Beautie

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Status:
active

Real Name:
Beautie

Debuted:
Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 1 #1

Earliest known appearance:
1969, Astro City Special: Beautie

Affiliation:
Honor Guard

Base of Operations:
Astro City

Range of Operations:
Globally with Honor Guard

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Headlines:
September 10, 1969: 'Beautie' Saves Heiress

Appearances:
Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 1 #1, 6
Wizard Presents: Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 2 #1/2
Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 2 #1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 19, 20
Astro City: Local Heroes #1
Astro City Special: Beautie
Astro City: The Dark Age Book Three #2, 3, 4
Astro City: The Dark Age Book Four #3, 4

A full sized doll brought to life. Her petite figure conceals a surprising strength and resiliency. The structure of her artificial body allows her to endure extreme environmental conditions, and provides immunity from the aphrodisiac allure of Goldenboy's pheremones.

"Hey, super-people, aliens, monsters; what's so weird about a genuine living doll?" -- Robert Haney, of Goldwater Heights.

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History

Beautie is a perfect life-size replica of the children's doll of the same name sold by Tip-Top Toys. She is their corporate symbol and spokesman, making appearances nationwide.

Beautie arrived in Astro City in the fall of 1969, with no memory of her past. Her first heroic act was stopping the kidnapping of Joanie Wheaton, the heir to Wheaton Investments. Six months later, she assisted Honor Guard in defeating the Toymaker. Honor Guard brought her into their ranks, and using the Loony Leo v. Fago's Funny Features decision as precedent, assisted in legal action declaring her a free person.

In 1978, she broke up an attack by the Lawmen on the Astro City Gay Freedom March, which has led the gay community to adopt her as their favorite hero. To this day, she lives in an apartment above the Range Rider gay bar.

Eventually she found out she was constructed by Elaine Girbachs.

Over the course of her heroic career, she has been destroyed twice, once by the Living Nightmare, and once by the Silver Brain's Sledgehamsters. Each time, she has been rebuilt.

She is a friend of The Tourist.

Powers

Super-strength, enhanced hearing, and flight. Her ferro-styrene skin makes her resistant to a considerable amount of damage. As a robot, she doesn't breathe.

Speculations, Observations and Theories:

Timelines of Interest

Beautie