Comic Title: Action Comics #356
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1967
On Sale Date: September 28, 1967 Newsstand Date September 28, 1967
Source: Direct Currents, Spectre #1, Page 32

Copyright Date September 28, 1967
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1967


Frequency: Monthly (semi-monthly, March)
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The Girl of Straw"
Pages: 11

Feature(s):
Supergirl (of Earth-1)

Writer: Cary Bates
Artist: Jim Mooney

Reprinted In:
Supergirl:The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Supergirl (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #169; next appearance in Action Comics #357)

Supporting Character(s)

• Dick Malverne (dream appearance)
• Comet (dream appearance)
• Zor-El (dream appearance)
• Miss Hart (dream appearance)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Superman (dream appearance)

Other Character(s)

• Several college students (dream appearance)
• A mole creature (dream appearance)
• Children at the Midvale Orphanage (dream appearance)

Comments:
This story takes place in Supergirl's dream.

Synopsis:
After finishing a mission overseas, Supergirl returns to her room at Stanhope College for a night of sleep. In the morning, Supergirl is noticable weaker. She has difficulty defeating a mole creature, which she had easily beaten before. Supergirl decides to test her powers further on a ride through space with Comet. The test reveals that she is indeed weaker.

After a performance at Midvale Orphanage, Supergirl blacks out and is found by Superman. He revives the Girl of Steel, then explains that she is really a robot created by Zor-El. Her power source has finally expired which is the cause of her weakness. Supergirl is upset to learn that she has never been truly alive.

Superman then awakens in bed and discovers that Supergirl's weakness was just a dream. He goes to meet her and finds that she really is a robot. Then Linda Lee wakes up in her bed at Stanhope. She was having a dream within a dream and is happy to discover that she is truly alive.