This story takes place in the early days of Superman's career. It's when he spent so much time chasing after Jimmy and Lois, trying to keep them out of trouble, that he started to not have enough time for some of the more important things. He warns Jimmy, "I can't spend every minute of the day worrying about you. It might pay to be more careful, or to go ahead and let the Metropolitan PD know when you've stumbled onto something like this." But a few days later he's being threatened by some Mexican wrestlers, because he broke in to their dressing room. That's when Superman decides to give him the signal watch that he's made for him. In this issue, we also see the beginning of the career of the Toy-Man, Winslow Schott. He's being fired from his design job at the toy company because his ideas are just to far "out-there". So he decides to take revenge on the world, and the town, that's causing him so much grief. He sends 3 giant robots, a soldier a doll and a bear, in to the center of town. At first everybody thinks it's some kind of crazy toy store promotion, or something to do with a parade or something. That is until they all show that they're armed. The stories ok, but it just seems kind of simple. I know this is in the beginning of his career, so . . . things were simpler then. To me, it just seemed more like a story from one of the 70's issues, than a current one. That's the best way I can explain it. I wasn't overly thrilled with it. B Clay Moore does the story, and Phil Hester and Ande Parks does the art. The art was ok too. Nothing great. Just ok. Hopefully this is only a 2 issue story-arc, because I'd like to see something more exciting after this one's through.
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