PJ

PJ
Book	Saving Charlie
In-story stats
Known ability	None
Gender
Home	Odessa, TX
Occupation	Sales clerk

PJ is a sales clerk at a comic book store at Music City Mall.

Heroes Evolutions

Saving Charlie

While at a comic-book store in Music City Mall, Hiro Nakamura meets PJ, a "gangly sales kid" with a handwritten name tag on his shirt. PJ moseys over to Hiro and dangles an empty shopping basket from one finger. PJ notices that Hiro likes Japanese comic books, so he opens a storage drawer underneath the comics display and pulls out three plastic-covered issues of Robogirl. PJ says, "These books are sick. She's supposed to be a robot, but — check out her rack!" (Chapter 8)

Worried that he's not a US citizen and won't be able to get a job, Hiro believes that the "gangly kid" the comic-book store looks like the type of guy who would know where to get fake IDs. Hiro thinks about going back to the mall to slip PJ a few bucks. (Chapter 9)

Hiro heads back to Music City Mall, and PJ greets him with a happy shout of recognition, "like a long-lost cousin". PJ drags Hiro to the Japanese manga shelf and shows him a copy of Robogirl #215. PJ is especially taken with this comic's particular story line, and notes how messed up it is for Robogirl to kill somebody with an electric kiss. As though he was auditioning to take over for Dr. Phil, PJ says, "You can't lie to women, they'll see right through it. You think about that, son." Hiro buys the comic book from PJ, and then takes him a lemonade to thank him for the advice. (Chapter 18)

Trivia

• PJ has a large pimple "like a third eye taking up most of his forehead". (Chapter 8)
• Hiro thinks that PJ, like other comic-book salesclerks, leads a lonely life. (Chapter 18)