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Issue: Tales of Suspense #14
Publication Date: February 1961
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Issues: #14 of 99 Issues (172 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/28/1960
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements (pages 2, 9, 15, 19, 25, 27, 33-36 of comic including inside front cover, inside back cover and back cover); pages of comic not numbered. All new stories are narrated in the first person. On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, July-December 1960, page 345, registration number B867625.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Variants2
Disclose Reprinted In12
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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I Created the Colossus

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, science fiction
Character(s): Colossus [later "It, the Living Colossus"]
First Line: Flee for your lives!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSecrets of the Unknown #150 published January 1974
as I Created the Colossus [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #2 [Regular Edition] published June 2008
as Tales of Suspense #14 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: According to George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index #7B this cover is reprinted on page 9 panel 3 of the story in Astonishing Tales #24.
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Chapter One: I Created the Colossus!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, science fiction
Character(s): Colossus [later "It, the Living Colossus"] (introduction, also in flashback, origin); Ivan Petrovski (also in flashback); Boris Petrovski (flashback)
First Line: This mind-staggering tale is a work of pure fiction!
Synopsis: A Russian dissident is forced by his loyal brother to build a giant statue glorifying the USSR. An alien crash lands and fuses with the statue for protection, animating it. When it's attacked, it defeats the entire Soviet military on land, sea, and air. The alien’s companions come to Earth to retrieve him and the sculptor claims that the statue coming to life was a judgement against dictatorship, frightening the regime.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMonsters on the Prowl #17 published June 1972
as Chapter One I Created the Colossus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #2 [Regular Edition] published June 2008
as I Created the Colossus!, Chapter One [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-57
Disclose Notes: Possible Lee plot; Lieber script. George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index credits Stan Lee solo. The last page asks for feedback on longer stories, directing letters to "Editor, Journey Into Mystery". Colossus next appears in issue #20 (August 1961).
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The Comic

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Stan Wepp
First Line: Stan Wepp stood before the lights...
Synopsis: A bored television comedian is mysteriously transported back to the small mining town and small theatres that he loves.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #2 [Regular Edition] published June 2008
as The Comic [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Unknown Worlds #45 published May 1956
was The Comic [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: J-214
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).

Job number corrected by NaturalChaos via the GCD Error Tracker.
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Chapter Two: The Colossus Lives!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, science fiction
Feature(s): Colossus
Character(s): Colossus [later "It, the Living Colossus"] (flashback); Ivan Petrovski (flashback); Boris Petrovski (flashback)
First Line: Frightened by the gunfire and shouting, the alien-controlled Colossus went on...
Synopsis: The Colossus escapes from the army and Boris takes the opportunity to attack the regime by declaring that after he built the statue a voice came from the beyond saying that it was time for dictators to be brought to task and power-mad rulers to be halted. Once away from the army the Colossus comes back and destroys a submarine and the war ministry decides to destroy it with a hydrogen bomb.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMonsters on the Prowl #17 published June 1972
as Chapter Two "The Colossus Lives!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #2 [Regular Edition] published June 2008
as [I Created the Colossus!,] Chapter Two: The Colossus Lives! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #17 (June 1972); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #2
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-35
Disclose Notes: Story is pages 11-14, 16-17 of comic (pages numbered 7 to 12).
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Chapter Three: The Power of the Colossus!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Colossus
Character(s): Colossus [later "It, the Living Colossus"] (flashback); Ivan Petrovski (flashback); Boris Petrovski (flashback)
First Line: With the news of the impending hydrogen explosion, my brother saw...
Synopsis: 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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMonsters on the Prowl #17 published June 1972
as Chapter Three "The Power of the Colossus!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #2 [Regular Edition] published June 2008
as [I Created the Colossus!,] Chapter Three: The Power of the Colossus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #17 (June 1972); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #2
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-35
Disclose Notes: Story is pages 18, 20-24 of comic (pages numbered 13 to 18). The last page asks for feedback on longer stories, directing letters to "Editor, Journey Into Mystery, 655 Madison Ave., N.Y.C. 1, N.Y.". Colossus next appears in issue #20 (August 1961).
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I Am... Gorak!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Gorak
First Line: All is silent!
Synopsis: A famous magician is enraged when his power is questioned, and he reveals that the whole world is an illusion, and only he is real. He even confronts the reader, but fades away as the story ends.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #16 [unnamed variant] published July 1972
as I Am... Gorak! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuper Giant #8 published March 1974
as I Am… Gorak [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #2 [Regular Edition] published June 2008
as I Am...Gorak! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-45
Disclose Notes: The last panel shows the last 2 pages of the story in miniature. Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

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