Action Comics #865
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.
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Jesus Merino
Cover by Kevin Maguire
Size: 32 Pages
Price: $2.99
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| User | Added | Spoilers | |
| Terence | 06/02/08 | No | Read Review |
| Mart | 06/01/08 | Yes | Read Review |
| CharlesDaCriticCzar | 05/30/08 | No | Read Review |
| Neb | 05/30/08 | No | Read Review |
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Comments
frank is due back next issue, according to dc.
Posted by TehDave on 05/28/08 at 09:03 AM
YES, I need Gary Frank back!
Posted by darminion on 05/28/08 at 10:29 AM
Agreed that Gary Frank is missed...but you can't go wrong with Jesus Merino. I've loved his inks with Carlos Pacheco for the last half a dozen years, and it's good to see that he is just as strong on his own.
Posted by TomO on 05/28/08 at 11:20 AM
Why doesn't the cover character match the toyman in the story?
Posted by JediShaft on 05/29/08 at 12:34 AM
That's a good point Jedi, I didn't really pay attention to that. But the cover art looks like Gary Frank, but the interior art is by some other artist, so I imagine that's the source of difference. Though you'd think they'd try to make them at least similar.
Posted by JonSamuelson on 05/30/08 at 04:11 PM
I take it back, I'm obviously a moron... The cover is by Kevin Maguire. But the explanation still stands.
Posted by JonSamuelson on 05/30/08 at 04:13 PM
Is it just me or did the opening scene the opening scene feel to bloody for an all ages story in the flagship Superman book? t
Posted by MastaP on 05/30/08 at 07:04 PM
@MastaP I didn't realize this was supposed to be an all ages book. The only thing that bothered me about this was that it was too much like a Batman book. Especially the begining. And by the time I read this (having already read Batman RIP and Gotham after Midnight) I was sick of batman books. So this didn't work that well for me. What kept this from being unbearable was Toymasters backstory and his insistence that he was a "Superman-person". I sympathised with him on that. I wouldn't want to be in Arkham either. It seems like the worst place to be in the DCU. Anyway, I'll be excited when this books gets back to being a full on Superman story.
Posted by NealAppeal on 05/30/08 at 08:13 PM
I think Batman was on more pages than Superman, so you could say this felt like a Batman book, except that it's a Superman villain ... but he's in Arkham ... yeah, anyway ... this issue surprised me, I didn't expect an issue all about Toyman to be as good as it was. My only beef is that *SPOILERS* Hiro is a robot. I thought he was a pretty cool character over in Superman/Batman.
Posted by WadeWilson on 05/31/08 at 12:49 AM
Hopefully Gary Frank isn't off this title for too long, he's been kickin' ass all over town.
Posted by WadeWilson on 05/28/08 at 02:11 AM