Tales of Suspense #14
In "Chapter One: I Created the Colossus!", Soviet dissident Boris Petrovsky is coerced by his loyal brother Ivan into constructing a massive statue to honor the Iron Curtain regime—only for an alien crash to transform the monument into a living, terrifying Colossus. Jack Kirby’s dynamic art and Stan Lee and Larry Lieber’s gripping script launch a chilling tale of unintended consequences, set against a backdrop of political tension and sudden, unstoppable power. The cover by Kirby and Ayers captures the moment of dread as the statue awakens, its fate now beyond human control.
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Boris Petrovsky, an anti-regime dissident is forced by Ivan, his loyal brother, to build a giant statue glorifying the Iron Curtain dictatorship. An alien crash lands and fuses with the statue for protection, animating it. When Ivan and the party higher-ups come to view the statue, they are terrified when the Colossus comes to life and begins to attack them.
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