#sylvester pemberton

[zobjilan77]

They put Doctor Fate in the Shockwave machine

Doctor Fate will not live through the night!

(All-Star Comics #62)

[mae-kent]

starman buttons <3

[slutvester-pemberton]

Courtney’s files in JSA Secret Files, DCU Secret Files, and JLA/JSA Secret Files

[infinityinc4ever]

Brian Bolland’s gorgeous JSA cover

[somewherefornow]

COURTNEY WHITMORE/STAR SPANGLED KID & SYLVESTER PEMBERTON in JSA (1999)

[dcdreamblog]

Simialr to the previous question, but less heavy; how often did people in general, and other superheroes in particular, give Stripesy agita over being an adult who sidekicked to a child?

No, if only because the term "sidekick" hadn't been invented and that's not how either Pemberton or Dugan saw their relationship.

See, the term "sidekick" wasn't used in contemporary records and it's never recorded as being in use by the heroes themselves to their younger partners.

(A war bond image of The Sandman and Sandy the Golden Boy. You can tell it's a war bond model because that is NOT what Wesley Dodds looked like! Circa 1943)

These superheroes tended to refer to their sidekicks as "wards" if referring to their age specifically, placing themselves in the legal caregiver role and responsibility. Most often though they simply called them their "partners" or even their "young partners" if they wanted to be specific. The sidekicks were trusted comrades to the heroes they palled around with, if they weren't they certainly wouldn't have been trusted to go up against nazis, criminals and supervillains.

Any attempt to undermine or overrule superhero sidekicks in official channels or ESPECIALLY in the heat of battle were pushed back on HARD by the heroes themselves.

To use Sandy as an example, there's a famous anecdote of an OSS agent speaking over Sandy during a JSA meeting and being interrupted right back by Hawkman slamming his mace on the table before every hero present turns to Sandy and asks him to continue his thought.

Afterwards the agent was given a warning by Hawkman: "Sandy is one of us, we trust him."

With the implication being clear as to their opinion of the agent.

Stripesy was a special case but not an absurd one.

(A signed promotional shot of the pair, signed and given out to a young fan. circa 1942)

Now don't get me wrong everyone knew which of the pair was "in charge", just look at how they're billed. And SOME heroes did give Stripesy some pain for following the Kid's directions so flawlessly. Wildcat specifically was known to be particularly adept and willing to press that button. But Wildcat was a gadfly on his best day and it was some good natured ribbing among friends.

Any attempt by the public, ESPECIALLY media or government to talk down to Stripesy would have and was met with direct, warning hostility from any other heroes present. Especially the Kid himself.

The most demonstrative story is one where the Kid was invited to take a meeting with a state's governor to discuss a raft of sabotage afflicting coastal manufacturing. When the governor's security attempted to disallow Stripesy entry to the meeting, the Kid turned, kicked both of the guards' knees out of from under them and chilled any response from the governor with a glance.

Pemberton and Dugan saw themselves as partners, no matter what. Especially due to Pemberton's...distant and difficult family life, Dugan was the closest thing to family Pemberton ever saw himself as having to the point that Dugan was/is the sole inheritor of Pemberton's will and trust. (Save some deep legal chicanery from one Lex Luthor that has since been corrected)

[halbarryislife]

Who could drive the curse out of this family? These people are glued to ruin. (in/sp.)

[sandy-castle]

Are you a fan of Starman (1994)? Or the Stargirl TV show? Or Golden Age Adventure Comics? Star Spangled Comics? Sandman Mystery Theatre? Infinity Inc? (this server covers a lot more than I thought it would)

Join us in the Stars and Sand discord server!

[dailyjsa]

JSA Returns: Star-Spangled Comics #1 cover by Dave Johnson

[wanderingmind867]

I just thought of how I would have handled the Justice Society in the 70s: I would adamantly refuse to kill anyone (besides maybe batman and catwoman of earth-two), and I would probably replace the main JSA with eight young, new members: Robin (Dick Grayson), Speedy (Roy Harper), Star-Spangled Kid, Sandy the Golden Boy, Power Girl, The Huntress, Merry, Girl of 1,000 Gimmicks and Batgirl (Bette Kane). Before you say something about Bette Kane: don't tell me she didn't exist on Earth-Two. They establish that Kathy Kane (Batwoman) existed on earth-two. If you get one, you get the other. It counts. So, yeah. This is probably how i'd do it. And i'd then probably add Infinity Inc as it's own separate thing a few years later.

[comicpolls]

[evilhorse]

Infinity Inc. and Batman and the Outsiders house ads (from Jonni Thunder A.K.A. Thunderbolt #3 circa June 1985)

[kryptonbabe]

Clark??? You don't go around saying things like that!!

We are so used to blaming Barry for altering timelines and messing up the space-time continuum and Superman is such a polite person that we often ignore that he tried to mess with the past a hundred times already

From All-star Comics #64 (1977)

[slutvester-pemberton]

Compilation of Sylvester's thicc ass in Infinity Inc.

[infinityinc4ever]

One of my all-time favorite covers. The first appearance of Power Girl!

[thrakaboom]

Look at Sly's snatched waist and flirty thigh highs.

Skyman has been dead for 36 slutty, slutty years