Colossus
Colossus is a comic book character that first appeared in Giant-Size X-Men #1
Piotr Rasputin is a Russian mutant who possesses the ability to transform his entire body into organic steel, granting him tremendous strength and durability. He is one of the most physically strong member of the X-men and a skilled artist.
Origin
The X-Men
One day Professor Charles Xavier came to the Russian farm to ask Piotr to join his new team of mutants, the X-Men. Xavier was recruiting a new team to rescue the original team being held on the sentient island Krakoa. Colossus decided to remain in the United States to fight along side the X-Men. At first he had a hard time adapting to the different American way of life, which differed from his Russian roots, but he grew close friendships with Wolverine & Nightcrawler and he quickly became an asset to his team.
Peter frequently wrote letters home. Shortly after joining the X-Men, Miss Locke kidnapped many of the team's loved ones to use as hostages in order to force the X-Men to aid her in freeing her employer, Arcade, from captivity by one of Doctor Doom's robots. Among her captives was Colossus' younger sister Illyana. Arcade brainwashed Colossus into becoming "The Proletarian" and he battled the other X-Men until they countered the brainwashing. The X-Men freed Illyana and she stayed with her brother Peter at Xavier's Mansion.
When the X-Men fought the evil mutant Proteus, Colossus thought he had killed Proteus on coming into contact with his metal skin. During his early career with the X-Men, Colossus shared a young teen attraction with with fellow X-Man Kitty Pryde (who was then known as Sprite). Although they never officially dated, the relationship provided the foundation of a deep and lasting friendship.
Landmark Adventures With the X-Men
When the Dark Phoenix' powers raged out of control, Colossus was forced to battle her. He punched the Dark Phoenix, temporarily stopping the Phoenix so that Cyclops could kill her. He then battled the Imperial Guard again, in an attempt to save Phoenix's life.
During a battle with the Brotherhood, Colossus was later turned into solid metal, but was returned to normalcy by the Morlock Healer. His relationship with Kitty Pryde was doomed when he met the alien Zsaji. He instantly fell in love with her, and unknowingly fathered a child with the alien woman. His relationship with Zsaji drove a large wedge between him and Kitty. It continued to weighed heavily on his mind when he was absorbed into the Darkforce Dimension by Sunspot who had been possessed by Cloak's powers. Colossus even battled the Juggernaut one-on-one.
During the Morlock Massacre, Colossus became heavily involved in the X-Men's efforts to save the Morlocks from the Marauders. When Kitty was severely injured by Harpoon, Peter gave in to his rage and snapped Riptide's neck. He tried to fight through his pain and anger, but eventually passed out from previous wounds inflicted by Riptide. Magneto, with the aid of Kitty, used his powers to heal Peter's armored form, but the process left him paralyzed. He was sent to Muir Island along with Nightcrawler, Kitty Pryde and the surviving Morlocks to recuperate. Over time, Colossus' wounds healed, but he could only retain his human form.
When he saw the X-Men in Dallas during their battle in Dallas, he had his sister teleport him to the battle, where he became a wild card, as Destiny had not seen him in her vision of the X-Men's demise. When the team decided to sacrifice themselves to stop the Adversary, Colossus joined them; dying to save the world. Like the rest of the X-Men, he was revived by Roma and the X-Men worked out of an Australian base. The events in Dallas had been televised, so the X-Men decided to let the world believe they were dead. Illyana watched and re-watched the news footage of her brother's death, driving her into a desperate state of grief and further into her Darkchilde persona.
The X-Men returned to New York during the Inferno. While they battled with X-Factor, Colossus recognised the demons that had infested the city and set of in search of his sister. Illyana had fully transformed into Darkchilde, but Colossus could not reach her because of the combined scheming of Sym & N'astirh. Therefore Colossus was left to battle Sym (who had killed Colossus in a previous alternate time-line) while the New Mutants scrambled through time to save Illyana's six-year old counterpart. Darkchilde sacrificed herself in a blinding flash of light leaving behind the lifeless eldritch armor. Colossus cradled the armor until he heard a murmur from inside it. He tore it open t reveal his little sister; Dakchilde had saved her younger counterpart. Colossus had to leave his sister with the New Mutants while he went to battle the Goblin Queen alongside the X-Men.
New Beginnings
The X-Men began falling apart with Rogue vanished, Wolverine took off, Longshot quitting, and Storm had apparently been killed. Psylocke telepathically prodded the remaining three to disband and travel through the Siege Perilous to gain new lives.
Colossus emerged in New York with no memory of his past life, and invented a new persona for himself as 'Peter Nicholas'. He quickly became a successful artist and began having visions of a beautiful model, who turned out to be Callisto transformed by Masque. The two were kidnapped by the Morlocks, though Peter had no memory of his time with the X-Men. He resumed his armored form and defeated Masque. He was saved by Forge, Banshee and Jean Grey, who decided it better that he live his new life rather than be dragged back into theirs. Unfortunately, Peter was psychically dominated by the Shadow King and sent to hunt down Stevie Hunter and Charles Xavier. Xavier had no choice but to destroy the Peter Nicholas persona to break the Shadow King's hold. Colossus joined in the battle of Muir Island, and rejoined the X-Men as a member of Storm's Gold Strike Force.
Family Matters
Not long after, Peter's parents were slain and Illyana kidnapped by the Russian government, who hoped to genetically evolve Illyana to the point where she would have the use of her powers again, and defeat the mutant known as the Soul Skinner for them. Colossus, with the help of the X-Men, saved Illyana and brought her back to the Mansion.
The X-Men went to another dimension where they discovered Colossus' brother, Mikhail. Mikhail had gone mad during his time in another dimension, but returned to Earth with the X-Men. There, he became the new leader of the Morlocks and transported them back to another world, killing many of them in the process.
Later, Illyana became an early victim of the Legacy Virus and died from it. The loss of the last member of his family, as well as brain damage that forced him to remain in armored form, caused Colossus to rethink his position with the X-Men and joined Magneto's Acolytes. Colossus eventually recovered from the brain damage, but decided to remain with the Acolytes of his own volition, hoping he could temper the Acolytes' extremist methods with what he had learned from Professor Xavier.
Excalibur
After Magneto was left brain-dead and the space station was destroyed by Holocaust, Colossus joined his former love and teammate Kitty Pryde on the team Excalibur. Colossus accepted Kitty's new romance with Peter Wisdom and chose to remain in Britain. Excalibur eventually disbanded, and Colossus along with Nightcrawler and Kitty Pryde returned to the X-Men.
The Death of Colossus
Using notes from the recently murdered Moira MacTaggert , Beast, claimed to have found the cure for the Legacy Virus. Unfortunately, it could only be made airborne with the death of its first user. Colossus sacrificed himself by injecting himself with the cure. Kitty Pryde took his ashes back to Russia to be scattered on his native soil.
Return From The Dead
Although the X-Men believed he was dead, it transpired that Colossus' life had been restored by alien means. His body was held by Ord. Ord explained that Colossus was only dead by "human" standards, and he had discovered that it was a mutant from Earth who would end up destroying his world. His goal was to experiment on Colossus's body. He revived him and, after discovering the Legacy Virus in his body and cured him.
It was Kitty who found him later and freed Colossus from a secret chamber miles deep underground. Colossus' initial rage was clammed upon recognizing Kitty, and he returned to the X-Men.
False Life
Returning to life at the mansion, Kitty and Colossus were initially wary of each other. They didn't want to move too quickly for fear of upsetting the other. However, they finally overcame their worries and entered into a sexual relationship. Despite having been attracted to each other since their young teenage years, it was the first time they had consummated their relationship.Unfortunately their relationship soon ran into problems. After a fight with Danger, Cassandra Nova used Emma to launch a psychic attack against the X-Men. Colossus believed that he had been in battle with Sebastian Shaw. Colossus was quickly defeated, but was later awoken by the precognitive student, Blindfold. He was taken the basement where he saw Cyclops shoot the psychic illusions created by Emma Frost's telepathic mind.
Nova used Emma's powers to put Kitty under an illusion. In her mind, Kitty and Colossus had a baby son named Michael. However, the X-Men and Colossus took the baby away from Kitty. Although it felt she had lived for years, the illusion was barely two minutes long. Kitty was released from the illusion but continued to believe that Colossus was hiding her baby. Incredibly angry, she threatened to phase an axe into Colossus' head until he revealed where they're 'son' was. However, it was all part of Nova's plan by to use Kitty's powers to retrieve her body from an impenetrable cage in the basement.
It was then revealed that Colossus was the X-Man destined to destroy the Breakworld.
Breakworld
When Nova was defeated, SWORD teleported the X-Men onto their ship and took them to the Breakworld. They were told that they needed to stop the Breakworld from firing a missile at Earth. Upon their arrival on Breakworld, the X-Men were divided. Kitty remained with Colossus, and they were given a room for the night. Despite the traumatic experience of Nova's illusional life, Kitty set aside her anger and used the opportunity to spend quality time with Colossus. It was the last time they would have to sleep together.
Cyclops set his final mission plan into action. Cyclops, Emma and Colossus made their way to the core of the Breakworld as a distraction and as a fail-safe. If Kitty, Beast and Agent Brand failed, he was to rip out the planet's core. While battling inside the core, Colossus was then informed that Aghanne was behind the false prophecy that he would destroy the planet.
Unfortunately, Kitty phased into the 'missile' to discover that there was no circuitry or machinery inside it. She was too exhausted to phase free, and was therefore trapped inside a planet sized bullet. Although Kitty was able to phase the bullet through the Earth, she was lost in action.Mourning Kitty
Colossus was part of the team that tracked the Marauders and tried to find the first mutant baby since M-Day. He then took part in the final battle on Muir Island. After the X-Men disbanded Colossus journeyed to Europe with Nightcrawler and Wolverine. After a stop in Germany, the guys arrives in Russia where Colossus placed flowers on his parents grave. They talked about how he lost the love of his life (Kitty), but were soon captured by the Red Room while trying to leave Russia. Their captors were trying to establish why was all their mutant agents have been depowered while Colossus had retained his powers. Soon a battle broke out between the X-Men and the Russian government with Omega Red. The X-Men were triumphant and immediately afterward received a call from Cyclops informing them of the X-Men's new base in San Francisco.
While in a Sentinel art gallery, Colossus was forced to fight Magneto. It appeared that his powers had somehow been restored, but it was a new costume provided by the High Evolutionary that replicated his original powers.Colossus repeatedly approached Cyclops to continue his search for Kitty, and grew frustrated and withdrawn at the loss of his lover. The X-Men and New X-Men tried in vain to cheer him up with trivial distractions. Ultimately, Colossus began to cope with his loss when a little girl asked him to 'save kitty', referring to her little cat who had become stuck up a tree.
Colossus later helped Cannonball and Armor fight against the invading Skrulls in San Francisco.
Powers
In armored form, Colossus's strength and stamina are enhanced to a superhuman degree. While in this state he also does not require food, water or air to sustain himself and can withstand high impact assaults as well as extreme temperature from 70º above absolute zero (-390º F) to approximately 9000º F . Despite this near-invulnerability, however, it is still possible to injure him, and if knocked unconscious, Colossus reverts to his human form. In his metal form, Colossus bleeds pure energy when injured, and he has no organic organs that can be damaged. A particular flaw in his powers is that he must turn his entire body into metal ( for example he can not just change his arm into metallic form).
Colossus is also an excellent hand-to-hand combatant, having received training from Wolverine and Cyclops . He also has had training in acrobatics and sword fighting from NightCrawler . In his human form, he is exceptionally strong and fit, though not superhumanly so. He has also completed college-level courses at Xavier's school.
It is also worth noting that Colossus only uses these powers in violent situations with the greatest of reluctance. Instead, he feels it is his responsibility to use them for the betterment of others rather than for combat.
Characteristics
Height: 6'6"; (transformed) 7'5"Weight: 250 lbs., (transformed) 500 lbs.
Eyes: Blue, (transformed) Silver
Hair: Black
Status
Known Relatives: Nikolai Rasputin (father, deceased), Alexandra Rasputina (mother, deceased), Illyana Nikolievna Rasputina ( Magik, sister) Mikhail Rasputin (brother)Citizenship: U.S.A. (naturalized), formerly Russian
Place of Birth: Ust-Ordynski Collective, near Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Adventurer, former artist, superintendent, student, farmer
Education: College level courses taken at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, no degree
Alternate Realities
Earth-295 Age of Apocalypse
Colossus was one of the original members of Magneto's X-Men on Earth-295 ( Age of Apocalypse). He was killed by his teammate Gambit after finding out that his sister was still alive in one of Apocalypse's slave camps. In trying to save her he ran through the X-men, injuring some of them and killing Shadowcat by trampling her to death.
Earth-811 Days of Future Past
As one of the last mutants on Earth, Colossus went on a suicide run and was killed by Sentinels while his wife, Kate Pryde searched the cause of their dystopian future.
Earth-1610 Ultimate
In the Ultimate Universe, Colossus worked as an arms smuggler for the Russian mob before being recruited into the X-Men. In this form, his organic steel is smooth and not sectioned. Early on in the series he is hinted to be gay. There are many instances where the women of the team foreshadow his sexuality. When Angel arrives at the Xavier Institute, Storm says that he was looking at him, along with the rest of the girls of the team. He also is seen to be more protective of the male members of the team; for instance when Magneto threatened Wolverine, Colossus beat him to a pulp. Later on in the series, Northstar who had previously shown interest in him, asks Colossus to accompany him to his prom. Colossus agrees and goes. When Bishop wanted the disbanded X-Men to come together again, he refused. He now works for a construction agency and has moved in with his boyfriend Northstar. During a softball game with the Academy of Tomorrow, Alpha Flight came to take Northstar back to Canada. Colossus and the X-Men fought back hard but since Alpha Flight had been using Banshee (a drug that gives/amplifies mutant abilities) they didn't stand a chance. Later when Jean went into Peter's mind, she discovered that he took banshee and without it, he wouldn't be able to move in his armored form. Colossus gets into a heated fight with Jean, saying that many super heroes take drugs to beat the bad guys. In the end, Colossus left to find Northstar. Cyclops went after him to join him (although as a double agent for Jean) in getting Northstar back. When he found Colossus he also found his Banshee using X-Men, Dazzler, Angel, Rogue, and Nightcrawler. They went to Alpha Flight's base and with their newfound abilities, easily defeated them. Colossus went to where Sunfire said Northstar was, the science lab, only to find Northstar overdosed on Banshee. Colossus reaches him just before he collapses and Peter believes he is dead. Afterwords, Colossus and his team go to intercept a Banshee dealing because they are all now addicted to the drug. Nightcrawler realizes that they are addicted and alerts Jean Grey, who goes after Colossus' X-Men with her team. The two X Teams fight until Northstar appears in a wheelchair. Jean-Paul explains that he is alive, but is paralyzed from the waist down. Colossus then comes to his senses and stops fighting. During the fight, Wolverine rips out Peter's heart while he was armored up. Jean later put his heart back but she isn't sure if he can ever change back into his human form. However, he is last seen with his boyfriend Northstar, in his human form, gazing at the sunset together.
Earth-1917
Colossus was forced to join Weapon X.
Earth-9997 Earth X
Colossus was the Tzar of Russia, and his country provided the greatest amount of food in the planet thanks to intelligence of all animals. He is constantly attacked by Life Model Decoys of Nick Fury. This version though seems to be actually Mr. Sinister who has a fascination to Jean Grey. He goes back through time to preserve her as a clone.
Earth-58163 House of M
Colossus never left the farm he grew up on.
Earth-1298 Mutant X
In the reality known as Mutant X Colossus died in a battle with the Hellfire Club and Rogue accidentally and permanently absorbed his powers.
Earth-2149 Marvel Zombies
Colossus was one of the last heroes who was not infected by the zombie virus. He was seen fighting a zombified Alpha Flight and defending a teleporter alongside Nightcrawler and Storm. He was later turned into a zombie by the zombified Fantastic Four.
Ghost Boxes
Colossus was briefly seen 5 years since the Annex destroyed the world. He was in a car partially in his metal form. Apparently Kitty Pryde returned to Earth to organize an evacuation. As Armor, Beast and Wolverine were on their way they realized it was a trap when they saw Colossus' dead body.
X-Men: Misfits
In the re-imagined manga universe by Del Rey, Colossus was a teacher at Xavier's Academy For Gifted Youngsters. So far, he only appeared when the Hellfire Club's tangle with anti-mutant protesters grew out of control. Havok's plasma blast destroyed a band-stand, which collapsed on Professor Xavier. Colossus' armoured form was able to lift the demolished building, but the Professor remained hospitalized for the rest of the semester.In this universe, Colossus is too old to have any kind of romantic relationship with Kitty Pryde. His human form has a bushy mustache and he wears overalls with a flat cap. His armored form strongly resembles that of the character Tick-Tock from the movie Return to Oz; with a rotund body and an extremely rounded face. It has not yet been stated which classes he teaches, but he also drives the school bus for the excursion into New York City.
Television & Film Appearances
Spider-Man and his Amazing FriendsSpider-Man and his Amazing Friends
Colossus made a guest appearance in the aforementioned Series. He was an X-Man who was introducing the Danger Room to Spider-Man and Firestar. As the villain Cyberiad infiltrated the mansion to seek revenge against Firestar, he was among the X-men who helped her. The team was divided and he was taken into another dimension by the aforementioned villain as they were fooled by a holographs impostor of Nightcrawler. 
Pryde of the X-MenX-Men: Pryde of the X-Men
Piotr was a member of the X-Men who fought the Brotherhood of Evil Terrorists. He was shown on a Danger room mission. During the X-men's attempt to retrieve the power circuit, he faced Juggernaut one on one. 
X-Men Animated SeriesX-men: The Animated Series
Colossus appears in the episodes, The Unstoppable Juggernaut and Red Dawn. He was shown helping in a construction. The X-Men have seen him using his incredible strength. However, this scenario caused the X-Men to blame Colossus for a crashed infrastructure. Colossus was then imprisoned and he grew eager to look for the real one who was responsible for the incident. Wolverine then discovered that the one who crashed the infrastructure was Juggernaut.
X-Men: Evolution
Here he is unwillingly one of Magneto's Acolytes, as Magneto has threatened him numerous times that if Colossus does not obey him then his family will be killed. After Professor Xavier sees the future Colossus is shown as one of his future X-Men.
Wolverine and the X-MenWolverine And The X-Men
Colossus is only seen briefly in episode 1, a flash back is showing him Shadowcat and Nightcrawler training in the Danger Room. Mystique later transforms herself into him, in a later episode. When Wolverine and Beast asked Colossus about rejoining the X-men, he refuses and told them that he don't want to leave his family in Russia again.
Movie ColossusX-Men Movie
He has a cameo as a student painting in the courtyard.
X2 : X-Men United
Colossus rescued Siryn and many other students after the school gets attacked. He leads them through a series of underground tunnels.X-Men: The Last Stand
He was seen as an X-Man in training here and he starts off training in the Danger Room with the others. He also aided the fight on Alcatraz Island against Magneto's Brotherhood. In the novelization of the film Colossus and Shadowcat were seen to have a relationship but Shadowcat broke up with him, as she still had feelings for someone else.Video Games
X-Men Legends
He is a playable character here. He is the boyfriend of Kitty Pryde and is having crush on Scarlet Witch.X2 : Wolverine's Revenge
Colossus is a NPC in this game. 
Legends 2 ...
X-Men Legends 2 : Rise Of Apocolypse
Colossus is a playable character in this game. And in one scene he is confronted by Shadowcat about his constant flirting with Scarlet Witch.X-Men : The Official Game
He is a playable character on the Gameboy Advance and PSP versions only.Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Colossus will be a playable character in only X-box 360,wii, and PS3
| Super Name: | Colossus |
| Real Name: | Piotr Nikolaievitch Rasputin |
| Aliases: |
Piotr Rasputin The Proletarian Peter Nicholas Peter Rasputin Tin Man |
| Publisher: | Marvel Publishing |
| Gender: | Male |
| Character Type: | Mutant |
| 1st Appearance: | Giant-Size X-Men #1 |
| Appears in: | 1072 issues |
| Birthday: | |
| Died: |
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X-Men: The Last Stand
The final film of the original X-Men trilogy. Sort of followed the Dark Phoenix Saga storyline.
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X2: X-Men United
The second movie of the original X-Men trilogy. Brings on a new villain, William Stryker.
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