KICKING BUTT AND FIGHTING EVIL--ALL BEFORE CHEERLEADING PRACTICE

Courtney Whitmore is just your typical teenage girl trying to make it through high school--but she's about to stumble upon a secret that will make her life a lot more complicated Her new stepfather, Pat Dugan, was once a costumed adventurer called Stripesy--sidekick to the Golden Age hero the Star-Spangled Kid. Finding the Kid's costume, Courtney decides to modify it for herself and become the new Star-Spangled Kid--allowing her to fight crime and annoy her stepdad at the same time

But Dugan isn't about to let his new daughter put herself in harm's way--at least, not by herself. Using his exceptional mechanical skills, he builds a robotic suit called S.T.R.I.P.E. to make sure he can keep an eye on Courtney as she battles for justice. Now the duo fight side by side--often bickering, but never forgetting to watch each other's backs as they take on aliens, cults, super-villains, and more

Collects: Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #0-14, JSA: All Stars #4, and stories from DCU Heroes Secret Files (1999) and DCU Villains Secret Files (1999)