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Action Comics 865

ACTION COMICS #865

Cover Date: July 2008
Cover Price: $2.99

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Cover Credits:
Art: Kevin Maguire (signed)


Story: "The Terrible Toyman" (22 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGeoff Johns
ArtJesus Merino
LetteringRob Leigh
ColorsHi-Fi
Associate editingNachie Castro
EditingMatt Idelson

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 Brave and the Bold Vol. 3 #11)

Villain(s):

Toyman (also in flashback preceding Superman Vol. 2 #13, and in flashback following issue #685 and preceding main story; next in Secret Six Vol. 3 #2)
Toyman (last in Justice League Wedding Special #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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