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Action Comics #64 The Terrible Toyman
Cover Date: September, 1943
The Terrible Toyman (Superman) -- The Treasure of Dead Man's Key (Vigilante) -- Jitters Jeep -- Gift of Death -- The Inquisitive Ostrich (Congo Bill) -- Peter the Small (Americommando) -- Quiet ... Thugs at Work (Zatara) 1. 'The Terrible Toyman' ...
Issue Description
The Terrible Toyman (Superman) --The Treasure of Dead Man's Key (Vigilante) --
Jitters Jeep --
Gift of Death --
The Inquisitive Ostrich (Congo Bill) --
Peter the Small (Americommando) --
Quiet ... Thugs at Work (Zatara)
1. 'The Terrible Toyman'
Lois and Clark are out for a walk on a day off when a miniature mechanical Superman whizzes past them. Clark manages to catch the figure, when a curious old man shows up to reclaim it. He introduces himself as the Toyman, and agrees to give Lois an interview for a story.
However, beneath the pleasant exterior lurks a persecuted man thirsting for revenge against a world which ridiculed him, and he plans to use his toys to achieve wealth and fame. The next day he sends Lois a letter telling her to watch a parade that he has organized. The parade turns out to be a cover for a bank robbery. When the toy soldiers in the parade arrive in front of the bank, they shoot knockout gas into the bank. The Toyman shows up on a pogo stick and while Superman is busy saving the bank's customers and employees from the gas, he robs the bank and escapes.
Later, the Toyman sends a miniature fire engine into a skyscraper where it shoots an incendiary bomb which starts a fire that spreads rapidly up the building. Again, Superman is occupied saving people from the building and in the confusion the Toyman rockets to the penthouse and robs rich recluse Fotherington Blythe of his precious pearl collection.
Next, he sends Lois a letter saying he will rob an armoured car as it crosses the East Bridge in Metropolis. The army is called in to guard the bridge, and Lois, determined not to miss the story, paddles out into the river in a canoe. When the car tries to cross the bridge, a miniature armoured car rolls onto the bridge. Superman's X-ray vision shows the car to be full of explosives, so he disarms it, but it was only a decoy, as a second toy car shoots onto the bridge and explodes, causing the bridge to collapse and the real armoured car to fall into the river.
After saving bystanders, Superman dives into the river to find men in diving suits cutting into the car to steal its contents. This time, Superman manages to foil the robbery and apprehend the crooks.
Meanwhile, Lois has capsized her canoe in the excitement, and has been captured by the Toyman and taken to his underground lair. Superman manages to track her down and save her from certain death as always, and the Toyman is captured.
Action Comics (1938)
- Publisher
- DC Comics
Volume Description
In the early days of comics books, it was not the convention to name comics after specific characters. Rather comics bore generic names such as this one. Although this series featured Superman throughout, it thus bore this name, one which it has become famous for (and the name was kept after the launch of The New 52.) It was the fourth DC Comics title, and the first new one produced after Detective Comics spread beyond the one title (this was after it purchased More Fun Comics and New Adventure Comics.)
Starring: Lex Luthor (starting #890) until #900.
Second Feature: Captain Atom (#879-#889), Superboy (#892), Jimmy Olsen (#893-#896)
(Issues #601-642 are filed under Action Comics Weekly)
Collected EditionsSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus vol. 1 (#1-31)Adventures of Superman: Gil Kane vol. 1 (#539-541, 545, 546 & #551-554)Superman vs. Darkseid (#586)They Saved Luthor's Brain (#600, #668, #670-673, #676-678 )Panic in the Sky (#674-675)Death of Superman (#683-684)World Without Superman (#685-686)Superman: Funeral For A Friend (#685-686)Superman: Reign of the Supermen (#687-688)The Trial of Superman (#716-717)Transformed! (#729 & 732)DC Comics Presents: Superman #4 (#768, #771-773)Superman: Emperor Joker (#769-770)President Lex (#773)Superman: Our Worlds At War, Book One (#780-781)Superman: Our Worlds At War, Book Two (#782)Superman: Ending Battle (#795-796)DC Comics Presents: Superman #2 (#798)Godfall (Action Comics #812- 813, Adventures of Superman #625- 626 and Superman #202- 203)Superman: The Wrath of Gog (#814-819; backups #812-813)Superman: Sacrifice (Action Comics #829, Superman #218-220, Adventures of Superman #642-643 and Wonder Woman #219-220)Superman: Up, Up and Away! (#837-840)Superman: Back In Action (#841-843, plus stories from DC Comics Presents #4, #17 and #24)Superman: Last Son (#844-846, #851 and Action Comics Annual #11)The Third Kryptonian (Superman #668-670, Action Comics #847, Superman Annual #13)Redemption (Superman #659&666, Action Comics #848-849)3-2-1 Action (Superman #665, Action Comics #852-854, Legends of the DC Universe #14)Superman: Escape From Bizarro World (#855-857)Superman And The Legion of Super-Heroes (#858-863)Superman: Brainiac (#866-870)Superman: New Krypton Vol. 1 (#871)Superman: New Krypton Vol. 2 (#872-873)Superman: Nightwing And Flamebird Vol. 1 (#875-879 and Action Comics Annual #12)Superman: Codename Patriot (#880)Superman: Nightwing And Flamebird Vol. 2 (#883-889, Superman #696 and Adventure Comics #8-10)Superman: The Black Ring Vol. 1 (#890-895)Superman: The Black Ring Vol. 2 (#896-900; Action Comics Annual #13; Secret Six #29)Secret Six: Caution To the Wind (#897)Superman: Reign of Doomsday (#900-904)For Post-Flashpoint refer to Action Comics (Vol. 2)Please first Sign In before leaving a review.
