Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.

Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.
Cover of Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #0 (July, 1999). Art by Lee Moder.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing when in publication
Publication date	July 1999 - December 2000
Number of issues	15 (0-14)
Main character(s)	Star-Spangled Kid; S.T.R.I.P.E.
Creative team
Writer(s)	Geoff Johns
Penciller(s)	Lee Moder
Inker(s)	Dan Davis
Collected editions
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Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. is an American comic book published by DC Comics, featuring the second Star-Spangled Kid and her stepfather, the original version's sidekick Stripesy. It was first published in July 1999 (with a "zero issue") and ran for fourteen issues. It was written by Geoff Johns, with art by Lee Moder and Dan Davis.

Courtney is the stepdaughter of Pat Dugan. She found Sylvester Pemberton's cosmic converter belt in her stepfather's belongings and donned the costume in order to annoy him as partial revenge for marrying her mother and supposedly forcing the family to move from Los Angeles to Blue Valley, Nebraska. Dugan, a skilled mechanic, designed and built S.T.R.I.P.E., an armored robot which he rides in to accompany and protect her. Eventually, she joined the Justice Society of America and, after being given Starman's gravity rod by Jack Knight, changed her identity to Stargirl.

S.T.R.I.P.E. is a fictional superhero in the DC Comics universe. Real name Pat Dugan, he first went by the name Stripesy. He 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 duo's car, the Star Rocket Racer. 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).