Fictional Character Biography
It! The Living Colossus was an immense, 100-foot-tall stone humanoid statue constructed by Moscow sculptor Boris Petrovski to protest against the oppressive nature of the Soviet government. It became animated initially by the mind transferral of an alien Kigor and rampaged briefly through Moscow after being attacked by the military. When the rescue party arrived, the Kigor abandoned the Colossus and returned to its home-world, leaving It inanimate. The statue was later transported to Los Angeles, California and reanimated by the Kigors, who used it to attack the U.S. Army. The Kigors were defeated by Hollywood special-effects designer Bob O'Bryan and the statue was rendered inanimate.
An accident later robbed O'Bryan of the use of his legs, compelling him to use a wheelchair. The statue was stolen by the evil Doctor Vault, who reduced It in size from 100 feet (30 m) to 30 feet (9.1 m). It was then animated by the mind transferral of O'Bryan, and It battled Vault's minions and escaped. It then battled Granitor and alien invaders from the planet Stonus V. Alongside Fin Fang Foom, It defeated the invaders. However, It then battled Fin Fang Foom and became controlled by the villainous Doctor Vault.
O'Bryan was later cured, and married Diane Cummings. As It, he battled the Hulk. The statue became controlled by Doctor Vault, and was totally destroyed in battle with the Hulk, reduced to dust. It was rebuilt as a robot, for use by O'Bryan in his films. Later, the original It was reformed by O'Bryan under the control of Lotus Newmark.
After a battle with Doctor Doom, It was lost in the Pacific Ocean near the Galapagos Islands. O'Bryan lost his connection to both his normal body and the Colossus, and his body was left in a vegetative state. Five years later, Deadpool assisted O'Bryan's niece in retrieving the Colossus from the ocean floor and restoring O'Bryan's mind.
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