain Bartlett (introduction)Carlo de Milo (introduction)a band of pirates (villains, introduction for all)
Luigi Ferrini Strikes
6 pp · Detective-Mystery
Luigi Ferrini (villain, introduction)
In Africa
13 pp · Adventure, Detective-Mystery
Betty Gladstone (introduction)Mr. Gladstone (introduction)The "Beast-Man" (introduction, villain, death)

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $659
CGC 8.5 · 3 in census $13,287
CGC 8.0 $9,409
CGC 7.5 none in existence
CGC 7.0 · 2 in census $5,215
CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $5,215
CGC 6.0 none in existence
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CGC 5.5 none in existence
CGC 5.0 none in existence
CGC 4.5 none in existence
CGC 4.0 · 3 in census $3,645
CGC 3.5 none in existence
CGC 3.0 · 1 in census $2,359*
CGC 2.5 none in existence
CGC 2.0 none in existence
CGC 1.5 · 3 in census $1,249*
CGC 1.0 · 2 in census $1,044*
* estimate — limited direct-sales data at this grade
Our model’s value — refined as new sales data arrives · CGC census counts shown where available

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NM $5.99 CGC 9.8 $81 DC Comics Batman Detective Comics Number 19 $15
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Cast · 9 characters

Full credits

writer, artist, inker George Newman
cover pencils, inks Creig Flessel

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