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Action Comics #865 (2008) · The Collector

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Action Comics (1938)
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DC Comics#865

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Action Comics #865

The Terrible Toyman

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: July 2008
On sale: May 27, 2008
Cover price: $2.99
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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The Toyman, who escaped from Arkham Asylum, kidnaps Jimmy Olsen. Toyman denies murdering Cat Grant's son and reveals that Adam Grant was killed by an out-of-control Toyman robot. He takes a baseball bat and destroys that robot. Jimmy grabs a Superman doll and uses it to escape. He then grabs his signal watch from a nearby workbench and signals Superman. Batman arrives, and Toyman sets the robots on him. As Batman and Jimmy escape, Superman arrives and finishes the battle. Cat Grant finds out her son was killed by a robot and decides to return to Metropolis.

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Credits

Writer: Geoff Johns
Penciller: Jesús Merino
Inker: Jesús Merino
Colorist: Hi-Fi
Letterer: Rob Leigh
Cover: Kevin Maguire
Cover colors: Brad Anderson
Editor: Matt Idelson
Associate: Nachie Castro

Characters

Adam Grant
Catherine Grant· Cameo
Jimmy Olsen
Mary Schott
Mr. Zsasz· Cameo
Prankster
Scarecrow· Cameo
Superman· Cameo
Toyman· Cameo
Toyman Batman· Cameo
Walter Dunhill

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