Sylvester Pemberton found his
destiny on July 4, 1941, when
attending a movie, he heard pro-Nazi
protesters in the theatre. He and
another patriotic citizen at first
shouted them down, and when they
became violent, beat them back.
Pemberton discovered that they were
sabateurs, and after devising a quick
costume, tracked them down with the
aid of the other man, a mechanic
named Pat Dugan. Sylvester thought
the two would make a fine duo and
decided to join together as The Star-
Spangled Kid and Stripesy.
Pemberton convinced his father to
hire Dugan as his driver, and helped
develop Pat's ideas into the Star-
Rocket Racer, an auto which could
race up to 200 mph and could fly for
short distances.

While coralling up some crooks, the duo came upon plans by The Hand to cause a crime-wave across America,
using several crimelords. Teaming up with several other heroes in the summer of 1941, both the Star-Spangled
Kid and Stripesy became founding members of The Law's Legionaires ( also known as The Seven Soldiers of
Victory. Later, the two also became members of the All-Star Squadron.

........In October, 1949, The Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy were contacted by The Spider, who pretended to be
a hero and a member of The Seven Soldeirs, and was led into a trap that culminated in the team being hurdled
back though time. Sylvester spent several weeks in 50, 000 BC, before being rescued by several members of
the combined forces of the Justice League of America and the Justice Society. He was returned to his proper
era, but nearly 40 years after he had left.

Every one he had known except for his fellow Soldiers had passed away or forgotten him, and he was feeling
depressed when Starman lent him his Cosmic Rod to use. Sylvester began to fight crime and aided the Justice
Society on a case. He adapted the Cosmic Rod into a Cosmic Converter Belt and soon joined the JSA full-time.

Feeling that his heroic career was at a dead-end, he deciced to create his own team of heroes, and when the
super-powered offspring of the Justice Society members teamed together to save their elders from the Ultra-
Humanite, Pemberton offered to lead the team and move them to California under the name Infinity Inc. After
dropping most of the abilities of the Cosmic Converter Belt, he incorperated the remaining features into a new
costume and began to go by the name of SKYMAN. ........Soon after reconciling his differences with his retired
partner, Skyman was killed by the cyanide touch of Mr. Bones, under the direction of the second Harlequin.