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From the pages of Kurt Busiek's Astro City...specifically,volume 12,Lover's Quarrel.

It begins when Stekk,a member of a race of intelligent talking gorillas hidden within the Antarctic Circle,learns of the existence of rock music. Teaching himself to play the drums,he rejects the militaristic life of his fellow simians and escapes to Astro City;Renaming himself Sticks,he seeks out a drummer's position with a local band,but before his first audition,he rescues people from a burning building,leading many to think he's a new superhero. He also attracts the attention of several terrorist organizations,who attempt to capture him with the intentions of selling him to the highest bidder...thus potentially endangering any musical group he might play with.
Wanting neither the life of superhero or slave,Sticks begins to think he has no future as a musician,until he hits upon an idea...donning bulletproof formal wear,he begins to fight crime,calling himself Tuxedo Gorilla. Upon making a name for himself,he announces an audition for any other superhumans with musical inclinations. He attracts a human torch guitarist,a cyborg/living keyboard,a woman whose sonic vocal powers can create unique melodies and an elastic-bodied guitarist whose body is ablaze in psychedelic color....

and Powerchord is born!

Description
From the pages of Kurt Busiek's Astro City...specifically,volume 12,Lover's Quarrel.

It begins when Stekk,a member of a race of intelligent talking gorillas hidden within the Antarctic Circle,learns of the existence of rock music. Teaching himself to play the drums,he rejects the militaristic life of his fellow simians and escapes to Astro City;Renaming himself Sticks,he seeks out a drummer's position with a local band,but before his first audition,he rescues people from a burning building,leading many to think he's a new superhero. He also attracts the attention of several terrorist organizations,who attempt to capture him with the intentions of selling him to the highest bidder...thus potentially endangering any musical group he might play with.
Wanting neither the life of superhero or slave,Sticks begins to think he has no future as a musician,until he hits upon an idea...donning bulletproof formal wear,he begins to fight crime,calling himself Tuxedo Gorilla. Upon making a name for himself,he announces an audition for any other superhumans with musical inclinations. He attracts a human torch guitarist,a cyborg/living keyboard,a woman whose sonic vocal powers can create unique melodies and an elastic-bodied guitarist whose body is ablaze in psychedelic color....

and Powerchord is born!