Giant Robot Destroys Golden Gate Bridge – Amazing Stories Feb 1956
A colossal metal giant strides through San Francisco Bay, its tri-legged chrome frame smashing through the Golden Gate Bridge in an explosive surge of white water. The robot's barrel-chested orange torso and helmet-like head — fitted with a glowing yellow optical lens — loom over the iconic red span as debris and capsized vessels scatter in its wake. This is 'Call Him Colossus' made viscerally real: a rampaging mechanical titan, unstoppable and indifferent, laying waste to one of America's most recognizable landmarks.
OH COME ON — a chrome-plated mechanical giant is literally stomping through the Golden Gate Bridge! This is peak Atomic Age terror made gloriously lurid: the 'why had this metal man become a ravaging monster?' tagline is the cherry on top of the most unhinged robot rampage in 1956 magazine rack history.
“WORLD'S LEADING SCIENCE-FICTION MAGAZINE AMAZING STORIES FEBRUARY 35¢ NOW EVERY MONTH! CALL HIM COLOSSUS by Malcolm Meade Why Had This Metal Man Become a Ravaging Monster?”
