| Star-Spangled kid | |
|---|---|
 The Sylvester Pemberton incarnation of the Star-Spangled Kid as depicted inAll Star Comics #64 (February 1977). Art by Wally Wood. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Sylvester Pemberton: Star Spangled Comics #1 (October 1941) Courtney Whitmore: Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #0 (July 1999) Miss Martian: Teen Titans #37 (August 2006) |
| In-story information | |
| Notable aliases | Miss Martian Courtney Whitmore Sylvester Pemberton/Skyman |
| Abilities | Sylvester Pemberton
Courtney Whitmore
Miss MartianTo view all abilities click here: Miss Martian’s abilities orWhite Martians |
TheStar-Spangled Kid is the name of severalsuperheroes in theDC Comics' mainshared universe.
The original Star-Spangled Kid wasSylvester Pemberton, aGolden Age character, created bySuperman co-creatorJerry Siegel. He adopted the identity to battleNazism duringWorld War II, and was unique in being a child with an adult sidekick, Stripesy a.k.a.Pat Dugan.[1][2] Both he and Dugan were superb acrobats along with having sufficient training in hand-to-hand combat, but the pair regularly bickered about which of them should get top billing.
Decades later, he changed his name toSkyman and ledInfinity Inc.[3] He was later killed byMister Bones's cyanide touch.
Courtney is Pat Dugan's stepdaughter, who found Pemberton's gear in his belongings and donned the Cosmic Converter Belt, with a costume of her own design. She begins her career as the second Star-Spangled Kid to annoy Dugan as partial revenge for him marrying her mother and supposedly forcing the family to move from Los Angeles toBlue Valley, Nebraska. Dugan, a skilled mechanic, designs and buildsS.T.R.I.P.E., amecha which he rides in to accompany and protect her. Eventually, she joins theJSA and, after being givenJack Knight's cosmic rod, changes her identity toStargirl.
A third Star-Spangled Kid appears inTerror Titans #1 and is subsequently captured by the Terror Titans team for the Dark Side Club. The Star-Spangled Kid is forced to fight in a tournament against other meta-humans, going on to win the tournament. During the course of the storyline he appears to have a much stronger resistance to brainwashing than the other fighters, although he does eventually succumb. Later, it is revealed that he is the shape-shiftingMiss Martian, who is immune to the brainwashing and gradually frees the other combatants.[4]