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Tales of Suspense, #14 British

Published: March 1961

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Tales of Suspense #14

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Issue Contents:
I Created the Colossus
1 page science fiction

"Flee for your lives!"

Credits
Story 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.

Chapter One: I Created the Colossus!
Story 1 6 pages science fiction

"This mind-staggering tale is a work of pure fiction!"

Storyline

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.

Characters
  • Ivan Petrovski (also in flashback)
  • Boris Petrovski (flashback)
Credits
Story Notes

Possible Lee plot;Lieber script per Nick Caputo. George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index credits Stan Lee solo. Story is pages 3-7, 10 of comic (pages numbered 1 to 6). The Colossus would return in issue #20 (August 1961). While he appears orange on the cover, the Colossus is colored gray in the interior art. The alien that animates the Colossus is a 10 foot tall orange humanoid crab creature with four arms and large round white eyes.

The Comic
Story 2 2 pages fantasy

"Stan Wepp stood before the lights..."

Storyline

A bored television comedian is mysteriously transported back to the small mining town and small theatres that he loves.

Characters
  • Stan Wepp
Story 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.

Chapter Two: The Colossus Lives!
Story 3 6 pages science fiction

"Frightened by the gunfire and shouting, the alien-controlled Colossus went on..."

Storyline

The Colossus continues its attack against the Iron Curtain forces, destroying its military on land and sea. Boris lies to his brother Ivan, telling him that there was nothing inside the statue controlling it, but that he heard a voice saying that it was now time for the rule of dictatorships to end.

Characters
  • Ivan Petrovski (flashback)
  • Boris Petrovski (flashback)
Credits
Story Notes

Story is pages 11-14, 16-17 of comic (pages numbered 7 to 12).

Chapter Three: The Power of the Colossus!
Story 4 6 pages science fiction

"With the news of the impending hydrogen explosion, my brother saw..."

Storyline

The Colossus, with the strength of the mind of the alien inside it, takes to the air and wipes out the Iron Curtain's air fighters sent against him. The alien’s companions come to Earth to retrieve him and Boris claims that the statue coming to life was a judgement against dictatorship, frightening the regime into now cooperating with other nations.

Characters
  • Ivan Petrovski (flashback)
  • Boris Petrovski (flashback)
Credits
Story 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).

I Am... Gorak!
Story 5 5 pages fantasy

"All is silent!"

Storyline

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.

Characters
  • Gorak
Credits
Story 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).