Mortimer Toynbee


The Toad
Aliases:	Toad Terrible Toad-King
Continuity:	Marvel Universe
Notability:	Antagonist
Type:	Supervillain
Gender:	Male
Race:	Mutant
Location:	New York City, New York Utopia Base, San Francisco, California
Status:	Alive
First:	The X-Men, Vol. 1 #4

Mortimer Toynbee, also known as The Toad, is a fictional comic book supervillain and mutant featured in titles published by Marvel Comics. He is part of the mainstream Marvel Universe and is classically associated with the X-Men family of books. The Toad first appeared in The X-Men, Volume 1 #4 in March, 1964.

Overview[]

Toad is a mutant gifted with the ability of superhuman agility, reflexes and enhanced leg strength, allowing him to leap great distances like a frog. This is not the only trait that Toad derives from his namesake. Like a toadie, the Toad is a sycophant and will generally follow any leader he aligns with to an obsessive and loyal decree. Over time however, the Toad grew more independent and even engaged in his own personal endeavors. The Toad is one of the founding members of original Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and was also the leader of the third iteration of the group, who once fought up against X-Force. Following an altercation with the cosmic being known as the Stranger, the Toad evolved and took on altered physical characteristics including a green pallor, scaly skin and a long, prehensile tongue.

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The character of Mortimer Toynbee was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby.

A live-action version of the Toad appeared in the 2000 feature film, X-Men, where he was played by actor Ray Park.

An alternate version of the Toad, named Todd Tolanski, was a recurring character on the 2000-2003 animated series X-Men: Evolution. He was a teenage student at the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning and was voiced by actor Noel Fisher.