Stripesy is a fictional superhero in the DC Comics universe. Real name Patrick "Pat" Dugan, Stripesy is notable for being the only adult sidekick to a teenage superhero —,Sylvester Pemberton, the Star-Spangled Kid. Stripesy was a gifted mechanic who built the Star Rocket Racer, a bubble-topped limousine with the functions of a rocket and helicopter. Together, they were members of the Seven Soldiers of Victory and the All-Star Squadron . Stripesy was created by Jerry Siegel (co-creator of Superman) and Hal Sherman, and first appeared in Action Comics #40 (September, 1941).

When the Soldiers were lost in time during the late forties, they were rescued by the Justice League of America and returned to the present day. Upon his return, Dugan had married a woman named Maggie, who left him later to raise their son Michael on his own. Compounding his problems was the fact that Sylvester Pemberton's black sheep relative Arthur had stolen Dugan's patents during their disappearance. Upon hearing about this, Sylvester returned the patents to Pat, and the two reconciled.

The character has been updated for a new audience: In the Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. series Dugan has got married (for the second time) and settled in Blue Valley. His step-daughter, Courtney Whitmore, became the second Star-Spangled Kid, partly in order to annoy him. This led Dugan to develop a robotic suit of armor (S.T.R.I.P.E.) so as to accompany and protect her.

Following the events of the series, Dugan and his family moved to Metropolis, where he has assisted Superman's comrade Steel. Since then, they have moved back to Blue Valley.

Like the rest of the Seven Soldiers, Dugan is younger than he should be, owing to time travel.
Recently Pat has completely re-engineered S.T.R.I.P.E., changing its appearance.

Other versions of Stripesy

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In Kingdom Come, Alex Ross portrays Stripesy as an African-American adult, renamed "Stripes", and is equipped with various military acoutrements such as automatic weaponry, knives and kevlar padding.

Appearances in other media

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The new versions of Stripesy and the Star-Spangled Kid have been seen in the animated Justice League Unlimited television series, called by their modern names of S.T.R.I.P.E. and Stargirl respectively.

References

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Don Markstein's Toonopedia "Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy"

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