Colossus

Current Events

Currently in Uncanny X-Men, Colossus and his fellow X-Men are facing down against the might of the unstoppable Juggernaut, as chronicled in the Fear Itself arc. Except on this occasion, things are very different, as the Juggernaut is now Kuurth, one of the Serpents Worthy. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and knowing that his fellow X-Men are failing, Colossus offers himself to be a vessel of destruction for the powerful being Cyttorak as a means to counter the empowered Juggernaut. Colossus has now been empowered and transformed, and the consequences of such a deal of gaining power does not come easy and the effects this will have on Colossus remain to be seen.

Origin

Colossus origins

Piotr Nicolaevich Rasputin grew up on his family's farm in Russia. Piotr, his older brother Mikhail Rasputin, and younger sister Illyana Rasputin were all mutants. Piotr's ability to transform his body into organic steel allowed him to work around the farm and help out neighbors with ease. The Rasputin family was not related in any way to the fraudulent "Man Of God" Grigorii Efimovich Rasputin, who became one of the court favorites of Tsar Nicolai II through taking advantage of Tsarevich Alexei Nicolaevich Romanov's hemophilia.

Creation

Colossus was created by Len Wein and Dave Cockrum in 1975. He made his first ever appearance in the comic world in Giant Size X-Men #1 of which he was part of the new X-Men team.

Character Evolution

Kitty and Peter

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. Afterward, Colossus decided to remain in the United States to fight alongside the X-Men. At first he had a hard time adapting to the American way of life, which differed from his Russian roots. Missing his family, Peter frequently wrote letters home. He developed close friendships with teammates Wolverine and Nightcrawler, as well as Storm, who affectionately called him "Little Brother". 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.

During a desperate battle with the reality warping mutant, Proteus, The X-Men were forced to kill him to stop him. it was Colossus who delivered the killing blow, as Proteus could not withstand contact with metal.

During his early career with the X-Men, Colossus shared a mutual attraction with with fellow X-Man Kitty Pryde (who was then known as Sprite). Although they never officially dated at first, the relationship provided the foundation of a deep and lasting friendship.

Major Story Arcs

Dark Phoenix Saga

Zsaji

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 trapped in his metal form. He was saved by the combined efforts of Rogue and the Morlock Healer. Kitty struck a deal with the Morlocks, agreeing to marry Caliban to save Colossus. During Secret Wars, he met and fell in love with the alien Zsaji. Tragically, she died soon after.

Upon returning home, he felt he need to be honest with Kitty about his relationship with Zsaji. It drove a large wedge between them. It continued to weigh heavily on his mind for some time. Wolverine, looking to teach him a lesson for hurting Kitty, took him to a local bar where he ended up in a one on one brawl with Juggernaut.

Mutant Massacre

Mutant Massacre

During the Mutant 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 continued to battle on, but eventually passed out from previous wounds inflicted by Riptide. In his armored form, he was "bleeding" energy from his wounds. Magneto 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 with The Adversary 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, and 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.

Inferno

Inferno

The X-Men returned to New York during the Inferno. While they battled with X-Factor, Colossus recognized 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 and 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 to reveal his little sister; Darkchilde 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

Into the Siege Perilous

The X-Men began falling apart with Rogue vanishing, 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.

A death in the family.

Acolyte Colossus

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. During this time, Captain Britain wasn't on the team, and Colossus and Meggan grew close, but never came of the relationship. 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.

Legacy Virus

Heroic

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, who lost his sister to the Legacy Virus, sacrificed himself by injecting himself with the cure. Kitty Pryde took his ashes back to Russia to be scattered on his native soil.

Astonishing X-Men

Colossus returns

Although the X-Men believed he was dead, it transpired that Colossus' life had been restored by alien technology. 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, cured him. It was Kitty who found him later and freed Colossus from a secret chamber miles deep underground. Colossus' initial rage was calmed upon recognizing Kitty, and he returned to the X-Men. 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 they 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 confuse Kitty with illusions. 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 their '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 delusional life, Kitty set aside her anger and used the opportunity to spend quality time with Colossus. It was the the first and last time they were able 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.

M-Day

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.

Second Coming

Second Coming

Colossus is part of the team sent out by Cyclops to find Cable and Hope. They are teleported in by Illyana to stop the attack from the Friends of Humanity. Colossus is also present when the Bastion's forces are able to use a spell to banish Illyana to Limbo. Once back on Utopia, and after the death of Nightcrawler Colossus demands that Cyclops somehow rescue his sister. This is when Cyclops announces that he is sending a team in Limbo to retrieve Illyana, as she is the last teleporter left on Utopia (Bastion's forces had managed to kill Nightcrawler, Vanisher and Ariel) besides Pixie. Colossus demands to be taken along, but Cyclops explains that his strength is needed to defend Utopia.

Pixie initially refuses to return to Limbo and Colossus becomes enraged. Pixie's feelings are hurt by his outrage and she runs away to hide on the island. Anole eventually convinces Pixie to go to Limbo and she teleports the team ( Cannonball, Anole, Northstar, Dazzler, Gambit, Trance and Pixie) into Limbo.

Colossus is seen again when he engages in the fight to defend Utopia from the first round of Nimrod Sentinels. The X-Men suffer large losses during this fight with almost every member hurt badly, including Hellion losing his hands. After defeating the Sentinels, Colossus along with Dust, Rockslide, Magma, and Namor are left to watch the portal. As more Nimrods emerge from the portal the team is quickly overwhelmed. The Nimrods manage to compensate for Colossus' immense strength, and one of the Nimrods breaks his arm. Colossus is almost killed by the Nimrods until they sense the arrival of a larger threat. The appearance of Legion, an Omega level mutant, and a much greater threat, saves Colossus' life.

Nation X

Untouchable Kitty

The X-Men try to settle into their new island nation with old enemies. One of which is Magneto. Magneto is not welcomed greatly. In an effort to gain some credibility Magneto takes of to a high point in San Francisco to which he begins meditating and using his powers so greatly to bring Kitty Pride back to Earth. He uses his ability to bring the bullet she disappeared on back and he breaks the bullet down releasing Kitty. Only for Colossus and everyone too find out Kitty cannot turn solid. For the next several days the only way Colossus and Kitty can communicate is through Emma using her telepathy.

Curse of the Mutants

Not too soon after the events of Second Coming, the X-Men have to deal with a threat of a vampire invasion. Colossus and Wolverine are sent on a mission to San Francisco to bring back a live vampire for the X-Club to study. During the mission the vampire gets away, and then is attacked by Storm, causing it to flee to the sewers. Colossus and Wolverine go after it and are met by Blade who kills the vampire. The Vampire invasion soon hits San Francisco hard. The X-Men are split in pairs and sent to protect human kind. Colossus is paired up with Pixie. When the invasion escalates and the vampires descend on Utopia Cyclops is ready. He has a majority of the mutants in lock down while he kept a team above ground call "Tough Skin", which consisted of all mutants who couldn't be bitten like Dust, Magma, Bling!, Mercury, Rockslide, Armor, Husk, and Emma Frost.

When the attack starts, Wolverine, who had been turned into a vampire, attacks Colossus and quickly takes him down. It is soon revealed that Wolverine's healing factor power had been shut off, and when it was turned back on, it killed the infection and he helped the X-Men defeat the vampire squad that was sent to Utopia. Colossus is then a part of the final team that go to the vampire base and end the threat of the vampires in San Francisco.

Colossus is next seen in a group of mutants that Cyclops send to San Francisco to help with repair of buildings, and everything that took damage from the Sentinels during Second Coming. During this outing, Omega Sentinel's tech, starts malfunctioning and causes her to blast Colossus with a laser. He is mildly stunned and tells Karima she should take a break. Before she can she attacks Hope. The rest of the team try to take her down gently but she puts up a fight. She knocks a building down on Colossus, but he is saved by Psylocke's telekinesis. He then battles with Karima, She tries melting him but when fire doesn't work against him, she changes to ice and freezes Colossus. She is soon stopped by an enraged Hellion.

Breaking Point

Breaking Point

The X-Men are contacted by Agent Brand that there is an issue in space that has to deal with Breakworld and she needs the X-Men immediately. A team goes up in space to meet Brand. She informs them that since Colossus tore their leader's arm off that made him their leader, and since he wouldn't stay and they wouldn't let S.W.O.R.D be in charge Breakworld went into shambles. And there is a rebel ship in the sector. Brand takes the X-Men over to the ship to find Krunn with some of his people. He tells them they are there to seek asylum from Powerlord Colossus. Cyclops allows the Breakworld people asylum on Utopia. Everyone returns to the island. After a while Krunn gets some pieces of the bullet Kitty was on, from Magneto, he then uses some of the X-Clubs labs to create a serum that depowers mutants. He attacks and uses this serum on Magneto and Madison Jeffries. Krunn then attacked Kitty and Colossus. He used the serum on Colossus so he couldn't change.

He stabs Colossus with a knife made from the same material as the bullet fired at Earth. Kitty got away and then her throat was slit by Krunn's partner, Haleena, who also had a knife made from the bullet, these magical knives were able to cut the intangible Kitty. We next see Kitty bringing Colossus a med kit and she is able to talk. Krunn finally takes Wolverine down and then tell Kitty he will be coming after her. Kitty then informs him she wasn't alone. Krunn turns around to see Storm, Psylocke, Angel, Hope, Namor, and Iceman.They go to attack him but he uses a smoke bomb to get away and he follows Kitty back into the X-Club labs. Where Kitty leads him to Heleena's body and reveals that she killed and used her lifeforce to bring Kitty back to life as the people of Breakworld did to Colossus and Cyclops. Krunn uses the life device to take some of his life and bring his Heleena back. Colossus is injured but fine and he and Kitty are next seen watching a sunrise.

Fall of the New Mutants and Rise Of The New Mutants

During this storyline, Project Purgatory and the Inferno Babies prepare to release the Elder Gods with Magik's amulet and the bloodstones. They had already kidnapped Pixie and held most of the New Warriors hostage. Magik willingly freed Legion knowing that he was the only one who could stop the Elder Gods regardless of the cost. Cyclops saw this as a very dangerous move by Magik, and had her placed under indefinate arrest.

First To Last

For further detail's see: First to Last

When the X-Men battle against The Neo, a splinter species of the Homo Superior, Colossus is seen teaming up with Armor to fight one of the Neo. The Evolutionaries arrive and wipe out The Neo. When they try to target Cyclops, Colossus and the rest of the X-Men fight them off.

Fear Itself

Uncanny X-Men #542

Cyclops Had Magik placed in the X-Brig under the watch of Danger. Madison Jeffries and Dr. Nemesis placed restraints on her that would shock her if teleportation distortions were detected. A bomb was set to explode if she made it to limbo, and worse if it detected a magic surge. This made Piotr very angry and he had a huge argument with Cyclops. Colossus occasionally visited his sister.

Juggernaut is soon granted tremendous power by the Asgardian Serpent, and he is heading toward San Francisco. The X-Men engage him. Kitty phases Pete to appear behind Juggernaut, but Juggernaut just throws Colossus off to the side, and he is saved by Iceman. Colossus again engages him and once again Juggernaut tosses Colossus to the side like a rag doll. Soon Cyclops gets some info on the thing that has taken over Juggernaut. He takes it to his only expert on mystics, Magik. With Colossus and Kitty by his side, Cyclops goes to as Magik for help.

She tells them that she'll need some freedom. Cyclops lets Magik free but with a fail-safe attached. Magik teleports Colossus and Kitty to The Crimson Cosmos, where they meet Cyttorak. Magik explains to him that Juggernaut, his avatar, is serving another. With this new info, Magik also tells him he will need a new avatar. He agrees with her, and as she starts to step forward Colossus stops her and steps forward in her place. Kitty tries to stop him, but it is too late. He touches the crystal and becomes the new Juggernaut. Colossus is immediately teleported in front of Cain Marko and the two lock fists in combat. As the battle ensues, Colossus discovers that, even with his added power from Cyttorak, Cain is still more powerful than he is due to the added powers of the Serpent. However, Colossus also realizes that he doesn't want to stop and forces Marko back to his beginning point of his rampage in the country. Emma Frost soon discovers that that due to the two powers of the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak, both Marko and Piotr's energies will soon engulf them both, not only killing them, but creating an explosion equal to a nuclear bomb going off. However, Colossus continues to pour into Marko to the point he knocks his helmet clear off and starts to beat him to death. The Serpent, realizing he could lose another of his fear avatars, teleports Marko back to his castle and ends the conflict. Colossus soon returns to his normal mutant form, but he is now larger and is missing his hair. While the day was saved and the Juggernaut was stopped, Kitty Pryde can no longer be with Piotr as he chose to once again not put her first in his life. The two soon depart and Colossus informs his sister, Magik, that the power inside him makes him want to destroy.

Schism

Colossus joins Emma Frost, Iceman, Namor and Magneto at the opening of the Museum of Mutant History, even while half the worlds old Sentinels were being turned back on to attack mutants. The museum is soon attacked by the new Hellfire Club. After just a short battle all of the X-Men are taken down and were about to be kidnapped before one of the five lights that had also attended, Idie, lets loose and kills all of the Hellfire Club goons. Cyclops calls back to Utopia and tells the doctors to prepare for the injured X-Men.

Regenesis

Colossus currently resides on Utopia and apart of Cyclops' Extinction team which consists of Cyclops, Emma Frost, Namor, Magneto, Storm, Danger and Magik. The team is called into action upon Sinister taking control of the Dreaming Celestial. The team begins to fight the Celestial but Colossus gets blasted away. Magik comes to his aid, while Piotr is sitting there with his clothes torn and hole in his chest. Colossus decides it is time to become the Juggernaut which he does. He tells Magik to open a portal quickly which she does and he is back on the battlefield. Colossus is later seen with the team attack Sinister's people until a ceasefire is ordered. Colossus appears to have depowered himself but kept the helmet on due to telepathic resistance. In Sinister's palace, Sinister takes control of the team, Colossus was able to resist due to the helmet but that got blown off by Cyclops. The team is eventually freed thanks to Emma and Hope, who shoots Sinister but he predicts this and they learn Sinister's people have become its own hive-mind.

Colossus continues to battle the hive-mind. He is with the team when Cyclops proclaims to the Celestials the X-Men will be the guardian of the people and the Dreaming Celestial.

Colossus is deployed with the rest of the team again as a new habitat has appeared. Colossus pairs himself up with his sister to explore the area. They teleport off where Colossus is astounded by its beauty. Colossus and Magik get assaulted by a group of monsters. Magik gets tranquilized by them and is carried off into the cave system. When Storm calls for Colossus to report in he tells them he is going after his sister and turns into the Juggernaut as he enters the cave. After running through the cave system he stumbles upon Magik unconscious and seems to snap. Magik wakes up and finds body pieces littered all over the cave and Colossus who had transformed into a new Juggernaut like form, almost losing himself. Magik helps reverse the power and reminds Peter to never forget who he is.

Colossus has a brief talk with Magik in her holding cell and he decides to try and bring it up with Cyclops. They are interrupted by a prison break from the Peak and Colossus helps in stopping some prisoners. He is later teamed with Iron Man, Emma Frost and Red Hulk to defeat Xemnu the Titan using his Juggernaut form. The Extinction team leaves the Avengers to go fight Unit. With Unit's defeat the team heads home where Piotr talks with Scott about putting himself in prison with Magik cause he fears the times he may lose his sense of self to Cyttorak.

Avengers vs X-Men

With the Phoenix Force on its way, the Avengers battle the X-Men for possession of Hope. Colossus battles the Red Hulk and after Rulk thumbs him in the eyes, Colossus snaps entering his second Juggernaut form. He proceeds to beat on Rulk easily but after accidentally damaging a pillar that supports Utopia is damaged, Colossus comes to his senses and rips off his Juggernaut mask. He yells for Rulk to hit him harder so he doesn't lose himself again and Rulk understands as he knocks Colossus out.

Powers & Abilities

Organic Steel

In armored form, Colossus's has superhuman strength which enables him to lift around 100 tons under normal conditions. He has superhuman stamina which means that he will tire much more slowly than regular human beings and can continue exerting himself for days without tiring. 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 temperatures 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). In Colossus's metal shape, he is resistant to telepathy and other kinds of psionic attacks.

Fastball Special

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 can lift about 700 pounds. 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.

X-Men #20

Recently, Colossus has become the new avatar of Cyttorak and has had a dramatic increase in power since. However as oppose to Cain Marko who was constantly in a "Juggernaut" type of form Colossus has to consciously will himself to change into the Juggernaut. While he is in this form he has to control his psyche as Cyttorak's influence apparently makes him more willing to destroy and violent. It is unknown exactly how much in strength Colossus has increased while in his human, organic-steel or Juggernaut forms. His invulnerability in either of these three forms is also currently unknown. Colossus is however able to heal himself from severe injuries instantaneously when he transforms into Juggernaut. Colossus is now able to move at incredible speeds and can survive almost any environment. He is also able to heal from almost all injuries and is capable of destroying entire cities if he moves at his full speed.

Characteristics

Height: 6'6"; (transformed) 7'5"

Weight: 250 lbs., (transformed) 500 lbs.

Eyes: Blue, (transformed) Silver

Hair: None

Skin: White (transformed) Sliver

Status

Known Relatives: Nikolai Rasputin (father, deceased), Alexandra Rasputina (mother, deceased), Illyana Nikolievna Rasputina (Magik, sister) Mikhail Rasputin (brother) Piotr Nikolaievitch Rasputin Jr. (son)

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

Age of Apocalypse (Earth-295)

Earth- 295

The Rasputin Brothers (Piotr and Mikhail) were the greatest heroes of Russia, but when Apocalypse arrived Mikhail became one of his personal Horseman and Colossus became one of the original members of Magneto's X-Men on Earth-295 ( Age of Apocalypse). He freed Kity from Apocalypse´s pens and later they married, they were the leaders of Generation Next, a youngster mutant group.

They were entrusted with the mission to seek Colossus sister Illyana, who was the last time traveler mutant alive. She was imprisoned in the Seattle Core monitored by Sugarman after finding out that his sister was still alive in one of Apocalypse's slave camps. During rescue mission all of his students died in the core and he refused to get back and save them. Believing that his sister was going to die, Colossus lost control and when he was trying to save her he ran through the X-men, injuring some of them and killing Shadowcat by trampling her to death. He was killed by his teammate Gambit. At the end (in his human form) he was able to say goodbye to his sister.

In this reality Colossus is shown as unconcerned leader, violent and hasty. He was unable to return to human form due to taking severe damage at some point in the past.

Ultimate (Earth- 1610)

Ultimate Colossus

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. He appears on Japanese TV with Storm and some of the other X-Men and is voted "Sexiest Mutant." 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 new found 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. Afterwards, 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.

Days of Future Past (Earth- 811)

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.

Mimic's Reality (Earth- 12)

In this reality, Colossus was a good friend of Mimic's and was his fellow team-mate in the group, Exiles.

X-Men Forever (Earth-161)

Earth- 161

Colossus leaves the X-Men in this reality and joins a group known as the Winter Guard, a Russian elite superhero team. Along with other superheroes, he acts as security and has had fights with other superheros which include Iron Man, She Hulk and War Machine.

Earth-1917

Colossus was forced to join Weapon X.

Earth X (Earth-9997)

Colossus was the Tzar of Russia, and his country provided the greatest amount of food in the planet thanks to the intelligence of all its 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.

House of M (Earth-58163)

Colossus never left the farm he grew up on.

Mutant X (Earth-1298)

During a battle between the X-Men and the Hellfire Club, Harry Leland used his control of gravity on Colossus, which made him sink into the ground. Rogue grabbed his arm to save him, but Selene cruelly dissolved her gloves and her absorbing powers kicked in. While pondering on whether to let go of Colossus or not, Rogue accidentally absorbed his powers permanently. Colossus was left in a comatose state and never woke up again and his psyche has been tormenting Rogue ever since.

Marvel Zombies (Earth-2149 )

Little is known about Colossus' past before the zombie plague happened, but it is presumed that it followed the same path as his mainstream counterpart. At Xavier's Institute, Colossus was among the other members of the X-Men fighting a zombified Alpha Flight, when Magneto appeared and propelled magnetic debris through the zombie's head and asked the team to join him to help save humanity. The team got in contact with Nick Fury and battled their way through the city to reach the Helicarrier, which is acting as a base of operations for the remaining survivors of the plague. Here, Nick Fury tells the team that it is the end of the world and that everyone was now on the same side, including all the villains. When Beast and Reed Richards find some meat on Latveria, Colossus and a huge horde of zombies attack the castle. They are unable to break through the castle's magical defenses however, Colossus is surrounded by animated corpses of Deadlite Legion. Although this is unlikely to kill him, it is unknown what happened to him after this.

Kang Killed The Avengers (Earth -267)

Iron Man helped Colossus get his family out of Siberia during the Soviet rule. In return for helping his family, Colossus joined the Avengers team but was almost immediately defeated after he first joined. However, he was helped by Rick Jones's destiny powers, which plucked him from time to aid Kang against the Timekeepers during the Destiny War. Colossus was eventually returned back to present time and he greeted reporters at the Avenger's Mansion with President Reagan. After doing this, Colossus was killed by Kang, who disguised himself as Iron Man and detonated a nuclear bomb, killing everyone but himself.

War of the Worlds (Earth- 691)

When the Sentinels began attacking and slaughtering mutants, Colossus and a number of mutants led by Magneto left Earth to find another planet to live on.

Colossus is not an X-Man (Earth- 987)

In this reality, Colossus never joined the X-Men. He lost his arm in a combination attack of Proteus and Charles Xavier.

By The Maker (Earth- 1008)

Colossus became indestructible and could not be stopped by any means.

Reborn (Earth- 1031)

Reborn

Colossus was presumed to be dead, but was discovered alive be Wolverine in a Weapon X prison. His body was permanently composed of adamantium metal due to experiments of Weapon X.

X-Men X (Earth- 1034)

Colossus died while trying to find a cure for the Legacy Virus and his body was stolen, reanimated without a soul. He returned to the X-Men more monster than man, with an intent of destroying anything in his path.

Deadpool: I'm Available (Earth- 1036)

X-Men X

After killing Colossus, Deadpool uses his hand to hold up a golf ball.

Home to Colossus (Earth-1917)

Colossus was part of the Weapon X program and replaced Hulk ( Jennifer Walters). Afterwards, he grew tired of all of the senseless murder on his team and though he should of been put on the Exiles team instead. He fell in love with a younger version of Kitty Pryde, who had just survived an attack by Sentinels in her world. They died together in space when they were blasted up there by Hyperion.

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' armored 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.

Age of X

Age of X: Colossus & Nightmare

Colossus appears in this reality, which was created by one of Legion's personalities. In this world Colossus seems to have had some damage to one of his shoulders as if it was was crushed. One of his shoulders is pointy and Colossus doesn't seem to ever come out of his organic steel form.

Other Media

Television

Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends (1981)

Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends

Colossus made a guest appearance in the series, where he was voiced by John Stephenson, who also voiced Thunderbird (who was strangely included even though he'd been killed in the comics years before) in the episode "The X-Men Adventure". He was part of the X-Men team who was watching a Danger Room training session being done by 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 fight back. The team was divided by Cyberiad's machinations and the team was taken into another dimension (the Danger Room, in actuality) by the aforementioned villain as they were fooled by a holographic Nightcrawler. The episode was originally to be a backdoor pilot for an X-Men cartoon series, in which Colossus would be a main character.

X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men (1989)

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. He was voiced by Dan Gilvezan (who had previously voiced Spider-Man in Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends).

X-Men: The Animated Series (1992)

X-Men Animated Series

Colossus appears in the episodes "The Unstoppable Juggernaut" (voiced by Rick Bennett) and "Red Dawn" (voiced by Robert Calt). He was shown working at a construction site as a one-man wrecking crew, much to the chagrin of the crew already working there. Wolverine and Jubilee witness this, and save him from being mobbed by the crew. They at first suspect him of being the mutant who wrecked the mansion, until Wolverine notices his scent doesn't match what he smelled in the wreckage. They learn that he had been working in order to send money to his family back in Russia. Colossus was later imprisoned after being mistaken for robbing a bank he'd gone to deposit his paycheck at, and he grew eager to look for the real perpetrator. Wolverine then discovered that the one who robbed the bank, as well as wrecked the mansion, was Juggernaut. Later, he comes to the X-Men for help in saving his village from an attack by the Cold War-era mutant super soldier Omega Red.

X-Men: Evolution (2000)

X-Men: Evolution

Here he is unwillingly one of Magneto's Acolytes, as Magneto has threatened him numerous times with the death of his family. He joins Shadowcat briefly in the fight in the pyramid of Apocalypse, foreshadowing their canon relationship. When Professor Xavier sees the future Colossus is shown as one of his future X-Men. He is voiced by Michael Adamthwaite.

Wolverine And The X-Men (2009)

Wolverine and the X-Men

Colossus is only seen briefly in episode 1, in a flashback 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 didn't want to leave his family in Russia again. He is voiced by Phil Morris.

X-Men Movie (2000)

He has a cameo as a student painting in the courtyard.

X2 : X-Men United (2004)

Movie Colossus

Colossus rescued Siryn and many other students after the school gets attacked by William Stryker's soldiers. He leads them through a series of underground tunnels to safety. He is played by Daniel Cudmore without a Russian accent.

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

Daniel Cudmore reprises his role in this film. He was seen as an X-Man in training here and he starts off training in the Danger Room with the others. Colossus helps Wolverine defeat the Sentinel by executing a perfect Fastball Special. He also aided in 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 has a crush on Scarlet Witch. He is voiced by Earl Boen.

X2: Wolverine's Revenge (2002)

Colossus is a NPC in this game.

X-Men Legends 2: Rise Of Apocalypse (2005)

Legends 2

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, where he is played again by Daniel Cudmore.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance (2006)

Colossus is a playable character in only the X-box 360, Wii, and PS3 versions of the game. He can execute his trademark Fastball Special move with Wolverine. He is voiced by Phil LaMarr.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (2009)

Colossus is a boss for the Pro-Registration team during the 'Ambush' level of the Civil War-based game. He is voiced by Tim Russ.