Courtney Whitmore

## Background

### 1998 - 2012: Courtney Whitmore

Courtney was born in National City to her working mother Barbara Whitmore & her on/off boyfriend Sam Kurtis. Shortly after Courtney was born, Sam was constantly in & out of their lives until he was eventually just gone. Courtney had only met him a handful of times, already forgetting his face as she got older. Barbara & Courtney began moving around the states until they eventually settled in the small & uneventful city of Blue Valley when she was four. Shortly after moving into their new home, Barbara befriended & began dating Pat Dugan, another single parent.

Eventually, the two combined her families three years later & Courtney gained a stepbrother Mike Dugan. Courtney made it quite clear that she did not like Pat, viewing the man as someone just trying to take her father's place. Nonetheless, she sucked it up & continued on for the sake of mother.

Years later, while rummaging through her stepfather's belongings during their spring cleaning day, she found some old boxes of Pat's. Through a series of photographs & even some foreign looking equipment, Courtney put the pieces together that Pat was the superhero named S.T.R.I.P.E.S., the famed sidekick of Star-Spangled Kid & a member of the Justice Society of America. Just as she was about to grab a magical staff that glows in her presence, Pat walked in on her. Courtney immediately accused him of being a superhero but Pat told her that whatever she thinks she knows, she doesn't. Before she could get another word out, Pat told her to never go through his stuff again. But of course, she didn't listen.

Courtney began constantly bothering Pat about his superhero lifestyle but he would not budge. Deciding to take matters into her own hand, she searched around the house for the box while Pat was at work. Finding it, she tried on the cosmic converter belt that belong to Star Spangled Kid & wielded the cosmic staff, though she was unsure who it had belonged to before. Putting on some of her workout clothes, Courtney decided to go out as a superhero that night. When Pat came home shortly after to see the box opened, he donned his old costume again. Quickly finding her & knowing she would not give up on his dream, Pat decided to train her & when he deemed her ready, he would let her go out on her own.

And just over night, Star Spangled Kid & S.T.R.I.P.E.S. were reborn. Though it was to mock him a little bit, Courtney changed the original Star-Spangled outfit to her own liking (a long sleeve crop top & shorts) but Pat said he was happy she stuck with the patriotic-theme. As time went on, Courtney got better & better with her skills. She even caught the attentions of other superhero teens, leading to her joining the Titans.

## Romantic Relationships

* Billy Batson: Boyfriend (2013 - 2015), (*Unknown*)

## Powers & Abilities

* **Acrobatics:** As a former gymnast, she is highly athletic. She is extremely agile & flexible, able to perform flips, aerials & numerous other acrobatic maneuvers with ease. Her gymnastic feats are remarkable & effortless. Her skills are accentuated when she wields the Cosmic Staff.
* **Hand to Hand Combat/Martial Arts:** She is a skilled fighter, being a karate blue belt recipient from an early age. She proved capable of taking on multiple opponents at the same time with little struggle. She is able to fight Shiv on multiple occasions, even briefly overpowering her in some.
* **Stick Fighting:** Courtney has demonstrated great skill in bo-staff fighting. She can also fight using improvised weapons, such as a bat or poker..
* **Cosmic Converter Belt:** The belt used the same technology as the Comic Staff, which was adapted by Sylvester Pemberton. The Cosmic Converter Belt converts cosmic energy (star light) into a very useful & flexible force.
	+ ***Enhanced Strength***: It enables the wearer to lift incredible weight.
	+ ***Enhanced Agility***: The belt allows its wielder to move with heightened agility.
	+ ***Enhanced Speed***
	+ ***Enhanced Stamina***
	+ ***Aura Connection***: The belt is attuned to the aura of the wielder
* **Cosmic Staff:** The Cosmic Staff is a powerful device that can absorbs stellar energy & use it to create a wide range of abilities. This device was invented by Ted Knight & based on the earlier Gravity Rod.
	+ ***Gravity Manipulation***: The wielder can focus the staff's energy to defy gravity, allowing the wielder & others flight.
	+ ***Magnetic Manipulation***: The staff can attract or repel living beings or objects to/from itself.
	+ ***Defense Force-Fields***: The staff can be used in conjunction with flight to protect against atmospheric damage in high velocity flight.
	+ ***Energy Projection***: The staff projects yellow & red stellar energy blasts (these last particularly effective against Kryptonians).
	+ ***Energy Absorption***: The staff can sometimes absorb electricity to dissipate it.
	+ ***Heat Emission***: The cosmic staff is able to melt steel.
	+ ***Attunement***: Possesses the ability to attune itself to its current wielder; doing so makes it hard for the staff to become attuned to anyone else. It can receive mental commands from the wielder from certain distances.
* **Star-Rocket Racer**: Pat Dugan provided her with a car for her sixteenth birthday. Although Courtney did not initially realize it, the car is actually a modified version of the original Star-Rocket Racer, once used by her predecessor Sylvester Pemberton.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* She once had a crush on Al Rothstein. It is unknown if she ever moved on from it.
* She is good friends with Yolanda Montez, Beth Chapel & Traya Sutton.