8. Stripsey/S.T.R.I.P.E. (DC Comics)

Back in the forties, people were constantly trying to crank out new characters in an attempt to equal the popularity of Superman and Batman. One of the strangest attempts was the creation of the Star-Spangled Kid and Stripsey. The gimmick here was that the teenager was the superhero and the adult was the sidekick! Yeah, that is just as ridiculous as it sounds. Duggan was decently strong and pretty good at fighting, but he was still a sidekick to a kid, and was just as much of a joke as can be anticipated from that fact. So, when they brought Duggan back in the 2000s, it was necessary to do some reinvention.

Duggan, now an adult, took on the mentor/partner role with his step-daughter Courtney Whitmore AKA Stargirl. Of course, this time he did his crime fighting in a giant badass robot suit. Because Pat Duggan, now known as S.T.R.I.P.E. knows how to reinvent himself. Pretty good stepdad, too.