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Issue Details

Issue #25
Published September 1973
Frequency 8 times a year
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Roy Thomas

Cover Details - "Colossus Lives Again!!"

Characters Colossus (later called "It, the Living Colossus)
Genre monsters
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Dick Ayers (signed)
Notes According to George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index #7B this cover is reprinted on page 10 panel 1 of the story in Astonishing Tales #24.
Reprinted from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #20 (August 1961)

13 page story "Colossus Lives Again"

Characters Colossus (later called "It, the Living Colossus"); Bob O'Bryan (introduction, last name not given); Diane Cummings (introduction); Grant Marshall (introduction); crab-creatures of Cancrius II; Judy; Frank; Charlie; Ben
Synopsis The crab-creatures of Cancrius II come back to try to take over the earth and begin by taking control of Colossus again. Bob O'Bryan, a scenery designer, comes up with the idea of creating a plaster of paris creature to trick the crab-creatures into taking over. When the crab-creatures foolishly take it over Bob blows it up, destroying them.
Genre monsters
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Editing Stan Lee (Original Editor)
Notes Narrated in the first person. The Colossus last appeared in "I Created the Colossus!" from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #14 (February 1961). This story is the sequel to "I Created the Colossus" from Tales of Suspence (Marvel, 1959 series) #14 (February 1961); reprinted in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #17 (March 1972). According to George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index #7B two panels are reprinted in the story in Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series) #24, most with alterations of some kind. Page 5 panel 3 of this story is reprinted in page 10 panel 1 of the story in Astonishing Tales #24 and page 13 panel 4 of this story is reprinted in page 10 panel 2 of story in Astonishing Tales #24.
Reprinted from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #20 (August 1961)

Half page Savage Tales promo (ad from the publisher) "Savage Tales Is Back!"

Characters Conan
Synopsis Promo for Savage Tales #2 featuring Conan and King Kull, using an illustration of Conan.
Genre Sword and Sorcery
Script ? (promo copy)

4 page story "The One Who Watches!"

Characters Ivan Von Gent
Synopsis When an old man cries out that he sees a monster it submerges before the townspeople can see it. Ivan Von Gent, the famous scientist, is with the townspeople and he vows to figure out how the old man can see the creature but no one else can. He figures out how to make it where he can see the creature and it works. He sees the creature and cries out but it submerges immediately. The old man that used to cry out when it came can now go home and rest because Ivan Von Gent is now "The One who watches"!
Genre Monsters
Pencils Gene Colan
Inks Gene Colan
Notes Pencils and inks credit from the Atlas Tales website.
Reprinted from Strange Stories of Suspense (Marvel, 1955 series) #13 (February 1957)

4 page story "I'm Drowning!"

Characters Pete Norris; Joe
Synopsis Pete Norris is a con who is about to get the chair for the murders he committed. When he hears that the prison may flood he decides to try to escape. He makes it into a room where he is trapped with water leaking in. He decides it is better to try to stop the leak but when he sticks his finger in the hole he is electrocuted because the hole was an electric socket.
Genre Horror
Pencils George Roussos
Inks George Roussos
Notes Pencils and inks credit from the Atlas Tales website.
Reprinted from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #4 (December 1952)