WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Diane Cummings (Marvel) — introduction
- Bob O'Bryan (from It! The Living Colossus, Marvel) — introduction
- Grant Marshall (from It! The Living Colossus) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- August 1961
- On sale
- May 9, 1961
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #20 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition10¢ coverSource ↗
- UK pence edition9d [0-0-9 GBP] cover
British
Printed cover price 9d [0-0-9 GBP].
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Creators
Stories
- Colossus Lives Again [Part 1] · 6 pages
As the Colossus is being sent to America from the Soviet Union for an International Fair, the crab-creatures of Cancrius III return and try to take over the earth by taking control of the Colossus again. This time it attacks America.
- Weather Man · 2 pages
The weather reporter at a newspaper realizes that the weather is being manipulated somehow in an effort to destroy Earth's crops and helps the government stop the attack.
- [Colossus Lives Again], Part Two! · 7 pages
Bob O'Bryan, a scenery designer, comes up with the idea of creating a gigantic plaster of paris monster to trick the crab-creatures into taking it over. Thinking the bigger creature would be a better tool to use to conquer the world, the crab-creatures foolishly abandon the Colossus and enter the fake being. Bob blows the fake monster up, destroying the aliens and saving the Earth.
- The Rocking Horse · 5 pages
A lame boy in a poor house asks for a rocking horse from charity, enraging his parents. When their house is destroyed in an earthquake the horse saves the boy, showing the value of love.
- The Bomb · 5 pages
A threatening object that appears to be a bomb drops from the sky and lands in New York city. The object even emits ticking sounds that lead people to believe they are in imminent danger and so the city the evacuated. The military cordons off the object and just waits for its detonation. Eventually the ticking stops and it rises into the air and disappears. It was recalled to its planet of origin because no living thing touched it in response to its signals, and its makers assume Earth is barren of life, so they send their gift package off to another world.
Characters
Reprinted in
Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (2006), Astounding Stories (1966), Monsters on the Prowl (1971), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (2017), Marvel Horror Omnibus (2019), Uncanny Tales (1963), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)