He appears in Extraordinary X-Men, written by Jeff Lemire and drawn by Humberto Ramos.
Unstoppable colossus series#
Colossus has since returned as a regular in the X-Men series, appearing in various titles such as X-Men: Manifest Destiny, X-Men: Secret Invasion, X-Men, and Astonishing X-Men.Ĭolossus appears in Cable and X-Force, a new series by writer Dennis Hopeless and artist Salvador Larroca which debuted in December 2012. He is the feature of a limited series, Colossus: Bloodlines, in which he journeys back to Russia. He was later resurrected and was a regular in the third series of Astonishing X-Men written by Joss Whedon. While a member of the team, he had his own self-titled one-shot that depicted him and his teammate Meggan battling Arcade at his new Murderworld facility.Īfter returning to the X-Men alongside Excalibur teammates Shadowcat and Nightcrawler, Colossus stayed with the title until his death. ( September 2008)Ī mainstay of the X-Men comic book series until the 1990s, Colossus went on to appear regularly in the first series of Excalibur. So we decided that his costume would be blue when he wasn't armored up, and that we'd see his legs when he was armored up, due to the unstable molecules of his costume. But Len Wein didn't like male characters with bare legs. He was accepted pretty much as-is, except that I had given him bare legs because it seemed only logical that if we're going to show him armored up, the legs should be bare like the arms. The character's armor just kind of fell into place. We needed a strong guy for the team, so I drew up a strong guy. I just went home and Colossus was one of the first ones that came to mind.
In film, actor Daniel Cudmore portrays Colossus in X2, X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men: Days of Future Past, and Stefan Kapičić provides the voice of a CGI character in Deadpool and Deadpool 2.Įditor Roy Thomas, in charge of reviving the X-Men for Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975), told the creative team to go home and create some characters for the new team. In 2013, ComicsAlliance ranked Colossus as #22 on their list of the "50 Sexiest Male Characters in Comics". In 2006, IGN placed Colossus in the 10th spot of their list of "The Top 25 X-Men". Wizard ranked Colossus at 184 on the "Top 200 Comic Book Characters of All Time".
A talented artist, he only reluctantly agrees to use his powers in combat, feeling it is his responsibility to use his abilities for the betterment of human- and mutant-kind. He has had a fairly consistent presence in X-Men-related comic books since his debut. He is portrayed as quiet, honest and virtuous. Even when his powers are not engaged, he is still a physically imposing figure of Colossus is able to transform himself into metallic form, making him the physically strongest of the team. Created by writer Len Wein and artist Dave Cockrum, he first appeared in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975).Ī Russian mutant, he is a member of the X-Men. He is the alter ego of Piotr " Peter" Nikolayevich Rasputin ( Russian: Пётр Николаевич Распутин).
Juggernaut ended up knocking Colossus out cold in the testosterone-filled battle. The villain has battled against Colossus on a handful of occasions, including a drunken fight where the two Marvel Comics strongmen leveled a bar. Juggernaut has sparred with the X-Men for years, using the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak to give him unstoppable powers. As Juggernaut abandoned his powers, Colossus ended up gaining them and used them to become even more unstoppable. In the Fear Itself storyline from Marvel Comics, Juggernaut gained one of the seven Hammers of the Worthy, transforming the process.
Unstoppable colossus upgrade#
The Juggernaut is one of Marvel's most unstoppable villains, but when the X-Men's Colossus swiped his powers and got his own armor upgrade from Cyttorak, he made the original powerhouse look weak in comparison.
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