(Superman II #13) - For 40 years Winslow Schott was one of England's most respected toymakers. Walter Dunhill was put in charge of John Bull Toy Company, derided Winslow's toys as old-fashioned and outdated, and had Winslow fired. Winslow took on the identity of Toyman and murdered Dunhill as well as several other stockholders with deadly gimmicked toys. Godiva of the Global Guardians attempted to bring him to justice, but she barely escaped with her life. Toyman fled to the U.S., where he established a lair in Metropolis and began robbing LexCorp subsidiaries. Lex Luthor was the one who initiated changes in the John Bull Toy Company, so he was be targeted as Toyman's ultimate victim. Superman saved Luthor from an assassination attempt, so Toyman sent a number of toys against Supes. Superman found Toyman's hideout, but by the time he'd arrived Toyman had been knocked out and kidnapped by Morgan Edge.

Toyman was kidnapped by Intergang and given an offer he couldn't refuse by Morgan Edge. Toyman would help Intergang develop weaponry and study stolen technology from Apokolips. After Morgan Edge was jailed, Toyman used Intergang's resources to renew his feud with LexCorp. Toyman sent his specially designed toys to the children of LexCorp executives. At nighttime the toys came to life and spirited the children to Toyman's personal amusement park, "Toyland." Superman saved the children from a terrible fate and sent Toyman to prison.

(DCU Holiday Bash #3) <five years ago> Toyman targeted his old partner Mr. Lattem, who was intent on modernizing old toy designs he and Toyman worked on. Toyman stole a microprocessor from WayneTech to build a giant robot version of the Captain Adventure action figure that he piloted and destroyed Lattem’s house with. Batman and Superman destroyed Toyman’s robot and took him into custody.

(DC Comics Presents #39) - Toyman was released from prison, and went back to honest work as a toymaker and salesman. He demonstrated his new creation Waldo, the Wind-Up Woofer at the Acme City toy expo,. Superman was keeping an eye on him to make sure he was really reformed, but Acme City criminals Dollface and Fliptop stole his toy because Woofer coincidentally barked at a frequency that unlocked a nearby vault. Toyman was livid, and Superman felt pity on the old lunatic, and tried to talk him out of seeking vengeance. Toyman stopped Superman with a kryptonite yo-yo, and went after the crooks that stole his toy, but when he learned of their plan to rob the vault he decided to team with them after they agreed to split the loot. Superman teamed with Acme City hero Plastic Man to stop the villains, and Toyman returned to jail.

(Action Comics #561) - Toyman was released from Metropolis prison and vowed to go straight. He used his earnings from the Cosmic Commando toy line he developed in prison to create the Great Toyman Trivia Contest television program. He wanted to build a Toyman museum, but needed the model airplane that was the first toy he ever built to have a complete sample of his life's work, and hoped to use the trivia contest to ferret out Chester Dunholtz, who stole it from him as a child. He offered one million dollars to the contestant who knew the most about his career, but rigged the show so that the only contestants picked were actually lifelike toys. The only exception was Chester, who was the only person who could answer the question "What was the first toy ever constructed by me." Toyman announced the end of the show, dragged Chester off, and tried to kill him with toys after learning his plane was long since trashed. Superman saved Chester, who gloated that Toyman owed him a million, but Superman revealed that the game show rules were void because toys were used as contestants.

(Villains United: Infinite Crisis Special #1) - The Society made plans for a worldwide prison break to free every incarcerated supervillain, and Toyman acted as an inside man at Blackgate, dumping a mixture of Venom and Velocity 9 into the prison's morning stew, and the mixture drove both inmates and guards insane and caused a riot. Toyman and the Blackgate inmates escaped after a battle with a group of superheroes sent by Oracle to try and quell the Blackgate breakout.

Comments: Created by Don Cameron & Ed Dobrotka