Beautie
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 The cover to Astro City: Life in the Big City Art by Alex Ross |
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| Publisher | Wildstorm (current) |
| First appearance | Astro City #1 (1995) |
| Created by | Kurt Busiek Brent Anderson Alex Ross |
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| Team affiliations | Honor Guard |
| Abilities | flight superstrength enhanced senses durabilty stamina |
Beautie is a fictional character in the comic book series Astro City. Created by writer Kurt Busiek and artists Brent Anderson and Alex Ross, Beautie is a powerful android hero much in the vein of Vision (Marvel Comics),
[edit] Fictional character biography
Beautie is a perfect life-size replica of the doll sold by Tip-Top Toys. Her skin is ferrostyrine on an omitanium frame, her breasts and buttocks are rigid, she has no genitalia, and is preoccupied with all manner of clothing and accesories.
Beautie was built by a then 8 year old Elaine Girbachs to be a playmate, companion, and protector. Despite all of the intelligence and cleverness of this little girl, her father merely ridiculed and shunned her creation. Elaine ordered Beautie to leave and to forget about her, but the AI developed and continued beating through the command, repeatedly leading Beautie back to her creator.
Beautie arrived in Astro City in the fall of 1969, with no memory of her past. Her first heroic act was foiling the kidnapping of Joanie Wheaton, the heir to the Wheaton Investments fortune. Six months later, she assisted Honor Guard in defeating the Toymaker. Honor Guard brought her into their ranks, leading to legal action declaring her a free person, using the Loony Leo v. Fago's Funny Features decision as precedent.
She is the corporate symbol and representitive for Tip-Top toys, making appearances nationwide.
In 1978, she broke up an attack on the Astro City Gay Freedom March, which has led the gay community to adopt her as their favorite hero.
Over the course of her heroic career, she has been destroyed twice, once by the Living Nightmare, and once by The Silver Brain's minions. Each time, she has been rebuilt.
She is a friend of The Tourist.
[edit] Abilities
Beautie is a powerful android with a highly sophiticated artificial initelligence. She has a high degree of resistance to injury and inthe event of catastrophic damage can be rebuilt and repaired. Shae has a a broad array of sensory devices and her compurterized mind permits total recall. She also possesses significant strength and flight abilities.
[edit] Enemies
Toymaker Goldenboy
