American Chibi

American Chibi © Juke Box Productions AstroFacts Status: Active Real Name: Unknown Base of Operations: Astro City Range of Operations: Astro City Personal Data Height: 4' maybe, with a large head accounting for a lot of that height. Weight: Unknown. Body resilience suggests a dense mass in a small frame. Eyes: Blue Hair: Blonde InfoDump Appearances (in Publication Order): Astro City #1, 15, 26 Event Timeline 2013/06     Current Iron Legion Make a Commando Strike on Ellsworth Museum. 2013/06     Current American Chibi Knocks on the Doors. 2013/06     Current Broken Man Confides Why He Can't Use Certain People to Unlock the Mystery behind the Doors. 2013/06     Current Heroes of Astro City Attempt to Open the Doors En Masse. American Chibi A life-sized anime chibi who fights crime. Yes! History American Chibi is fairly new on the scene, and so far we don't know much about her. She acts like an overly exuberant, giddy teenager, but we don't even know if she's human. In the Summer of 2013, she thwarted the Iron Legion during their attempt to steal a Roman amphora whose patterns were secretly encoded with alien technology. That same day, she was the first Astro City hero to notice Telseth's doorway appearing on the banks of the Gaines River. She promptly tried to charge through the door, albeit unsuccessfully. She, along with various other superheroes and E.A.G.L.E. agents investigated the inexplicable phenomenon and were on hand to witness Telseth's arrival on Earth. ("Through Open Doors (Part One)") She's loud, she's super-strong, she's naive and innocent. She's a do-gooder, she's energetic, but mainly she's just LOUD! While her origins are still a giant question mark, in a relatively short time she has become a well known fixture. Her solo adventures are making headlines, and her involvement with high profile peers like Samaritan, Honor Guard, and others is impressive. Newness aside, despite(or because of) her naivety, she is proving to be a very accomplished doer of good deeds. Powers She possesses flight and super-strength. Footnotes In a U.S.A. Today interview, creator Kurt Busiek mentions that American Chibi was inspired by Scott McCloud's Japanese chibi drawing of himself. "Chibi" is a Japanese slang word for a short person. It has morphed into use to also denote a style of drawing that contorts body proportions to resemble those of a young child, only even further exaggerated, especially the head.