Subject Matter
Genres:
superhero
Feature(s):
Wonder Man
Character(s):
Wonder Man; Beast; Neal Saroyan; Cindy Knutz; Lotus (villain); It, the Living Colossus (villain); Mephisto (cameo flashback); Black Talon (cameo flashback); Hulk (cameo flashback)
Synopsis:
Lotus forces Bob O'Bryan to control the Living Colossus. After attacking Wonder Man and Beast, the Colossus grabs Bob and Lotus and flies off. Wonder Man and Beast follow and engage the Colossus in an aerial battle. Eventually Bob is able to regain his own mental faculties and abandons the Colossus causing it to crash while Wonder Man and Beast defeat Lotus and take her into custody.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
23
Notes:
It's revealed that this Colossus is the original stone Colossus and not the robot version that O'Bryan had used in his previous appearances. Lotus had contacted O'Bryan months ago and manipulated him to reforming the original Colossus from the dust it had been pulverized into by the Hulk.
This battle is referenced in flashback in Captain America: Forever Allies #2 (2010).
The Colossus would return in Nick Fury's Howling Commandos #2 (2006). While he does appear in Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Comics Magazine #12 (2002), it's a fake construct created by Mr. Fantastic to battle Dr. Doom.
Cindy Knutz approaches a distraught Wonder Man and tells him how he saved her life years ago from Red Ronin (Tales of the Marvels: Wonder Years #1 1995). This inspires Simon to create a charity organization called "Second Chances".