Toyfare: The Toy Magazine
#74
[Cover 1 - G.I. Joe vs. Transformers]
(October 2003)
Wizard Entertainment,
1997 Series
- Price
- 4.99 USD; 6.95 CAD
- Pages
- 116
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 2003-08
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Not Intended for All Ages
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Gareb Shamus Enterprises, Inc.
- Brand
- Wizard
- Barcode
- 074470038085 10
- Editing
- Patrick McCallum [as Paste Pot Pete] (VP & Editor-in-Chief); Joe Yanarella [as Stilt Man] (Senior Managing Editor); Matthew Senreich [as Spot] (Editorial Direction); Mike Searle [as The Ringer] (as Executive Editor); Douglas Goldstein [as The Grizzly] (Senior Editor); Zach Oat [as Razorback] (Editor); Justin Aclin [as Sleepwalker] (Associate Editor); Adam Patyk [as Typeface] (Associate Editor)
Issue Notes
On sale year and month taken from previous issue.
This issue shipped with two covers.
This issue has variants:Keywords crazy credits
This issue shipped with two covers.
This issue has variants:
The individual issues of this series are each less than 50% comics. Only comics sequences are indexed and cover scans are accepted only if the issue has 10% indexed comics content.
Cobra Commander Beyond Terrordome
G.I. Joe [Hasbro] / photo story / 6 pages
- Script
- Pat McCallum; Tom Root; Zach Oat; Justin Aclin; Adam Patyk; Jon Gutierrez
- Pencils
- ? (photo)
- Inks
- ? (photo)
- Colors
- ? (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- Matthew Senreich (credited as Matt Senreich); Doug Goldstein
- Genre
- military
- Characters
- Cobra Commander; Detro; Baroness; Zartan; Roadblock; Shipwreck; Serpentor; Buzzer; Ripper; Torch; Snake Eyes; Skeletor; He-Man; Tomax; Xamot; Major Bludd; Mindbender
- Synopsis
- Cobra Commander is woken up in the middle of the night by Destro and the Baroness playing tennis. He steals Bludd's sandwich and reads Toyfare. He plays with the weather dominator, messing up the weather for the Joes. Serpentor beets him at Scrabble. He tries on different hats, yells at the Dreadnoks for doing donuts in the yard, and flips off Snake Eyes. He watches Trading Spaces and falls asleep on the couch. Tomax and Xamot use the opportunity to draw on his mask.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- action figures; fourth wall; fumetti; motorcycles; prank; Scrabble; tennis; Trading Spaces; Twisted Toyfare Theatre
in [no title indexed]
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe / cartoon / 0.28 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You mean all the pain and anguish I've felt my entire life wasn't necessary?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Beast Man; Moss Man
- Synopsis
- Moss Man consoles Beast Man.
- Keywords
- action figures; fumetti
[no title indexed]
Daredevil / cartoon / 0.22 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When I say 'Clean the kitchen,' I mean it!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Daredevil; Electra
- Synopsis
- Daredevil yells at Electra.
- Keywords
- action figures; Big Shot; fumetti
Indexer Notes
The Daredevil figure is from Spider-Man Classics by Toy Biz and the Electra figure is from Marvel Select by Diamond Select.
[no title indexed]
Star Wars; Dr. Who; Steel / cartoon / 0.22 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Run!
- Genre
- humor; adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Luke Skywalker; Dr. Who; David Copperfield
- Synopsis
- David Copperfield's sex change operation has gone wrong.
- Keywords
- action figures; Big Shot; flowers; fumetti
Indexer Notes
The Luke Skywalker figure is from Star Wars by Hasbro, the Dr. Who figure is from Dr. Who by Dapol, and the David Cooperfield figure is Lieutenant Sparks from Steel by Kenner.
[no title indexed]
Star Wars; Hulk / cartoon / 0.22 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Next time, on 'Bruce Banner, World's Worst Veterinarian'...
- Genre
- humor; adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Bruce Banner; tantaum
- Synopsis
- Bruce Banner performs a medical on a tantaum.
- Keywords
- action figures; Big Shot; fumetti; veterinarian
Indexer Notes
The Bruce Banner figure is from Pocket Super Heroes by Mego and the tantaum figure is from Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back by Kenner.
[no title indexed]
Gundam; Ultimate Muscle / cartoon / ? pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But my parents will be here any minute!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Amura Ray; King Muscle
- Synopsis
- King Muscle won't leave Amura's house.
- Keywords
- action figures; Big Shot; fumetti; pants
Indexer Notes
The Amura Ray figure is from Gundam by Bandai and the King Muscle figure is from Ultimate Muscle by Bandai.
[no title indexed]
X-Men; Realm of the Claw / cartoon / 0.22 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow...
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Tswana; Logan
- Synopsis
- Tswana and Logan are on Trading Spaces.
- Keywords
- action figures; beige; Big Shot; fumetti; Trading Spaces
Indexer Notes
The Tswana figure is from Realm of the Claw by Stan Winston Creations and the Logan figure is from X-Men by Toy-Biz.
[no title indexed]
Justice League of America; Crocodile Hunter / cartoon / 0.22 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- *Sniff sniff*
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Flash; Steve Irwin
- Keywords
- action figures; Big Shot; fumetti
Indexer Notes
The Flash figure is from JLA by Mattel and the Steve Irwin figure is from Crocodile Hunter by N2 Toys.
[no title indexed]
Ultimate Muscle; He-Man and the Masters of the Universe / cartoon / 0.22 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Did you see the look on that cat's face before the meteor hit it?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Terry Kenyon; Trap Jaw
- Synopsis
- A meteor kills a cat.
- Keywords
- action figures; Big Shot; fumetti; meteor
Indexer Notes
The Terry Kenyon figure is from Ultimate Muscle by Bandai and the Trap Jam figure is from Masters of the Universe by Mattel.
[no title indexed]
Sailor Moon; X-Men / cartoon / 0.22 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That was great, Piotr.
- Genre
- humor; adventure; romance; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Sailor Moon; Piotr Rasputin; Magneto
- Synopsis
- Piotr doesn't need Viagra when Magneto is around.
- Keywords
- action figures; Big Shot; fumetti; Viagra
Indexer Notes
The Sailor Moon figure is from Sailor Moon by Bandai, the Piotr Rasputin figure is from Giant-Sized X-Men by Toy Biz; and the Magneto figure is from Marvel Legends by Toy-Biz.
[no title indexed]
Spider-Man; He-Man and the Masters of the Universe / cartoon / 0.22 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You said, 'I want 30 points of articulation'.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Beast Man; Spider-Man
- Synopsis
- Spider-Man's 30 points of articulation doesn't help him in space.
- Keywords
- action figures; articulation; Big Shot; Blank Shot; fumetti; space
Indexer Notes
The Beast Man figure is from Masters of the Universe by Mattel and the Spider-man figure is from Spider-man Classics by Toy-Biz.
The script was submitted to the "Blank Shot" contest at the Toyfare website.
[no title indexed]
Batman; Superman / cartoon / 0.22 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I demand to speak to your manager!
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Clark Kent
- Synopsis
- Batman eats a newspaper.
- Keywords
- action figures; Daily Planet; fumetti
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
1.
Cobra Commander Beyond Terrordome
G.I. Joe [Hasbro] -
2.
["You mean all the pain and anguish I've felt my entire life wasn't necessary?"]
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe -
3.
["When I say 'Clean the kitchen,' I mean it!"]
Daredevil -
4.
["Run!"]
Star Wars; Dr. Who; Steel -
5.
["Next time, on 'Bruce Banner, World's Worst Veterinarian'..."]
Star Wars; Hulk -
6.
["But my parents will be here any minute!"]
Gundam; Ultimate Muscle -
7.
["Wow..."]
X-Men; Realm of the Claw -
8.
["*Sniff sniff*"]
Justice League of America; Crocodile Hunter -
9.
["Did you see the look on that cat's face before the meteor hit it?"]
Ultimate Muscle; He-Man and the Masters of the Universe -
10.
["That was great, Piotr."]
Sailor Moon; X-Men -
11.
["You said, 'I want 30 points of articulation'."]
Spider-Man; He-Man and the Masters of the Universe -
12.
["I demand to speak to your manager!"]
Batman; Superman
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