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Real Name: Toady (or Toady-Drone)

Identity/Class: Extraterrestrial (presumably created on Fortress or Tyrant's subsequent base) robot

Occupation: Servant, messenger, warrior

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Tyrant

Enemies: Morg;
    indirectly Galactus (Galan)

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: Toady-Drone;
    "Bucket-Head," "Morph Boy," "Rustbucket," "Runt," "Scrap-Heap" (from Morg; the latter from Tyrant as well)

Base of Operations: Unrevealed;
    formerly Tyrant's Fortress

First Appearance: Silver Surfer III#101 (February, 1995)

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Powers/Abilities: Toady appears to be a sentient robot, or else he follows a complex program that approximates sentience.

    Toady possesses a bio-mechanical morphing ability, allowing him to bond to, transform and control other beings and other forms of technology.

toady-tyrant-ss104-planskim    He can form starships, such as the planet-skimmer. Although it was referred to as "short-range," it appeared to be able to travel interstellar distances with a short time period.

    He briefly controlled the power of the Ultimate Nullifier.

    For a robot, Toady was very whimsical. He also very-much enjoyed Tyrant's devastation and slaughter of other places and beings.

   

Height: Unrevealed (approximately 6')
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 200 lb.; it is difficult to estimate, given his unrevealed composition)
Eyes: Solid white
Hair: None
Exoskeleton color: Red

History:

(Silver Surfer III#104 (fb) - BTS) - The Toady drone was created and empowered by Tyrant.

(Silver Surfer III#101 (fb) - BTS) - Presumably within the Fortress, Toady was beckoned by Tyrant. 

(Silver Surfer III#101) - Eager to respond to his master, Toady raced to Tyrant's chambers. Considering that Tyrant would only summon him in matters of great import, Toady wondered if it was the eve  of a new campaign of destruction or a blood-curdlingly delicious venture in genocide; nonetheless, he considered that he had best not get his hopes up.

    Upon reaching Tyrant, he stated, "You rang, master?" And Tyrant told him, "Find Galactus!"

(Silver Surfer III#102 (fb) - BTS) - Toady, possible aided by others (he said "we," but maybe he was referring to himself and Tyrant, or the "royal we" or he was non-binary), locked onto Galactus' energy energy signature. toady-tyrant-ss104-upper

(Silver Surfer III#102) - At Tyrant's query, Toady reported that they had locked onto Galactus' signature and that it should be easy to relay any sort of holographic communication that Tyrant desired. Tyrant instead instructed him that the matter was best attended to personally, and he instructed Toady to engage Galactus' herald Morg, so that he may schedule an audience with his master. Tyrant further informed Toady that they would convince Galactus that they sought peace with him and then strike when his guard was done.
   

(Silver Surfer III#104) - Having morphed his body into "a short range planet skimmer," Toady considered that Tyrant could see and hear through his eyes and ears, hypothesizing that if Galactus had done that with his creations, he wouldn't have "blown through so many heralds." As he locked onto Galactus' energy signature, he considered that this was the beginning of a great adventure.

    As he approached Galactus' worldship, Toady mused to himself that the big man shouldn't bother warming any brownies as he could only stay for a minute. He then appreciated the rapid approach of Morg and prepared to deal with the "sandpaper-faced butchering" by "pull<ing> out the big--" However, he was interrupted when Morg destroyed the ship. Morg subsequently stood over Toady's recumbent form (either within the remnants of Toady's ship or on Galactus' worldship), telling him it was time for his one-way ticket to the scrap-heap. toady-tyrant-ss105-dismemsent

    Toady told Morg to relax, as he meant no harm, that Morg should not shoot the messenger, as he had a message for Galactus from Tyrant but had come in peace. Hating Tyrant, Morg advised him that he would be going in pieces.

    Firing eyeblasts at Morg, Toady warned him that he was armed and dangerous, but Morg used his axe to sever Toady's left arm and then advised him that now he was neither. Toady called him a maniac and warned him that when Tyrant found out what he had done to his representative, he wouldn't have a leg to stand on. Morg then severed both of Toady's legs and advised him that neither would he.

    At Toady's query, Morg explained that he hated Tyrant most of all because he had had to team up with "that sissy Surfer" to escape Tyrant's clutches in the past.
   

(Silver Surfer III#105 (fb) - BTS) - Morg brought Toady to Taa II, and Toady informed Galactus that Tyrant wanted to arrange a meeting.

(Silver Surfer III#105) - After Galactus proclaimed, "Tyrant wants what?!?", Toady suggested that Galactus might hear better if he took off his helmet. Galactus advised Toady that insolence was unseemly from one bound to servitude, and he instructed him to again relay the message from his master. Toady reiterated that Morg was coming to Taa II and wanted to settle the feud between them once and for all; he then asked, "So, you gonna keep me waiting around for an answer, or what?"

    When Morg asked Galactus to let him chop off Toady's head, Toady complained about his agent's treatment of exalted guests. Morg threatened to annihilate Toady, but Galactus told him to stay his blade, and Toady told Morg, "Yeah...what he said!"

    Galactus explained that this day had been long coming and that Galactus' feeding on biospheric energies drained Tyrant's power source, and after Morg summarized his understanding of their opposing natures, Toady replied, "In essence, baldy."

    Charging Toady with energy fired from his eyes, Galactus told him to go and tell his lord that he would meet with him.

   
   
   

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(Silver Surfer III#105 - BTS) - Wishing to be at his peak when he faced Tyrant, Galactus told Morg to find a world upon which he could feed.

(Silver Surfer III#106) - Witnessing Tyrant's agony as Galactus consumed the bio-spheric energies of a planet, Toady considered that if Galactus eventually ate every planet in the universe, Tyrant would be "too weak to whistle." Although considering this an unlikely prospect, Tyrant agreed that he must insure against it.

    Toady subsequently flew Tyrant in another planet skimmer ship to confront Galactus. (Silver Surfer III#106 - BTS) - Meanwhile, in preparation to assist Galactus against Tyrant, Morg pressured Air-Walker (Gabriel Lan), who then only existed as a program in Galactus' ship to help him locate the Ultimate Nullifier.
    

(Silver Surfer III#107) - Arriving on Taa II, Morg announced that father and son wold meet and only one would earn the right to carry on the legacy of fear and hatred, and Toady replied that he could think of nothing nobler, "O Imperial Lord and Master! Kick him once for me!"

    Tyrant then instructed Toady to remain in the ship while he met with Galactus.
    

(Silver Surfer III#108) - From the ship, Toady cheered on Tyrant in his battle against Galactus, "Whoo-hooo! Way to go, Daddy-O...I mean Oh great despot sir!"

    After Tyrant turned Galactus' energy-draining equipment back on him and toppled his creator, Morg arrived with the Ultimate Nullifier.
    

(Silver Surfer III#109) - Seeking to protect his master, Toady leapt on Morg's back and began using his bio-mechanical morphing ability to merge with Morg's body. Despite Morg's resistance, Toady extended his mechanical systems down Morg's arm to engulf the Nullifier and form a gun-like structure to channel and focus its energies. Continue to burrow into Morgan's head, Toady noted his intention to burrow into his brain and take control of him.


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    However, Morg fought off Toady's influence and took command of their combined form, giving him control over the Nullifier. After Morg blasted off Tyrant's legs, Tyrant cursed Toady as a sycophantic scrap heap and told him that this was going to cost him. Noting this not be his fault, Toady explained that the power of the Nullifier was consuming both of them (him and Tyrant or him and Morg?; I think the former), superseding his morphing abilities. Morg mocked Toady, stating that he found the situation cool.

    Weakened by Tyrant's assault, Galactus feared to manipulate the technology associated with the Nullifier in its unstable condition. As Morg prepared to assault the incapacitated Tyrant, Toady -- unable to prevent this -- futilely apologized, but then the newly arrived Silver Surfer attacked Morg, unwilling to let him murder the helpless Tyrant.

    As the two battled, Galactus appreciated that the Nullifier's energies were building and that hear feared that the drone (Toady) could no longer contain them and that it was going to explode.

    Sending the Surfer away, Galactus sealed his worldship to contain the imminent explosion, but Morg, after cutting off his own right arm (which was bonded to Toady and the Nullifier), tore a hole through the seal and fled. The Nullifier subsequently exploded, destroying Toady, Tyrant, Galactus and Taa II.

 (Fantastic Four I#414 (fb) - BTS) - Galactus escaped the Nullifier by escaping into an extradimensional void.


Comments: Created by Mike Lackey and Tom Grindberg; possibly conceived by Ron Marz & Mike Friedman.
   
    Toady was mirthful and snarky, atypical for a robot, and certainly not what you would expect Tyrant to have programmed him to be.

    Tyrant later turned back up, too, and he could certainly create a new Toady. Given his power level (and artistic license from the story writer(s)), he could even restore Toady with complete memories, etc.

    This profile was completed 08/21/2026, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25th anniversary 's celebratory event to represent Tyrant's stories and characters.

Profile by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Toady should be distinguished from:

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Silver Surfer III#101, 2nd to last page, panel 3 (full, front)
            panel 5 (full, posterior);
    #104 (planet skimmer), pg. 7, panel 2 (planet skimmer);
       pg. 12, panel 2 (upper);
          panel 3 (face);
    #105, pg. 10, panel 4 (dismembered form energized by Galactus);
    #109, pg. 8, panel 1 (bonding to Morg);
          panel 4 (extending bonding over Ultimate Nullifier)
Appearances:
Silver Surfer III#101-102 (February-March, 1995) - Ron Marz & Mike Friedman (plot), Mike Lackey (script), Tom Grindberg (penciler), Bill Anderson (inker), Craig Anderson (editor)
Silver Surfer III#104-105 (May-June, 1995) - Mike Lackey (writer), Tom Grindberg (penciler), Bill Anderson (inker), Craig Anderson (editor)
Silver Surfer III#106-109 (July-October, 1995) - Mike Lackey (writer), Tom Grindberg (penciler), Bill Anderson (inker), Joe Andriani (assistant editor), Mark Gruenwald (editor)

First posted: 09/30/2026
Last updated: 08/21/2026

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