The former adult sidekick to teenage superhero Sylvester Pemberton, the Star-Spangled Kid,[1] Dugan is a gifted mechanic known for inventions such as the Star Rocket Racer.

Originally called "Stripesy" while working with the Seven Soldiers of Victory and the All-Star Squadron before building a powered suit of armor dubbed S.T.R.I.P.E.

Dugan as Stripesy was created by Jerry Siegel and Hal Sherman and first appeared in Star Spangled Comics #1 (October 1941).

The two team up as embodiments of the American flag, Sylvester as the Star-Spangled Kid and Pat as Stripesy, to track down and stop the spies.

[4] When the Soldiers are lost in time during the late forties after battling the Nebula Man, they are rescued by the Justice League of America and returned to the present day.

Compounding his problems is the fact that Sylvester Pemberton's black sheep relative Arthur had stolen Dugan's patents during their disappearance.

Courtney was cleaning out the office of Barbara Whitmore's boyfriend Pat Dugan when she found a staff, a belt, and a shirt with a star on it.

Though Pat agreed to train her, Courtney had to respond to the criminal activity caused by Shadow Thief who was taking hostages to draw out a superhero.

returns alongside many other superheroes to the DC Universe when Doctor Manhattan, inspired by Superman, undoes the changes that he made to the timeline that erased the Justice Society and the Legion of Super-Heroes.

[12] In the pages of "The New Golden Age", Pat took Courtney to Myrtle Beach at the time when the Seven Soldiers of Victory were reassembled by the Jill Carlyle version of Crimson Avenger.

[14] Pat Dugan has no superpowers, but is a gifted mechanic, having built Sylvester Pemberton's Star-Rocket Racer, the JSA's Steel Eagle.

In Kingdom Come, Alex Ross portrays Stripesy as a black adult, renamed "Stripes", and is equipped with various military accoutrements such as automatic weaponry, knives, and kevlar padding.

An alternate universe incarnation of Pat Dugan appears in Justice League: Gods and Monsters, voiced by Dan Gilvezan.

This version is a scientist and member of Lex Luthor's "Project Fair Play", a contingency program meant to destroy their universe's Justice League if necessary.