Monsters on the Prowl #17
In "I Created the Colossus! Chapter One," Stan Lee and Larry Lieber launch a thrilling sci-fi saga with Jack Kirby’s dynamic art and Dick Ayers’ bold inks, bringing to life a towering mechanical marvel born from a scientist’s desperate experiment. As a colossal robot soars through the skies and confronts a hydrogen bomb, a mysterious alien presence emerges—setting the stage for a story where humanity’s choices could shape the fate of the world. Herb Trimpe’s striking cover captures the moment the Colossus awakens, a 20-cent marvel from 1972 that’s as bold in concept as it is in execution.
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The Colossus flies and manages to destroy the plane with the hydrogen bomb. It then lands and another spaceship appears. The crab-like creature leaves the Colossus and goes home. Boris takes this chance to tell his brother Ivan that his Government must change or the Colossus will come back to life again. The Government changes and the Colossus stands guard to make sure that justice and peace will continue in the land.
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