Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #0 is an issue of the series Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. (Volume 1) with a cover date of July, 1999.
Synopsis for "A Chilly Day in Opal"
Appearing in "A Chilly Day in Opal"
Featured Characters:
- Star-Spangled Kid (Courtney Whitmore) (First appearance)
- S.T.R.I.P.E./Stripesy (Pat Dugan) (First appearance as S.T.R.I.P.E.) (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Barbara Whitmore (First appearance)
- The Flash (Jay Garrick) (Flashback only)
- Mary Kramer (First appearance)
- Starman (Jack Knight) (Flashback and main story)
- Star-Spangled Kid (Sylvester Pemberton) (Flashback only)
- Ted Knight (Flashback and main story)
Antagonists:
- The Icicle (Cameron Mahkent)
- The Icicle (Joar Mahkent) (Flashback only)
Other Characters:
- Billy O'Dare (Flashback only)
- Infinity, Inc. (Flashback only)
- Justice Society of America (In a photograph only)
- Seven Soldiers of Victory (Flashback only)
- The Atom (Al Pratt) (Mentioned only)
- Captain Marvel (Mentioned only)
- Catman (Mentioned only)
- David Knight (Mentioned only)
- Doctor Mid-Nite (Pieter Cross) (Mentioned only)
- General George S. Patton (Mentioned only)
- Harlequin (Marcie Cooper) (Mentioned only)
- Hawkgirl (Shiera Hall) (Mentioned only)
- Hourman (Rick Tyler) (Mentioned only)
- Injustice Society (Mentioned only)
- Injustice Unlimited (Mentioned only)
- Johnny Thunder (Mentioned only)
- Justice League of America (Mentioned only)
- Aquaman (Mentioned only)
- The Mist (Mentioned only)
- The Mist's son (Mentioned only)
- Nebula Man (Mentioned only)
- PETA (Mentioned only)
- The Shade (Mentioned only)
- Ultra-Humanite (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Blue Valley, Nebraska
- Opal City
- Knight Observatory
- Opal City Zoo
- Los Angeles (Mentioned only)
- New York City (Mentioned only)
- Turk County (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Cosmic Converter Belt
- Cosmic Rod
- Cosmic Staff
- Icicle's Cold Gun (Flashback only)
- S.T.R.I.P.E. Armor (First appearance)
Vehicles:
- Star-Rocket Racer (Mentioned only)
Notes
- Reprinted in JSA Presents: Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. Vol. 2 and Starman Omnibus Vol. 5.
- Chronologically, the events from this issue take place between Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #8 and Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #9.
- Flashbacks provided in this issue take place between Infinity Inc. #11 and Infinity Inc. #12.
- The flashback of Infinity, Inc is a rearrangement of a promotional drawing of the pre-Crisis Earth-Two version.
- While previous Post-Crisis stories left doubts about the role of Power Girl in Infinity, Inc., other stories have reaffirmed it.[1]
- First appearance of the S.T.R.I.P.E. Armor. The armor is based on the designs of the old Star-Rocket Racer.
Trivia
- Power Girl's hair is brown in this issue.
- Icicle II claims his father never killed anyone, what is not true. Icicle I killed Lanky Leeds in All-American Comics Vol 1 90.
- The present times are drawn by Lee Moder; the flashback is drawn by Chris Weston.
- An interesting appearance of Jack Knight as an teenager.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. (Volume 1)
- JSA (Volume 1)
- JSA: All Stars (Volume 1)
- Justice Society of America (Volume 3)
- Star-Spangled Comics (Volume 1)
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