Star-Spangled Kid (Sylvester Pemberton)

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The original Star-Spangled Kid was Sylvester Pemberton, a Golden Age character, created by Jerry Siegel, the co-creator of Superman. He became the Star-Spangled Kid in order to battle Nazism during World War II. He was unique in that he was a kid superhero who had an adult sidekick, Stripesy a.k.a. Pat Dugan. 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.

During the Golden Age, he was a member of both the Seven Soldiers of Victory (along with his partener, Stripesy) and the All Star Squadron; alone he was also a member of the Justice Society in later years.

Decades later, he changed his name to Skyman and led Infinity Inc.. He was killed when Harlequin III made Solomon Grundy touch Pemberton with Mister Bones's hand. Bones' cyanide touch killed him instantly.