On Earth-Two, wealthy young heir Sylvester Pemberton and his chaffeur Pat Dugan joined forces to become the crime fighting team of Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy, in part inspired by Superman. Together, they fought a variety of foes as a dynamic duo and, later, as members of both Law's Legionnaires and the All-Star Squadron, where they were teammates of Superman himself!
On Earth-One, school student Lucas "Snapper" Carr was a mascot of the Justice League, of which Superman was a member... and years earlier school student Carl "Moosey" Draper was a school classmate of the younger alter ego of Superboy. Although friends, their relationship with the Man of Steel soured, leading to Lucas adopting the Star-Tsar alias while Draper became the Master Jailer. Their criminal careers led to their each confronting Superman in battle and losing.
Both Lucas and Sylvester were genius level intellects as well as aspiring crime fighters, using their aptitude for the sciences to devise devices that could channel stellar energy through weaponry and their super-suits. Also, Carl and Pat were adept in mechanics and utilized their skills to develop various gadgets they then used in their costumed careers. One such device that Dugan built was the flying car known as the Star-Rocket Racer which he and the Kid drove, a vehicle that mirrored that of Snapper's flying hot rod car which the League gifted him in his early adventures with them.
Around the same time that Pemberton as the Kid joined the Justice Society, Carr in his Star-Tsar alter ego conspired with the Key and Privateer to defeat the Justice League... before having a change of heart. Also around this time, Draper and Dugan both became embittered by the superheroes whom they had known for the lack of appreciation shown to them, each of them hiring out their technical design skills to use their advanced weaponry to aid criminal endeavors. This was in part also due to the anger they felt over lost loves, Carl with his love for Lana Lang not being returned, and Pat with his divorce to his wife Maggie who abandoned him and their son Mike. However, while Draper as the Master Jailer remained a criminal adversary of Superman and Supergirl, Dugas as Stripesy continued to assist his old partner the Kid along with other heroes such as Superman and Power Girl behind the scenes.
Around the same time that Pemberton as the Kid joined the Justice Society, Carr in his Star-Tsar alter ego conspired with the Key and Privateer to defeat the Justice League... before having a change of heart. Also around this time, Draper and Dugan both became embittered by the superheroes whom they had known for the lack of appreciation shown to them, each of them hiring out their technical design skills to use their advanced weaponry to aid criminal endeavors. This was in part also due to the anger they felt over lost loves, Carl with his love for Lana Lang not being returned, and Pat with his divorce to his wife Maggie who abandoned him and their son Mike. However, while Draper as the Master Jailer remained a criminal adversary of Superman and Supergirl, Dugas as Stripesy continued to assist his old partner the Kid along with other heroes such as Superman and Power Girl behind the scenes.
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