Astro City: Beautie

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Full Title: Astro City Special: Beautie #1

Story Title: Her Dark Plastic Roots

Cover Date: April 2008

Cover Price: $3.99

Credits: Kurt Busiek (Story), Brent Anderson (Art), Alex Ross (Cover), Comicraft's John Roshell (Lettering and Design), Alex Sinclair (Colors), Scott Peterson (Editor), Kristy Quinn (Assistant Editor), Ann Huntington Busiek (Managing Editor)

Publisher: Wildstorm (DC Comics Imprint)

Appearances: Beautie, Honor Guard-,(Black Rapier, Beautie, Cleopatra II, M.P.H., N-Forcer, Quarrel II, Samaritan), Hummingbird II (First), Torori (First), Toymaker (First), Honor Guard ( Beautie, Cleopatra I, Hummingbird , Leopardman, Mirage, N-Forcer, Starfighter) , Lawmen (First), Dr. Gearbox (First), Elaine Girbachs

Mentions: Crackerjack, Loony Leo, The Living Nightmare, Silver Brain,Sledgehamsters, Augustus Furst, Himmelhawk, Atomik Commissar, Inkubatorniks, Fafnir, Commando K, Robosaur

Narrative Voice: Third person limited

Issue Summary: Beautie, the life-size super-powered fashion-doll member of Honor Guard, doesn't know who she is, where she came from or where she belongs. In this extra-length, decades-spanning Special, she searches for answers — answers of history and answers of the heart.

Date of Story: Over a week or so in April 2008; flashbacks from 1969 to 1978

Rocket Headlines: Beautie Saves Heiress