Astro Boy was created by the scientist Dr. Tenma (Dr. Boynton in the English translation) in an attempt to resurrect his recently deceased son Tobio (Toby in some English translation) in the form of a robot. However, when Tenma finally succeeded in creating his son as a robot, he became disappointed in it that it wasn’t truly his son and sold him to an unscrupulous circus owner Hamegg (AKA The Great Cacciatore). Eventually Astro is discovered by Professor Ochanomizu (referred to as Dr. Elefun, Prof. Peabody, and Dr. O’Shay in various English translations) while Astro was performing and amazed by his abilities convinces Hamegg to give Astro over to him.

From then on, Professor Ochanomizu became a legal guardian for Astro and for the first time Astro was treated with kindness and warmth. It isn’t long before Ochanomizu becomes aware of the full scope of his powers and abilities and that Astro is capable of feeling emotion. Astro soon after decided to use his powers to benefit mankind and help people. Eventually, a robotic family was created for Astro, including a mother, father, brother, and sister.

Soon, Astro Boy became the world’s greatest hero, fighting rogue robots, alien threats and helping those in need.

Fighting Experience – Astro Boy usually relies on speed and strength and has learned to fight and apply this power through the course of many adventures.  Though Astro Boy is extremely intelligent, it is not clear how much this factors into his ability to fight and to learn to fight.

Super Intelligence – Due to his computer brain, Astro Boy was programmed with innate super intelligence, which he often uses in his problem solving.  He is capable of speaking over 100 languages and can also solve complex mathematical problems in seconds.

Flight – Astro Boy is capable of flight, being propelled by rockets located in his feet.  The jet propulsion can move him at very fast speeds, allowing him to get from place to place rather quickly.

Super Strength – Astro Boy’s strength has been calculated as being 100,000 horsepower and can lift extremely heavy objects with relative ease.

Super Endurance – In addition, Astro’s robot body is extremely resillient, capable of enduring extreme stress and dangerous environmental conditions.  He also has near limitless stamina.

Super Intelligence – Astro Boy is extremely intelligent, with his robot mind programmed to handle extremely complex tasks.  In addition, Astro has extremely good judgment of character, often capable of quickly determining if someone is good or evil.