Comic Title: Adventures of Rex, the Wonder Dog #22
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jul/Aug 1955
Approx. On Sale Date: May 3, 1955 Copyright Date May 1, 1955
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1955
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: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "Rex -- Foster-Father"
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Rex the Wonder Dog (of Earth-1)

Writer: John Broome
Penciller: Gil Kane
Inker: Bernard Sachs

Feature Character(s)

• Rex the Wonder Dog (last appearance in Adventures of Rex, the Wonder Dog #22; next appearance in Adventures of Rex, the Wonder Dog #23)

Supporting Character(s)

• Danny Dennis (last appearance in Adventures of Rex, the Wonder Dog #22; next appearance in Adventures of Rex, the Wonder Dog #23)

Villain(s)

• A gang of thieves (Harry named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Prince (aka Brownie; a lost dog; no further appearances)
• Dr. Howard Drummond (an archaeologist; no further appearances)
• Shiela (Drummond's daughter; no further appearances)
• Members of Drummond's expedition (Albert named; no further appearances)
• Mr. Baxter (a postman; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Rex befriends a lost dog and takes him home to Danny. Danny is unable to find the dog's owner, so he and Rex take care of the dog. Later, Rex and Danny visit a museum. A gang of crooks start a robbery, but Rex stops them. Rex recognizes the scent of an archaeologist's daughter and leads her back to the lost dog. She instantly recognizes the dog as her own, having lost him just before leaving for an expedition is Egypt. Dog and owner are thus reunited.