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The Toad Men

History: An invasion force of the Toad Men landed on Earth as the invasion fleet orbited Earth. The invasion force crossed paths with Dr. Bruce Banner (see The Incredible Hulk), whom they kidnapped because they sensed him to be one of the planet's great scientific minds. Banner turned into the Hulk and destroyed the invaders' spaceship, but not before they could signal their invasion armada. The spaceships threatened to push the moon into the Earth with their manipulations of magnetic fields. Dr. Banner used the power of his “gamma ray gun” to cause the Toad Men to lose control of their ships, knocking them out of orbit into space.

The Hulk battled the Toad Men on other occasions, and once with his fellow members of the Defenders.

The villian Mysterio once sent his underlings costumed as the Toad Men to capture The She-Hulk.

Height: 4 ft.
Demonstrated Powers: The Toad Men displayed no special powers. They did have an advanced, militaristic society and had used their technology to master the control of magnetic fields.

Weapons:

* Spaceships

* Magnetic stun pistols

Comment: The Toad Men should not be confused with The Toad (the mutant villain introduced in X-Men # 4), nor with The Black Toad (the Golden Age villain introduced in Captain America # 7), nor with Brother Tode (the Deviant ruler introduced in The Eternals # 1).

............. John Kaminski :: 23 August 2005

Also see:

Can A Comment Save the World?!?

For more Toad Men Wonderment (albeit in black & white) please check out issues of The Rampaging Hulk magazine from the eighties! These stories were later made “out of continuity” but they shouldn't been, since they're a lotta fun!

............. Justin Fairfax :: 11 March 2004

The mighty Toad Men Kirby on pencils and Ditko on inks, it don`t get any better than that !

These Kirby/Lee/Ditko stories might have been simple to read but always enjoyable. The art was always something to look forward to. But when you got a Kirby/Ditko story you knew you got a bonus. Two of the greatest artists ?

............. Stan Bycko :: 14 December 2004

Face the fearful might of…the frogspawn!

............. Roscoe! The genius monster! :: 07 August 2005

There are Wild Toadmen in Human Torch Comics#10(win/42-43)'s Jimmy Jupiter story.

............. John Holstein :: 06 December 2006

The fans are singing! Join the choir, oh Jubilant One.

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The Toad Men
The Toad Men

Name of Representative: Torrak
Status: Alien Conquerors
Planet of Origin: Unknown
Original Appearance: Incredible Hulk # 2
Reprints: Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #'s 8, 9, 10 (reprinted in installments), Marvel Masterworks # 8, Essential Incredible Hulk # 1
Additional Appearances: Incredible Hulk #'s 190, 191, Defenders (vol. 2) #'s 1, 8, Sensational She-Hulk # 2 (costumed criminals only)