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Issue: Monsters on the Prowl #17
Publication Date: June 1972
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Issues: #17 of 22 Issues (28 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Coming of Colossus!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Herb Trimpe (signed)
Inker(s): Herb Trimpe (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Morrie Kuramoto
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Colossus
Character(s): Colossus [later It, the Living Colossus]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Chapter One I Created the Colossus!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Colossus
Character(s): Colossus [later It, the Living Colossus] (Introduction); Ivan Petrovski (Introduction); Boris Petrovski (Introduction)
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 and defeating the whole military. The alien’s companions retrieve it and the sculptor claims that the statue was a judgement against dictatorship, frightening the regime.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #14 published February 1961
was Chapter One: I Created the Colossus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-57
Disclose Notes: Job number not found on the story. The job number for parts 2 and 3 is V-35. According to George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index #7B one panel is reprinted in the story in Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series) #24, possibly with alterations of some kind. Page 5 panel 2 of this story is reprinted in page 9 panel 2 of the story in Astonishing Tales #24.
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Chapter Two "The Colossus Lives!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Colossus
Character(s): Colossus [later It, the Living Colossus]; Ivan Petrovski; Boris Petrovski
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
From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #14 published February 1961
was Chapter Two: The Colossus Lives! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-35
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Chapter Three "The Power of the Colossus!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Colossus
Character(s): Colossus [later It, the Living Colossus]; Ivan Petrovski; Boris Petrovski
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.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #14 published February 1961
was Chapter Three: The Power of the Colossus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-35
Disclose Notes: Note at end of story explains absence of King Kull strip and notes the series will soon receive its own title.
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Island of Fear!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Sinnott (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Sinnott (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Nick Allen; Wheeler; Jeannie; Ronstedt; Morel; Perry
Synopsis: A "ghoulish" reporter finds more than he bargained for when he meets with a mysterious stranger on a boat to talk about some local disappearances.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventures into Terror #11 published August 1952
was Island of Horror [Story on Interior Page(s)]reprint title: Island of Fear!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: A-504

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