History ComicBook / StardustTheSuperWizard

* YellowPeril: The one-time villain "Slant-Eye", who resembles a racist Asian caricature, but only on a surface level. Beyond the name, the script never mentions his race or nationality and he gets about as much development as a villain than the other men in suits that comprise much of the rogue's gallery.

* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Stardust brings an unnamed woman home with him after her family is killed in a house fire. She apparently has no trouble on the trip flying home through space. The vultures from Venus can also apparently breathe in space.

* SuperEmpowering: As mentioned earlier, Stardust is shown to be quite capable of the first variant, in a potential source of FridgeHorror.

* YellowPeril: The one-time villain "Slant-Eye", who resembles a racist Asian caricature -- though his actual ethnicity or country of origin is never brought up.

* IndecisiveDeconstruction: This is the very first superhero story in which the hero is [[HorrifyingHero an utterly inhuman superbeing]] whose motives and power are [[HumanoidAbomination so far above human comprehension]] that [[BewareTheSuperman the world would be completely unable to stand against him were he to go rogue]]. The comics were published when the concept of a superhero was only a year old, and a full ''[[OlderThanTheyThink seventy years]]'' before the likes of ''ComicBook/{{Supergod}}'' or ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}''. That being said, Fletcher Hanks was [[MadArtist crazy]], so there is no way of knowing if any of this was even intentional.

* {{Gonk}}: A considerable number of Stardust's foes are drawn with protruding lower lips, furrowed neanderthal brows, and large cartoonish eyes. The most prominent example is the Super Fiend, but even the human villains have some of these traits.

* {{Expy}}: Of {{Superman}}. Possibly also of [[ComicStrip/FlashGordon Flash Gordon]], though that is more likely the intent behind Hanks' other character, Space Smith.

* ChildSoldiers: A possible way to describe Stardust's "Sixth Column" -- an army of [[{{Eagleland}} "red-blooded" American boys]] that Stardust [[RecruitTeenagerswithAttitude picks for no apparent reason]] to be [[SuperEmpowering given some of his powers]] so that they can help him protect the homefront from Axis spies. By the next issue, these boys are to shown to have established recruiting stations across the country and have been given [[CostumeCopycat their own star-metal suits as uniforms]].

* TheSociopath: Rip-the-Blood, a DiabolicalMastermind who's perfectly willing to start a world war to make money.

* BigAppleSauce: Many stories take place in or around New York City. Even when the city isn't mentioned by name, it's plenty obvious from the skyline. Almost certainly an example of WriteWhatYouKnow given that Hanks created these comics for the Manhattan-based [[Creator/WillEisner Eisner & Iger]] studio.

* RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude: The sole demographic from which Stardust grabs recruits for his "Sixth Column" are "red-blooded American boys".
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: The blurb at the start of most issues unintentionally exemplifies the trope due to the sheer disparity between the powers it describes for Stardust, immediately juxtaposed with what he does with them:
-->Stardust, whose vast knowledge of interplanetary science has made him the most remarkable man that ever lived, devotes his abilities to crime-busting...
* TheSociopath: Rip-the-Blood, a DiabolicalMastermind who's perfectly willing to start a world war to make money.
* StarterVillain: The unnamed leaders of a Nazi spy ring who try to destroy the US government upon learning of Stardust coming to Earth. They're arrested at the end of the issue after being forced to look at the skeletons of their victims.

* CurbstompBattle: None of Stardust's adversaries had any chance against him.

-> ''"You are now in the power of Stardust"''

* ReedRichardsIsUseless: The blurb at the start of most issues exemplifies the trope: "Stardust, whose vast knowledge of interplanetary science has made him the most remarkable man that ever lived, devotes his abilities to crime-busting..."

* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Provides the page quote.

* ChildSoldiers: A possible way to describe Stardust's "Sixth Column" -- an army of "red-blooded" American boys that Stardust [[RecruitTeenagerswithAttitude picks for no apparent reason]] to be [[SuperEmpowering given some of his powers]] so that they can help him protect the homefront from Axis spies. By the next issue, these boys are to shown to have established recruiting stations across the country and have been given [[CostumeCopycat their own star-metal suits as uniforms]].

* OffModel: Despite his simplistic design, Stardust himself is somewhat prone to this. His head seems to change shape on a regular basis, to the point that in some panels he may be drawn with a great big ForeheadOfDoom.

* ScienceHero: He uses his "vast knowledge of interplanetary science" to fight crime. This manifests more in his tendency to use [[ReedRichardsIsUseless bizarrely specialized machines for detecting crimes]].

* ScienceHero: He uses his "vast knowledge of interplanetary science" to fight crime. This manifests more in his tendency to use [[RichardReedsIsUseless bizarrely specialized machines for detecting crimes]].

* ScienceHero: He uses his "vast knowledge of interplanetary science" to fight crime. Other than him using the odd gadget or machine this is something of an InformedAttribute.

* YellowPeril: The one-time villain "Slant-Eye", who resembles a racist caricature of Asians.

* ClothesMakeTheSuperhuman: Stardust's leotard is actually a "flexible star-metal skin" that renders him impervious to violent force, chemicals and electricty. He later gives child-sized duplicates to his young helpers.

* ScienceHero: He uses his "vast knowledge of interplanetary science" to fight crime, though this is something of an InformedAttribute.

* ChildSoldiers: A possible way to describe Stardust's "Sixth Column" -- an army of "red-blooded" American boys that Stardust [[RecruitTeenagerswithAttitude picks for no apparent reason]] to be [[SuperEmpowering given some of his powers]] so that they can help him protect the homefront from Axis spies. By the next issue, these boys are to shown to have established recruiting stations across the country and have started [[CostumeCopycat wearing Stardust's costume]] like a uniform.

* RichardReedsIsUseless: Provides the page quote.

* ChildSoldiers: A possible way to describe Stardust's "Sixth Column" -- an army of "red-blooded" American boys that Stardust [[RecruitTeenagerswithAttitude picks seemingly at random]] to be [[SuperEmpowering given some of his powers]] so that they can help him protect the homefront from Axis spies. By the next issue, these boys are to shown to have established recruiting stations across the country and have started [[CostumeCopycat wearing Stardust's costume]] like a uniform.

* YellowPeril: The one-time villain "Slant-Eye".