TOYMAN

Real Name: Winslow Schott

Class: Human technology-user

Occupation: Criminal, toymaker

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Metropolis, Earth-2

First Appearance: Action Comics I #64 (September, 1943)

Powers: Toyman used weaponized toys and lifesize dolls that served as his minions.

History: 

(Superman I #49) - Toyman escaped from custody on his way to prison, and witnesses at his trial for the theft of pearls started dying off, but Superman didn't believe he was a killer. Toyman sent him a Toyman doll with instructions on finding him, and begged for Superman's help, claiming he was being framed. Superman said he'd try to clear him and save him from the electric chair, but that he'd regret any funny business. Superman saved the two remaining witnesses from mechanical birds and a mechanical fish, and after interviewing them realized that Arnold Langs, the victim of the Toyman's theft was his prime suspect. He'd substituted fake pearls for the real ones during trial, and wanted to sell the pearls and collect the insurance money for them, and was knocking off the witnesses because they might have seen him making the switch. Superman brought him to justice, but when he came to fetch Toyman the villain had taken Lois Lane hostage. He activated a fan that sprayed acid at her, knowing he'd have a chance to escape while Superman saved her. He flew off on a rocket-powered hobbyhorse, but Superman managed to save Lois and put him back in prison.

Toyman was erased from DC continuity by the Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Comments: Created by Don Cameron & Ed Dobrotka.