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47-481: (Okamura) : The Toyman is the name of three supervillains and one adolescent superhero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics , as an adversary for Superman . The most well-known incarnation of the Toyman is Winslow Percival Schott , a criminal who uses toy -based or toy-themed devices and gimmicks in his various crimes. The Toyman made frequent appearances in the Golden Age comics, but has appeared infrequently in Superman stories since then. In
94-705: A jester costume and used a similar modus operandi to the original Toyman. However, this version of the Toyman proved short-lived. Schott killed Nimball with a mechanical toy bird and resumed his criminal career in Superman #305 (November 1976). Between those two issues, this Toyman's only other appearances were in Action Comics #454 and Superman #299. Nimball appears as one of Schott's androids in Action Comics #865. In 2016, DC Comics implemented another relaunch of its books called DC Rebirth which restored its continuity to
141-523: A blue sun star-system. One of the many duplicates that he created was a Bizarro version of Superman's adversary the Toyman. Bizarro imprisoned this Toyman inside of his Fourtriss uv Bizarro along with several other known foes. An unidentified Toyman appears in World's Finest Comics #167 (June 1967). He tries to start a crime spree in Gotham City , but is thwarted by Superman, Supergirl and Batman . Nevertheless,
188-436: A childish, destructive megalomaniac. During the 1970s Winslow was effectively retired from crime, but he kept contact with Superman and even helped out to take down Jack Nimball, who he felt sullied the Toyman legacy. This retirement proved to be tragically short, as not long after Winslow put some of his toys on display (a suggestion by Superman), the entire museum exhibition was completely wrecked. Sightings reported this to be
235-532: A criminal released by Lex Luthor's aide Mr. Orr to deploy his genetically engineered hero Hope, but she almost kills the villain, until Superman saves him. The Toyman was in the Infinite Crisis : Villains United special as well, preparing for the Blackgate prison break by lacing the dinner stew with Venom and Velocity 9 to increase the prisoners' strength, speed, and aggression. Unfortunately, some guards also ate
282-569: A crooked businessman who resembles Winslow. Any relationship between them is unknown. In 2011, The New 52 rebooted the DC Comics universe. In the Supergirl series while in Arkham Asylum , the Toyman is visited by Cat Grant (whose son Adam was murdered by him) and Supergirl. Cat interrogates him about children who have been kidnapped with dolls left behind. The Toyman claims that he is innocent and
329-706: A daunting challenge to a superhero. In instances where the supervillain does not have superhuman, mystical, or alien powers, the supervillain may possess a genius intellect or a skill set that allows them to draft complex schemes or commit crimes in a way normal humans cannot. Other traits may include megalomania and possession of considerable resources to further their aims. Many supervillains share some typical characteristics of real-world dictators , gangsters , mad scientists , trophy hunters , corrupt businesspeople , serial killers , and terrorists , often having an aspiration of world domination . The Joker , Lex Luthor , Doctor Doom , Magneto , Brainiac , Deathstroke ,
376-410: A deal with Batman to provide him with various technological implements. Okamura uses more technologically advanced devices than the traditionally-constructed contrivances that Schott uses and his work is largely whimsical in nature. Many of his inventions are inspired by anime and manga , including giant mechas (notably, his giant Composite Batman-Superman robot). Okamura appears only a few times in
423-458: A form much as it was prior to The New 52 . A flashback showed Superman apprehending the Toyman. In 2011, Mattel released a DC Universe Classics 6" Toyman figure based on the Jack Nimball version of the character. On the back, though, the character is labeled as Winslow Percival Schott. Hiro Okamura ( 岡村 ヒロ , Okamura Hiro ) is a teenage mechanical genius from Japan first appearing as
470-621: A hatred of children), and that Schott's repeated attempts to contact the robot resulted in it suffering from delusions of "Mother". This was confirmed in Superman Secret Files and Origins 2009 , although Jimmy initially expressed doubt that Schott was telling the truth. In the 1997 Speed Force Special , the Max Mercury story Child's Play , set in 19th century New York City , featured the Schott Toy Company run by Archimedes Schott,
517-507: A hotel door guard in cold blood, and built a giant robot to terrorize the city. Shortly after his defeat, he regained his sanity and remembered what he had done. He shed tears of regret as he was escorted to the police car. After that incident Winslow's mental state grew even worse, and while he often made several legitimate attempts to atone for his sins, he would often relapse back into madness. After 1985's miniseries Crisis on Infinite Earths and John Byrne 's Man of Steel miniseries,
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#1732852004602564-503: A replacement for her murdered son, but Cat violently rejects him. With her gag temporarily removed, Cat is able to call Supergirl for help, and the two are able to defeat the Dollmaker and free the children he had enslaved. In the 1970s, a man named Jack Nimball assumes the identity of the second Toyman during a period in which Schott had retired from his criminal career and first appeared in Action Comics #432 (February 1974). Nimball wore
611-723: A set of kryptonite caches into " dirty bombs ", which irradiate the entire planet. Okamura comes to the rescue, settling for a Power Girl -bot to "date". Instead, he gets his own dream date, a dinner in Paris with the real Karen, and the status of an honorary member of the Justice League . A future version of Okamura, allied with a power-hungry group of Titans, travels back in time to the modern day to cement their power-base in Teen Titans (vol. 3) #52 (January 2008). Okamura appears as one of Winslow Schott's androids in Action Comics #865; given
658-571: Is a superhero named Dorcas Leigh , while the other two are supervillains. Godiva first appeared in Super Friends #7 and was created by E. Nelson Bridwell . Dorcas Leigh is a British socialite with prehensile hair and a member of the Global Guardians . The group are later brainwashed by Queen Bee before being freed. In JSA Classified , Delores Winters kidnaps Godiva and removes her hair. Following The New 52 continuity reboot, Godiva
705-560: Is an excellent engineer, able to fix most machinery (such as giant robots and computer hardware). The Toyman surfaces in Metropolis and allies with Lex Luthor in Action Comics #837 (May 2006) as part of the One Year Later 'Up, Up, and Away' story arc . His first appearance was written by Geoff Johns and Kurt Busiek with art by Pete Woods . His appearance, inspired by the character's Superman: The Animated Series incarnation,
752-547: Is based in a city resembling a funhouse and populated primarily by children and families that he has taken hostage. He attacks Hawkman and Hawkgirl in their museum using toy fighter planes and a gigantic Nimball marionette, blowing up their museum and leaving the duo for dead, though they survive the attack. When the Justice League storm the Hall of Doom, the Toyman uses his marionette and the city's toys to attack them, but they destroy
799-468: Is one of the players that will partake in the game that will involve the killing of Batman. When Batman and Superman track down the Toymaster, he warns Batman of their weakness of being beaten down in real life while also stating that his game has somehow began to manifest in real life. Before Batman can destroy the console to end the game, the Toymaster's building is then attacked by Mongul , who plans to make
846-570: Is renamed Dora Leigh and appears as a member of Justice League International . Godiva has prehensile hair. She can perform precise actions such as lock-picking and lift up to two tons. Godiva is a mercenary and enemy of the Teen Titans. Her base of operations is in the Swiss Alps . Another Godiva appeared in Superman/Batman #20 as a member of an alternate universe team of villains called
893-499: Is that of a child-sized doll. This Toyman mentions meeting Hiro Okamura in Japan and stealing one of his Superman robots . As part of his bargain with Luthor, he is given the information needed to find his creator Winslow Schott in exchange for assistance in a plot against Superman. This Toyman, renamed the Toyboy , is shown amongst Schott's other robots in Action Comics #865, and appears as
940-547: The Inspector Gadget animated series, Dr. Evil and Mr. Bigglesworth from the Austin Powers film series , or Dr. Blowhole from the animated TV series The Penguins of Madagascar . The overarching villain of Star Wars , Emperor Palpatine , leads the tyrannical Galactic Empire , and was inspired by real-world tyrannical leaders. Godiva (comics) Godiva is the name of three DC Comics characters. One
987-564: The Green Goblin , Loki , the Reverse-Flash , Black Manta , Ultron , Thanos , and Darkseid are some notable male comic book supervillains that have been adapted in film and television. Some notable female supervillains are Catwoman , Harley Quinn , Poison Ivy , Mystique , Hela , Viper , and the Cheetah . Just like superheroes, supervillains are sometimes members of groups, such as
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#17328520046021034-786: The Injustice League , the Sinister Six , the Legion of Doom , the Brotherhood of Mutants , the Suicide Squad , and the Masters of Evil . In the documentary A Study in Sherlock , writers Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss said they regarded Professor James Moriarty as a supervillain because he possesses genius-level intelligence and powers of observation and deduction, setting him above ordinary people to
1081-472: The Prankster for the first time. The Prankster is a cruel, callous man who commits crimes "because it's fun". He repeatedly asked Schott to "team up", but Schott refused. Schott reveals to Jimmy that the Toyman who killed Adam Grant was a robot created by Schott to replace him in the event that he was ever incarcerated and that a glitch in the robot's programming resulted in it developing a personality (and later
1128-520: The Superman/Batman comic book, and his activities are limited to Japan. Winslow Schott remains active as the Toyman in the United States. In Superman/Batman #26, Okamura fakes his own kidnapping at the hands of Schott, forcing Superboy and Robin to search through his complex to save his life. Realizing his loneliness, Superboy and Robin extend their friendship to the boy. Okamura joins Robin and
1175-479: The live-action television series Smallville , portrayed by Chris Gauthier . Additionally, Schott along with his son and series original character Winslow "Winn" Schott Jr. appear in the live-action Arrowverse television series Supergirl , portrayed by Henry Czerny and Jeremy Jordan respectively. The Winslow Percival Schott version of the Toyman first appeared in Action Comics #64 (September 1943) and
1222-510: The British hero Godiva , and subsequently, Superman himself. The Toyman continues to commit various crimes in Metropolis , including engaging in child abduction . The Toyman later became a much more sinister figure, shaving his head, wearing black and getting advice in his head from "Mother". This was prompted by him being told that a range of Superman action figures would not include him, as he
1269-619: The Toyboy alongside Schott in the 2009-2010 World's Finest miniseries. In Justice League of America (vol. 2) #13, Toyman appears as a member of the Injustice League . A female version of the Toyman named the Toywoman appears in Superman #349 (July 1980). The Toywoman is the gender-inverted version of Winslow Schott, the criminal known as the Toyman, created by Mister Mxyzptlk to serve as an enemy to his creation of Superwoman . Once Superman tricked Mister Mxyzptlk into saying his name backwards,
1316-482: The Toyman in Superman (vol. 2) #177 (February 2002) by Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness . He shows up in Metropolis in a giant Super Robot fighting Metallo , claiming that the cyborg's equally-giant body was based on material stolen from his grandfather. He later becomes an ally to Superman and Batman . In the Superman/Batman series, he aids the two in destroying a kryptonite meteor that threatens Earth. He strikes
1363-701: The Toyman uses a prototype molecular-dissolver ray on Batman to injure him. An older Hiro Okamura appears in the Titans Tomorrow reality as a member of the Titans Army who utilizes a suit of orange-and-blue manga -themed battle armor. In the story, Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? by Alan Moore , the Toyman and the Prankster are unwittingly manipulated by Mister Mxyzptlk to discover Superman's secret identity. They succeed after kidnapping Pete Ross and torturing
1410-470: The Toyman's history was revised, and the Post- Crisis version of the character first appeared in Superman (vol. 2) #13 (January 1988). In this version, Winslow Schott is an unemployed British toymaker who blames Lex Luthor and his company, LexCorp , for being fired from the toy company that he is working for. He uses his toymaking talents to seek revenge, which eventually causes him to cross paths with
1457-719: The Toymaster's game real for him. Okamura later appears as a confidant at his Toymaster Gameshop for a witness named Condesa to Clark Kent and Lois Lane's story on HODOR_Root, in which he agrees to help them. The Toyman does not have powers, but he does possess an incredible technological prowess and expertise in robotics , as well as knowledge of biological weaponry . Despite the childish motif which he usually insists on incorporating, his creations are highly sophisticated, destructive, and dangerous. In addition, most of these inventions have an innocuous or even comical appearance that disconcerts his opponents. The second Toyman possesses skills identical to Winslow Schott. The Japanese Toyman
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1504-530: The creations of Superwoman and the Toywoman were undone. The Bizarro Toyman appears in Action Comics #856 (November 2007). When Bizarro III found himself infused with radiation from a blue sun, he developed the ability to replicate himself as well as create other "Bizarro" lifeforms based upon likenesses of people from Earth. He used this power to populate a cube-shaped planetoid dubbed the Bizarro World within
1551-492: The drugged stew and fought the superheroes who showed up to stop the criminals. He was later seen as a member of the Injustice League in the Justice League of America Wedding Special . The Toyman's history was later revised in Action Comics #865, by Geoff Johns and Jesus Merino . Winslow Schott tells Jimmy Olsen that he was a toymaker who lived with his wife, Mary. When a businessman offered to buy his shop to expand
1598-399: The early 1950s, but remained a semi-regular foe during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. While at first more of a nuisance, the Toyman gradually grew more emotionally unstable and paranoid over time, his toys following suit by becoming a lot more dangerous. Although Winslow Schott in his civilian persona was a rather sweet, humble, quirky (if socially withdrawn) person, as the Toyman he turned into
1645-459: The former before Superman locates Schott. The League save the hostages while Schott recovers in the Batcave . Supervillain A supervillain or supercriminal is a variant of the villainous stock character . It is sometimes found in comic books and may possess superhuman abilities. A supervillain is the antithesis of a superhero . Supervillains are often used as foils to present
1692-439: The group. This caused Schott to develop a hatred of children, as he blamed them for not appreciating his toys. At the time, Schott showed no remorse for what he had done. When Cat Grant later confronted him in prison he cruelly told her "You were a bad mommy. I'm glad I killed your son." The Toyman later seemingly recovered, and Superman showed him that children did appreciate old-fashioned toys, arranging parole in an orphanage; it
1739-505: The information out of him, then killing him. After managing to unmask Clark Kent in front of Lana Lang and others by machine-gunning him and revealing his costume beneath his clothes, the Toyman and the Prankster are captured by Superman. The Toyman appears in Justice as a member of the Legion of Doom . This version communicates through a human-sized marionette resembling Jack Nimball, became obese and infected with Brainiac 's cybernetics, and
1786-476: The number of children that his toys can reach, he refused. When Mary was killed in a car accident a few weeks later, Schott agreed to the purchase. However, the businessman lied and gave his technologically advanced toy plans to arms manufacturers. Schott proceeded to bomb the business with an explosive teddy bear . A twist at the end of the story reveals that Mary was just one of his first robotic creations. Following his first confrontation with Superman, Schott met
1833-409: The other Teen Titans at Titans Tower for Superboy's funeral, clutching a Superboy action figure. In Superman/Batman #45, he offers to assist the duo in their quest to rid the world of kryptonite , using spider-like nanobots to collect kryptonite molecules in the air. His offer becomes a necessity as Lana Lang , in a last-ditch effort to get rid of Kryptonians and keep LexCorp afloat, turns
1880-818: The point where only he can pose a credible threat to Sherlock Holmes . Fu Manchu is an archetypal evil criminal genius and mad scientist created by English author Sax Rohmer in 1913. The Fu Manchu moustache became integral to stereotypical cinematic and television depictions of Chinese villains. Between 1965 and 1969 Christopher Lee played Fu Manchu five times in film, and in 1973 the character first appeared in Marvel Comics . The James Bond arch-villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld (whose scenes often show him sitting on an armchair stroking his cat, his face unseen) has influenced supervillain tropes in popular cinema, including parodies like Dr. Claw and M.A.D. Cat from
1927-553: The robotic dolls attack him. Supergirl saves him and gets him to medical care. When Cat returns home, she is confronted by a villain called the Dollmaker . He identifies himself as Anton Schott implying that he is somehow related to the Toyman. The Dollmaker eventually reveals himself to be the abandoned son of Winslow, who has been kidnapping children and using macabre experiments to turn them into slaves. He tells Cat that he wants her to become his new mother, and that he wishes to serve as
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1974-515: The succeeding years, Jack Nimball briefly took up the mantle after Schott retired while Hiro Okamura uses the name while operating as a superhero despite Schott coming out of retirement by then. Schott, Nimball, and Okamura have made several appearances in DC-related media, with Schott appearing in television series set in the DC Animated Universe , in which he is voiced by Bud Cort , and
2021-490: The unreliable nature of Schott's narration, Hiro's status as his android creation is suspect. In 2011, The New 52 rebooted the DC Comics universe. Hiro Okamura operates as the Toymaster . He and his friend Agnes have reverse-engineered the works of Silas Stone and Professor Emil Hamilton to create an MMORPG that puts the players with Batman and Superman in real life. When it comes to the Toymaster's latest game, Jimmy Olsen
2068-405: The work of a man in blue tights flying at great speeds. Thinking he has been played for a fool by Superman, Schott swore to destroy everything that Superman cared about to avenge his life's work. Eventually it is revealed that the real culprit was Bizarro , in search of the duplicator ray, but by then it was already too late: Schott had already returned to his criminal ways, murdered Jack Nimball and
2115-491: Was created by Don Cameron and Ed Dobrotka. The Jack Nimball version of the Toyman first appeared in Action Comics #432 (February 1974) and was created by Cary Bates and Curt Swan . The Hiro Okamura version of the Toyman first appeared in Superman (vol. 2) #127 (February 2002) and was created by Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness . The Toyman first appeared in 1943 and appeared in several Golden Age Superman stories. Schott appeared less frequently in comics published after
2162-482: Was later revealed, however, that this was all a hallucination caused when Zatanna attempted to cure him and he had, in fact, returned to child abduction. He appeared after JLA: Crisis of Conscience where Zatanna reveals that she had mind-wiped him. She and Superman go after him. Zatanna is bound and gagged by him, but freed by Superman; however, the Toyman escaped. Winslow was seen in Lex Luthor: Man of Steel as
2209-409: Was not "edgy" enough. While this seems to begin as a pose of what he thought people expect of a villain, it rapidly became a genuine psychotic break . While in this state he abducted and later murdered Adam Morgan, the son of Daily Planet reporter Cat Grant . Adam and several other children captured by the Toyman tried to escape, but Schott found out and stabbed Adam to death for being the leader of
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