Toyfare: The Toy Magazine
#73
[Cover 2 - Wolverine]
(September 2003)
Wizard Entertainment,
1997 Series
- Price
- 4.99 USD; 6.95 CAD
- Pages
- 108
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Not Intended for All Ages
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Gareb Shamus Enterprises Inc.
- Brand
- Wizard
- Barcode
- 074470038085 09
- Editing
- Pat McCallum (VP & editor-in-hief); Matthew Senreich (editorial direction); Douglas Goldstein (senior editor); Joe Yanarella (senior managing editor); Zach Oat (editor); Justin Aclin (associate editor); Adam Patyk (associate editor); Robert Bricken (contributing editor)
Issue Notes
This issue shipped with two covers.
This issue is a variant of Toyfare: The Toy Magazine (Wizard Entertainment, 1997 series) #73 [Cover 1 - Optimus Prime].
This issue is a variant of Toyfare: The Toy Magazine (Wizard Entertainment, 1997 series) #73 [Cover 1 - Optimus Prime].
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.
Pole Position
Daredevil; Hulk; Spider-Man; X-Men / photo story / 2 pages
- Script
- Pat McCallum; Tom Root; Zach Oat; Justin Aclin; Adam Patyk
- Pencils
- ? (photo)
- Inks
- ? (photo)
- Colors
- ? (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Green Goblin; Venom; Wolverine; Storm; Spider-Man; Daredevil; Hulk
- Synopsis
- Green Goblin dares Venom to lick a flagpole. His tongue gets stuck. Wolverine, Storm, Spider-Man, and Daredevil go by. Green Goblin gets Hulk to help get Venom unstuck, but they end up decapitating him and leaving the body there.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- action figures; flagpolel battle-damaged; fumetti; tongue; ultimate
in Indexer Notes
All characters are MiniMates by Art Asylum.
'Bots All, Folks!
Fantastic Four / 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
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Willie; Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Woman; Thing; Human Torch; H.E.R.B.I.E.; Franklin Richards; Dr. Doom; Haley Joel Osment; M.O.D.O.K.; Vision; Scarlet Witch; Mysterio; Soundwave
- Synopsis
- Human Torch gets mad when the others get checks from the Fantastic Four cartoon where he was replaced by H.E.R.B.I.E. He decides to get his revenge by entering H.E.R.B.I.E. in a battle bots competition, and takes Franklin with him. However, H.E.R.B.I.E. wins, so Human Torch decides to fight him. He ends up in traction.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- action figures; Asimov's Law; banana; Battlebots; Daily Bugle; Franklin Mint; fumetti; hot dog; ice cream; John Wayne; pizza; Styx; Twisted Toyfare Theatre
[no title indexed]
Batman; He-Man and the Masters of the Universe / cartoon / 0.28 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So under his clothes he was a chicken the whole time?
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Harley Quinn; He-Man; Orko
- Synopsis
- Orko was a turkey all along.
- Keywords
- action figures; fumetti; turkey
[no title indexed]
Batman / cartoon / 0.22 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Curse you, DeVito!
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Danny DeVito
- Synopsis
- Danny DeVito is in Batman's toilet.
- Keywords
- action figures; Big Shot; Death to Smoochy; fumetti; toilet
Indexer Notes
The Batman figure is from Batman Returns by Kenner and the Danny DeVito figure is a penguin.
[no title indexed]
Star Wars; G.I. Joe; Avengers / cartoon / 0.22 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Come on, just three more!
- Genre
- humor; adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Tusken Raiders; Scarlett; Iron Man
- Synopsis
- Scarlett eats bugs.
- Keywords
- action figures; alcohol; Big Shot; bugs; fumetti
Indexer Notes
The Tusken Raider figure is from Star Wars by Hasbro, the Scarlett figure is from G.I. Joe by Hasbro, and the Iron Man figure is from Avengers Box Set by Toy-Biz.
[no title indexed]
Power Rangers; He-Man and the Masters of the Universe / cartoon / 0.22 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You either have a really good explanation for why that's empty, or you're the worst babysitter ever.
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- He-Man; Puggy Pig
- Synopsis
- Puggy Pig has an empty baby carrier.
- Keywords
- action figures; baby carrier; Big Shot; fumetti
Indexer Notes
The He-Man figure is from Masters of the Universe by Mattel and the Power Pig figure is from Power Rangers by Bandai.
[no title indexed]
Star Trek; Star Wars / cartoon / 0.22 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What an adventure!
- Genre
- humor; science fiction; adventure
- Characters
- Will Wheaton; sandtrooper
- Synopsis
- Will Wheaton is going to update his online journal.
- Keywords
- action figures; Big Shot; coffin; fumetti
Indexer Notes
The Will Wheaton figure Wesley Crusher is from Star Trek: The Next Generation by Playmates and the sandtrooper figure is from Star Wars by Hasbro.
[no title indexed]
Superman; Maison Ikkoku / cartoon / 0.22 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- All right Ultra-Humanite - it's back to ultra-prison for you!
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Ultra-Humanite; Kyoko Otonashi
- Synopsis
- Superman arrests Ultra-Humanite.
- Keywords
- action figures; Big Shot; fumetti
Indexer Notes
The Superman figure is from Superman by DC Direct, the Ultra-Humanite figure is a cat, and the Kyoko Otonashi figure is from Maison Ikkoki by Bandai.
[no title indexed]
Dragon's Lair; Maison Ikkoku / cartoon / 0.22 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll save you fair maiden!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dirk Daring; Ibuki Yogami; Dave
- Synopsis
- Dirk tries to save Ibuki from Dave.
- Keywords
- action figures; Big Shot; fumetti
Indexer Notes
The Dirk the Daring figure is from Dragon's Lair by AnJon and the Ibuki Yogami figure is from Maison Ikkoku by Bandai.
[no title indexed]
Dungeons & Dragons; G.I. Joe / cartoon / 0.22 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My new, state-of-the-art snowboard allows me to go anywhere I want!
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; military
- Characters
- Cobra Commander; Kelek
- Synopsis
- Snowboards and adult diapers both let you go anywhere you want.
- Keywords
- action figures; Big Shot; Blank Shot; fumetti; snowboarding
Indexer Notes
The Cobra Commander figure is from G.I. Joe: ARAH by Hasbro and the Kelek figure is from Advanced Dungeons & Dragons by UN.
The script was submitted to the "Blank Shot" contest at the Toyfare website.
[no title indexed]
Transformers / cartoon / 0.28 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No son of mine is going to grow up to transform into a semi truck!
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Megatron; Starscream
- Synopsis
- Megatron and Starscream try to raise their son.
- Keywords
- action figures; fumetti
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
1.
Pole Position
Daredevil; Hulk; Spider-Man; X-Men -
2.
'Bots All, Folks!
Fantastic Four -
3.
["So under his clothes he was a chicken the whole time?"]
Batman; He-Man and the Masters of the Universe -
4.
["Curse you, DeVito!"]
Batman -
5.
["Come on, just three more!"]
Star Wars; G.I. Joe; Avengers -
6.
["You either have a really good explanation for why that's empty, or you're the worst babysitter ever."]
Power Rangers; He-Man and the Masters of the Universe -
7.
["What an adventure!"]
Star Trek; Star Wars -
8.
["All right Ultra-Humanite - it's back to ultra-prison for you!"]
Superman; Maison Ikkoku -
9.
["I'll save you fair maiden!"]
Dragon's Lair; Maison Ikkoku -
10.
["My new, state-of-the-art snowboard allows me to go anywhere I want!"]
Dungeons & Dragons; G.I. Joe -
11.
["No son of mine is going to grow up to transform into a semi truck!"]
Transformers
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