Comic Title: Wonder Woman #156
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1965
On Sale Date: June 17, 1965 Copyright Date June 17, 1965
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1965

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of March, June, Sept. and Dec.
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Robert Kanigher

Title: "The Brain Pirate of the Inner World"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Wonder Woman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Robert Kanigher
Penciller: Ross Andru
Inker: Michael Esposito

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents:Wonder Woman Vol. 3 TPB (2010)

Feature Character(s)

• Wonder Woman (last appearance in Wonder Woman #155; next appearance in Justice League of America #38)

Supporting Character(s)

• Steve Trevor (last appearance in Wonder Woman #155; next appearance in Wonder Woman #157)
• Hippolyta (dream appearance)
• Amazons (dream appearance)
• Etta Candy (dream appearance)
• Holliday Girls (dream appearance)

Villain(s)

• The Brain Pirate and his crew (dream appearance)

Other Character(s)

• The Dream Merchant (a comic book dealer; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was intentionally written and drawn in the style of the Golden Age Wonder Woman. The majority of the story takes place in a dream. Hippolyta's hair is colored black rather than blond as was the case in the Golden Age.

Synopsis:
After reading a newspaper article describing comic book of the Golden Age, Wonder Woman visits a dealer known as the Dream Merchant in order to read some old Wonder Woman comics. When she begins reading, she believes she is transported into the comic book itself.

In the comic book story, Wonder Woman battles the Brain Pirate, a villain from Dimension-X. The Brain Pirate steals the brains of Steve Trevor and the Holliday Girls, making their bodies into mindless automatons. Wonder Woman is forced to save her friends from various disasters and eventually returns their brains to their bodies.

After successfully rescuing her friends and defeating the Brain Pirate, Wonder Woman awakens from a dream in the Dream Merchant's store. She wonders whether the experience was a dream or whether she was hypnotized.