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Action Comics #865

Action Comics #865 July 2008 [$2.99] Cover Credits: Kevin Maguire (art; signed)

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Story: "The Terrible Toyman" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Geoff Johns (writer)

Jesus Merino (artist)

Rob Leigh (letterer)

Hi-Fi (colorist)

Nachie Castro (associate editor)

Matt Idelson (editor)

Feature Character(s):

Superman (next in flashback in Superman Vol. 1 #678)

Guest Star(s):

Batman

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White (last in issue #858)

Jimmy Olsen (last in issue #858; next in Superman Vol. 1 #678)

Cat Grant (last in ???)

Villain(s):

Toyman (also in flashback preceding Superman Vol. 2 #13, and in flashback in between issue #685 and main story; next in Superman Vol. 1 #682)

Toyman II (last in Superman Red/Superman Blue #1; destroyed; also in flashback preceding Superman: The Man of Steel #28; see Comment)

Toyman III (last in Superman/Batman #45; see Comment)

Toyboy (formerly Toyman IV; last in issue #839)

"Grandpa" (first appearance; one of Toyman's robots resembling the pre-Crisis Golden Age Toyman)

Nimball (first appearance; one of Toyman's robots resembling the pre-Crisis Toyman II, Jack Nimball)

Prankster (in flashback)

Other Character(s):

Walter Dunhill (in flashback preceding Superman Vol. 2 #13)

Mary (first appearance; Toyman's robot wife; "dies" in flashback)

Comment(s):

It is revealed that the Toyman who killed Adam Grant was in fact a robot created by the real Toyman. A robot named Hiro and resembling Hiro Okamura, the Japanese Toyman, is also seen in Toyman's collection, but at this point it is not known whether or not this is the same character.

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