Who Is Cheeks? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Cheeks is a DC Comics comic book character, with over 26 comic issue appearances. Cheeks is a doll that Ambush Bug found at one time. Ambush Bug thought the doll was alive and and claimed that it was his sidekick, Cheeks the Toy Wonder was born. This occurred in Ambush Bug's 1985 mini-series.

Who is Cheeks?

Creation Cheeks was created by Keith Giffen . He first appears in Ambush Bug #1. History Ambush Bug first finds Cheeks when the doll falls off a garbage truck, and crashes through his window. Believing the doll to be a true boy, he adopts it making it his ward and sidekick. The two then dress in Superhero costumes before heading out into the city to fight crime, finding a group of terrorists holding their grandmother hostage Ambush Bug and Cheeks then secretly enter the warehouse to stop them. Ambush Bug then uses Cheeks to distract the group, but he is quickly "injured" after which he furiously beats the leader before heading back to rescue the grandmother. He then leaves the warehouse with the woman, but leaves Cheeks to disarm the bomb however he fails resulting in his "death". Following his death Ambush Bug holds a funeral for his sidekick, and decides to order pizza in order to celebrate his sidekicks death after being comforted from words from his guardian angel.

Key facts

Cheeks is of other origin and first appeared in "HaHaHaHaHa Wipe-Out". The character is published by DC Comics. With 26 recorded issue appearances, Cheeks ranks among the most featured characters in comics.