Toad (Marvel Comics)
Fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Toad (Mortimer Toynbee) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, he first appeared in The X-Men #4 (March 1964).
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Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | The X-Men #4 (March 1964)[1] |
Created by | Stan Lee (writer) Jack Kirby (artist) |
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Alter ego | Mortimer Toynbee |
Species | Human mutant |
Team affiliations | Brotherhood of Mutants The 198 Defenders The Misfits Jean Grey School Lethal Legion |
Notable aliases | The Terrible Toad-King, Stranger |
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Toad is most often depicted as an enemy of the X-Men and was originally a hunchbacked mutant with superhuman leaping ability. He was Magneto's sniveling servant (or "toady") in the 1960s line-up of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. He later became the leader of his faction of the Brotherhood, which focused more on criminal activities than mutant liberation.
Since his inception, the character has appeared in numerous media adaptations, such as television series, films, and video games. For example, Ray Park played a significantly different version of Toad in 2000's X-Men film, and after that, aspects of this Toad have since been implemented into the comic book version. Subsequently, most versions of Toad written or drawn after 2000 resemble the Ray Park version more closely than the original Toad. A younger Toad appeared in the film X-Men: Days of Future Past, played by Evan Jonigkeit.