John T. "Toyzilla" Marshall is an author, pop culture expert, comic book writer, and film producer. He has written five reference books on vintage toys: (''

GI Joe ''G.I. Joe'' is an American media franchise and a line of action figures owned and produced by the toy company Hasbro. The initial product offering represented four of the branches of the United States Armed Forces, U.S. armed forces with the Act ...

And Other Backyard Heroes'' (1997), ''

Action Figure An action figure is a poseable character model figure made most commonly of plastic, and often based upon characters from a film, comic book, military, video game, television program, or sport; fictional or historical. These figures are usually ...

s of the 1980s'' (1998), ''Action Figures of the 1960s'' (1998), ''

Comic Book A comic book, comic-magazine, or simply comic is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panel (comics), panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by descriptive prose and wri ...

Hero Toys'' (1999), and ''Collecting Monster Toys'' (1999), all published by

Schiffer Publishing Schiffer Publishing Ltd. (also known for its imprints Schiffer, Schiffer Craft, Schiffer Military History, Schiffer Kids, REDFeather MBS, Cornell Maritime Press, Tidewater Publishers, Thrums Books, and Geared Up Publications) is a family-owned p ...

). Also, he has been a columnist for

Toy Shop A toy store or toy shop is a type of retail business specializing in selling toys; usually ones marketed towards children. History The first toy store was founded in 1760 by William Hamley in London, under the name of "Noah's Ark", later re ...

, Collectors' Showcase, and Collecting Toys and a contributor to several notable books on vintage toys, such as The Collectible GI Joe by Derryl DePriest. In 1993, he formed a comic book publishing company, Marshall Comics, and later wrote for independent comic book publisher Antarctic Press, including seven issues of Ninja High School.

Ninja high school ''Ninja High School'' (also known as ''NHS'') is a comic book series created, written, and illustrated by Ben Dunn, published by Antarctic Press (at one point being published by Eternity Comics). On occasion other artists and writers have con ...

In 2007, he wrote and produced an independent film, Slammerell

co-starring Tiffany Pa

References

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'' (Sept 25 1998 pg W10), ''

The Courier-Post The ''Courier-Post'' is a morning daily newspaper that serves South Jersey in the Delaware Valley. It is based in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and serves most of Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester counties. The paper has 30,313 daily paid subscri ...

'' (October 10, 1998), The ''

MetroWest Daily News ''The MetroWest Daily News'' is an American daily newspaper published in Framingham, Massachusetts, serving the MetroWest region of suburban Boston. The newspaper is owned by Gannett. The newspaper covers several cities and towns in Norfolk, Mi ...

'' (Sept 27, 2001), ''

AntiqueWeek AntiqueWeek is one of the most popular antiques newspapers in the United States and has been a source for weekly antiques and collectibles news in the United States since 1968. ''AntiqueWeek'' has a weekly circulation of over 70,000 readers. Th ...

'' (Nov 27, 2000), ''Toy Shop'' (Aug 9 2002 and others), ''Collecting Toys'' (February 1997 and others), ''Collectors' Showcase'' (July/August 1999 and others).

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