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Detective Comics 19

DETECTIVE COMICS #19

Cover Date: September 1938
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1938-08-05

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Cover Credits:
Art: Creig Flessel


Story: "The Grogan Case" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtFred Guardineer
LetteringFred Guardineer
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Speed Saunders

Villain(s):

Dave Grogan and his gang (first appearance for all; counterfeiters who use a protection racket to pass their phony $10 bills; Grogan dies)
Gus (first appearance; an elderly shopkeeper secretly behind the gang)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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Second Story: [No title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtSven Elven
LetteringSven Elven
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Cosmo

Villain(s):

Pirates (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

South America


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Third Story: [No title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJoe Shuster
LetteringJoe Shuster
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Slam Bradley

Supporting Character(s):

Shorty Morgan

Villain(s):

Unnamed ape-wrangler and three-toed ape-men (first appearance for all; all probably die)

Location(s):

New York City, NY
Africa

Comment(s):

This story takes several weeks.


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