Monsters on the Prowl #17

In "I Created the Colossus! Chapter One," a disillusioned Russian sculptor is coerced by his devoted brother into crafting a towering monument to the USSR—only for an alien crash to transform the statue into a living, unstoppable force. When the alien’s kind arrives to reclaim it, the sculptor spins the event as a divine rebuke to tyranny, leaving the regime shaken and uncertain.

In "I Created the Colossus! Chapter Two: The Colossus Lives!", Jo and Boris find themselves caught in a storm of escalating tension as the Colossus—born from Boris’s creation—breaks free from military control. With the regime now fearing the machine’s power, the war ministry prepares to obliterate it with a hydrogen bomb, while Boris claims the Colossus was guided by a voice from beyond, calling for the end of tyranny.

In "I Created the Colossus! Chapter Three: The Power of the Colossus!", the massive machine soars through the sky to stop a deadly plane, then lands as a mysterious crab-like creature departs, returning home. With the threat over, Boris seizes the moment to urge his brother Ivan that the government must transform—or the Colossus may rise again. The story closes with the Colossus standing watch, a silent guardian over a world now shaped by its power.

In "Island of Fear!", a ghoulish reporter takes a fateful boat ride to investigate eerie local disappearances, only to find himself face-to-face with a mysterious stranger whose secrets run deeper than the island’s shadowed shores. The tension builds with every wave, as the line between truth and terror begins to blur.