It the Living Colossus

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Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Tales of Suspense vol. 1 #14
Created by

Characteristics
Alter ego	Robert "Bob" O'Bryan
Affiliations	S.H.I.E.L.D. Howling Commandos
Abilities	tremendous strength, can fly, and can command intelligence which was forced back into it’s original body by nerve gas.

It the Living Colossus (Robert "Bob" O’Bryan) is a fictional character from Marvel Comics who first appeared in Tales of Suspense vol. 1 #14.

1 History
2 Powers
3 Notes
4 Bibliography

[edit] History

'It the Living Colossus was an immense stone statue constructed by Boris Petrovski to protest against the oppressive nature of the Soviet government. It became animated initially by Kigor and rampaged briefly through Moscow after being attacked by the military. When the rescue party arrived, Kigor abandoned the Colossus which was later controlled by Bob O'Bryan. Later It was reduced from 100' to 30' by Dr. Vault who used It in battle against invaders from Stonus V. It was eventually destroyed by the Hulk but was rebuilt as a robot in Wonder Man Annual #2 and Marvel Comics Presents #169, and reformed by O’Bryan under the control of Lotus Newmark. It is currently a member of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Howling Commandos Monster Force.

In Fantastic Four: World’s Greatest Comic Magazine #12, Reed Richards made a duplicate of It using the Ionic Inanimate Matter Converter. It was sent to oppose the Cosmic Cube empowered Dr. Doom

[edit] Powers

It the Living Colossus has tremendous strength, can fly, and can command intelligence which was forced back into it’s original body by nerve gas.

[edit] Notes

There have been other characters known as It. These include:

Roger Kirk, was known as It (and also The Thing That Couldn’t Die), in Supernatural Thrillers #1. Kirk had died in 1929 and became a swamp creature created from the reanimated human corpse and vegetation which accumulated around his skeleton. It murdered those around it until it fell into a stream, which washed the skeleton clean.
An operation of Roxxonwas known as I.T. and was run by Albert DeVoor. I.T went under different alias on each world in an effort to ignite a nuclear war between Earth-616 (as Interlocking Technologies), Earth-A (as Inter-Related Technocracies) and the Fifth Dimension (as Inter-Politan Thermodynamics) in order to generate power for Polemachus. This occurred in Fantastic Four vol. 1 #160-163.
In the House of M, Ben Grimm, the only survivor of the ill-fated space shuttle flight of Reed Richards and his crew, was captured and named It by Victor von Doom and was a member of the Fearsome Foursome. It first appeared in House of M: Fantastic Four #1
In Tales to Astonish vol. 1 #92-93, a robot of unknown origins was called It the Silent One. It was activated on the ocean floor and battled Namor. It was destroyed after a collision with a submarine,