Pat Dugan, also known as Stripesy and later S.T.R.I.P.E., is a Golden Age super-hero. His career began as Stripesy, the adult sidekick to the child hero Star-Spangled Kid. Eventually he married Barbara Whitmore, and his step-daughter Courtney Whitmore would become the second Star Spangled-Kid. To assist her he built a mechanical suit of robot armor and began calling himself S.T.R.I.P.E.. He has been a member of the All-Star Squadron; Infinity, Inc.; the Justice Society; and the Seven Soldiers of Victory.
Pat Dugan was created by Jerry Siegel and Hal Sherman, first appearing in Star-Spangled Comics #1. (1941)