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: (Europe at War)
Pages: 13

Feature(s):
Superman (of Earth-2)

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Penciller: Joe Shuster
Inker: Paul Cassidy

Reprinted In:
Limited Collectors' Edition C-31 (1974)
Superman:The Action Comics Archives Vol. 2 HC (1998)
Superman Chronicles Vol. 3 TPB (2007)
Superman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2013)
Superman:The Golden Age Vol. 2 TPB (2017)

Feature Character(s)

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

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman #3; next appearance in Action Comics #23)
• George Taylor (last appearance in Action Comics #21; next appearance in Action Comics #23)

Villain(s)

• Lita Laverne (a foreign spy; no further appearances)
• An assassin (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Several soldiers and policemen (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story continues in part in the first story of Action Comics #23.

This story was originally not titled.

Synopsis:
A European army of Torans invades the lesser-nation of Galonia igniting a war. Clark Kent and Lois Lane are sent to Europe as war correspondents. Aboard the steamer, Baronta, Clark saves the life of a foreign actress, Lita Laverne from an assassin. Later, Clark catches Lita engaging in espionage.

Clark has a chance to speak with Lita at a reception after they reach Europe. The brief interview confirms Clark’s suspicions, but the reception is interrupted by a raid conducted by a bomber. Clark, as Superman, deals with the plane, and then follows Lita. He learns of a scheme to attack a neutral ship in order to bring the democracies to the side of the aggressor Torans. Superman defeats the submarine and exposes the plot and Lita.