Exciting Comics #22

This issue of *Exciting Comics* is an anthology featuring "The Black Terror, Nemesis of Crime" as the main story, in which the hero confronts construction workers and bizarre creatures attacking a naval destroyer during its launching, while an enemy operative plans to inject naval personnel with a steel serum to make them bulletproof and invincible for a raid on New York. The issue also introduces "The American Eagle," described as "Democracy's Champion." Additionally, a story appears to involve characters named Archie and Pepper dealing with a ferocious watchdog at Pierre's studio, where photographs are being prepared for exhibition.