Supergirl’s first big solo adventure!
Supergirl gets her trial by fire when dumb-ass scientists create a rift to another dimension and a giant monster (partially) comes through. President Kennedy (or a close facsimile) calls out to Supergirl for help. Linda, who is on a date with Dick, sneaks away to take down the destructive red legs.
Supergirl finds that the extra-dimensional monster is surrounded by an impenetrable force field. After flying headfirst into the shield a couple of times and getting squished by a foot ‘Monty Python’-style Supergirl decides that this situation might be more than she can handle by herself. She sends a message into the future, addressed to the Legion of Super-Heroes.
What Supergirl receives in the care package from the future is a shrinking ray which she uses to…um, shrink the creature down. She then sticks the creature in a bottle and takes him to the Fortress of Solitude (instead of returning him to his home dimension. It wasn’t Mr. Red’s fault that he got sucked into our dimension). It’s then revealed that the Legion always knew when Supergirl would be revealed to the world, which is pretty obvious since they are from the future.
When Superman returns from his mission Supergirl gets another celebratory tour with another meeting with the President and then they go on TV again (they preempted American Idol) so that Superman can inform the world that there will always be a member of the Super-family on Earth when one has to be off-planet. That was his “Don’t blame me, I left Supergirl in charge” speech.
Oh sure Supergirl, responsibilities are great until you fuck up.
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