Action Comics # 865 - The Terrible Toyman

is a comic book published by DC Comics & released on 7 / / 2008

User Rating - 9 votes, 3 avg.

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The Flash has Captain Cold and Gorilla Grodd. Batman has the Joker and Two-Face. Superman has Lex Luthor and…the terrible Toyman? Take a look inside the mind of one of Superman's strangest and most twisted adversaries as the original Toyman, Winslow Schott, returns to Metropolis. Plus, an alien who is everything Superman isn't is heading towards Earth. And he's not alone.


This issue goes in depth into Toyman's past, his psyche and his motivation. Visit Toyman in his first days incarcerated, to his days as a super-villain.


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    Brad Anderson
    colorer, cover

  • Geoff Johns
    writer


  • Jesus Merino
    artist


  • Kevin Maguire
    artist, cover

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    Matt Idelson
    editor


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    Nachie Castro
    editor

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    Rob Leigh
    letterer



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    User Reviews
    The Toyman Strikes!
    Reviewed by Captain Blah on June 4, 2008.
    Captain Blah has written 11 reviews. His/her last review was for The Terrible Toyman.

    Superman has had a few kooky villains in the past and the Toyman was no different. That was, until

    Geoff Johns got his hands on him.

    Now, the Toyman has been born anew. New design, new origin, new layers that make him a viable, even

    frightening, threat. The story chronicles the Toyman's origin from his point of view, and paints him

    as a genius who feels that the grim world of adults has tainted the wondrous world of childhood. So,

    he kills adults, but never harms children. He also reveals that all past Toymen were amazing robots of his

    creation. Eventually he is captured, taken to Arkham, and with a bit of an end twist, is transformed

    into a psychotic, menacing bad guy.

    Merino's art, while not exactly my cup of tea, compliments the great story provided by Johns. In the

    end, it's a fun one-off story that re-invents a classic Superman villain in a cool, inventive way.




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    Date Added: June 6, 2008


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