Comic Title: Action Comics #22
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: March 1940
Approx. On Sale Date: January 23, 1940 Copyright Date January 26, 1940
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1940
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth

Title: (The Island Demon)
Pages: 10

Feature(s):
Tex Thomson

Writer/Artist: Bernard Baily

Feature Character(s)

• Tex Thomson (last appearance in Action Comics #21; next appearance in Action Comics #23)

Supporting Character(s)

• Bob Daley (last appearance in Action Comics #21; next appearance in Action Comics #23)

Villain(s)

• An unnamed island demon (disguised as Cary James; destroyed in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Cary James (an investigator of the supernatural; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Doctor Reid, Dr. Drummond, and Courtney (head of an island mission, a friend of Tex Thomson, and Drummond’s butler; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was originally not titled.

Synopsis:
Cary James investigates a report of a demon on a small island. He finds the demon, but has his life stolen from him. The demon then journeys to the mainland disguised as James. The real James sends a warning to Dr. Drummond before dying on the island.

Dr. Drummond receives the message and with the help of Tex Thomson, they pursue the demon. James sent along a talisman that Thomson and Drummond use to destroy the demon, ridding the world of the evil being forever.