(December 1973)
Marvel,
1970 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1973-09-11
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- Roy Thomas (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from The Comic Reader #100.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
Watch Out, World!! The Colossus Lives Again!
It, the Living Colossus / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense; superhero
- Characters
- It, the Living Colossus; Bob O'Bryan
- Reprints
- Keywords
- monsters
Indexer Notes
Crespi lettering per Nick Caputo. George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index #7B incorrectly credits Gaspar Saladino.
The cover is reprinted as page 10 panel 3 of the story in Astonishing Tales #24.
![Cover Thumbnail for Astonishing Tales (1970 series) #21 [British]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1093/w100/1093649.jpg?3428996254268737950)
It!
It, the Living Colossus / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Tony Isabella
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Linda Lessmann (credited as L. Lessmann)
- Letters
- Dick Ayers (credited as R. B. Ayers)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look at these films taken of the Colossus...
- Genre
- horror-suspense; superhero
- Characters
- It, the Living Colossus; Dr. Aloysius Vault (first appearance, villain); Bob O'Bryan; Dorian Delazny (introduction); Diane Cummings; Grant Marshall; Dr. Braun (introduction); Blackie; Daniel; a Gargoyle creature from Stonus Five (named in the next issue)
- Synopsis
- Bob O'Bryan is a successful special effects man whose legs are broken by a vengeful actor on his series. He then finds that he can take over the body of It, the Living Colossus when it is kidnapped from his set by Dr. Vault, however, there is a time limit to how long he can control the body.
- Reprints
-
in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #69 (1er trimestre 1980) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]] -
in Marvel Firsts: The 1970s (Marvel, 2011 series) #2 (2012) - in Marvel Horror Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
-
- Keywords
- monsters
Indexer Notes
Revival of Colossus from Tales Of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #14 and #20 (stories reprinted in Monsters On the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #17 and #25). Bob O'Bryan, Diane Cummings and Grant Marshall were introduced in the Colossus story from Tales of Suspense #20 (reprinted in Monsters On the Prowl #25). According to the text article in Astonishing Tales #22 (Kings and Things To Take By Storm by Tony Isabella) Roy Thomas, Marv Wolfman and Don McGregor all helped put this story together.
The Man Who Captured Death!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Job Number
- V-471
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Death; Tom
- Synopsis
- A dying man traps Death to save himself but soon finds that Death actually brings peace to things and is needed to keep things running smoothly.
- Reprints
- from Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) #9 (February 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
Job number from the Atlas Tales website.
Monumental Memorandums of Mice and Marveldom! [December 1973]; The Ultimate Fan Club!
Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Watch Out, World!! The Colossus Lives Again!
It, the Living Colossus -
1.
It!
It, the Living Colossus -
2.
The Man Who Captured Death!
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3.
Monumental Memorandums of Mice and Marveldom! [December 1973]; The Ultimate Fan Club!
Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist -
4.
A Genuine Spider-Man Medallion-Coin
Spider-Man Medallion Coin
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Darrel McCann
- Derek Reinhard
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
- Jim Walls
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