Anybody else hoping that Piotr really stands out and stomps some @ss? He's powered up to a serious level at this point and hopefully he does some damage like he should. It could be the thing that pushes him over the edge to that darker side but I still want to see him mess some people up.
 

I'm thinking that he's going to get his time to shine in the spotlight. Apparently he rumbles with every heavy hitter on the Avengers roster and some great leaps are in store for his character. I do believe Gillien plans to further his character in Uncanny 11 and Fraction mentioned that Colossus will be seen as he never has been toward the mid point of the crossover. Hopefully they do him justice.

Still prefer Marko as the Juggernaut. As for AvX match ups? Most definitely Thor vs Colossus. I don't have much hope in these fights, after witnessing Thing stand a chance a against Namor in the ocean.

@IrishX: I want to say in Uncanny #8 you see Colossus develop the Juggernaut form in a way Cain never had before. I'm pretty sure I saw a scan where he does it again vs Red Hulk.

@royale_with_cheese: I don't particularly mind seeing Thing being a decent match up for Namor. Namor really hasn't amped himself strength wise with the times and it shows. At least he made Ben bleed. When he fought Rulk underwater the best he could do involved tugging his breathing mask off.

@Rickbarry said:

@royale_with_cheese: I don't particularly mind seeing Thing being a decent match up for Namor. Namor really hasn't amped himself strength wise with the times and it shows. At least he made Ben bleed. When he fought Rulk underwater the best he could do involved tugging his breathing mask off.

Well when Namor fought Rulk underwater, Rulk was getting pummeled left, right and center without even landing a hit. Namor absolutely dominated him underwater. I don't really have a problem with Ben making Namor bleed, rather, it's the fact that it only took him one shot to do so (especially when Namor was fresh out of the water). I don't think Thing should be placed in the same league as Namor, who has bested the Hulk underwater, fought evenly against Hercules and held his own against the Sentry without sustaining as much as a scratch. Plus, it was proven during Second Coming that Namor's durability is even higher than that of Colossus'.

@royale_with_cheese: Eh, I remember Rulk being more worried about suffocating than any blow Namor struck. In fact he called him a sucker after tricking him. I was referring to Ben bleeding in the preview. I don't recall seeing Namor bleeding in the scans shown. Also, I'm not sure what feats you're referring to, but Hulk made Namor submit after a couple blows after he had just emerged from water.

When was it proven that Namor's durability is higher than Colossus? I remember him being taken out of the fight by one Nimrod that turned on the sunlamp. It took a half dozen Nimrod's to break Colossus's arm and he still continued fighting.

@Rickbarry said:

@royale_with_cheese: Eh, I remember Rulk being more worried about suffocating than any blow Namor struck. In fact he called him a sucker after tricking him. I was referring to Ben bleeding in the preview. I don't recall seeing Namor bleeding in the scans shown. Also, I'm not sure what feats you're referring to, but Hulk made Namor submit after a couple blows after he had just emerged from water.

When was it proven that Namor's durability is higher than Colossus? I remember him being taken out of the fight by one Nimrod that turned on the sunlamp. It took a half dozen Nimrod's to break Colossus's arm and he still continued fighting.

Rulk was worried about suffocating because (as you stated before) he had lost is oxygen mask. He at least needed to breath, or in this case, get away from Namor's territory, to put up a fighting chance. Nonetheless, getting pummeled by Namor still hurt him. I.e. he yells out in pain when Namor torpedoes in to his abdomen.

As for Thing making Namor bleed:

And since when did Hulk make Namor "submit after a couple blows after he had just emerged from water"? If anything, it was the other way around.

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Namor's proves he is more durable than Colossus:

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@IrishX said:

Anybody else hoping that Piotr really stands out and stomps some @ss? He's powered up to a serious level at this point and hopefully he does some damage like he should. It could be the thing that pushes him over the edge to that darker side but I still want to see him mess some people up.

Why is his head back to skin colored after being metal or do these two panels not come in order?

@royale_with_cheese: Those scans of Namor vs. Hulk look pretty dated. As I said a lot of his feats are decades old. I wouldn't say that the scan of him touching his fingertips proves his durability is superior. Also Beast's statement doesn't seem to make sense. Laura practically jumped into the thing and survived.

The only comparison I can draw between the two currently involves the Nimrod's emerging. Namor went down to one whereas it took a half dozen to take Colossus out. I think people view Namor too highly. He's more in the ballpark of Colossus and Thing. It's not shocking Ben could make him bleed.

@avidwriter: They're from two different issues. The second scan is Colossus emerging from Cyttorak's dimension where he moves Cain out from San Francisco.

@Rickbarry: Whether or not the scans are dated, is irrelevant. The fact still stands; Namor has beaten the Hulk on numerous occasions. Laura didn't "jump" into anything. All Angel said, was that "she tried to step through the time membrane" and ended up almost flayed to the bone. My previous scan depicts Namor engaging the time membrane, whilst Colossus and Rockslide (both durable in their own right) are watching. Presumably they have also tried, hence Hank's evaluation of the situation.

The Nimrods were able to assess and exploit weaknesses within each X-men. In the case of Namor, it was something as simple as increasing the humidity level, hence draining him of his power. That's like saying Superman isn't durable because he was hit by a street level brawler wielding kryptonite brass knuckles. Colossus was subdued by six nimrods, but only one was required to break his arm. In my opinion, Namor underwater is in the same league as Hulk, Hercules, Thor, etc in terms of strength. Namor, having just been in the water and fighting on land, should be of little or no difference. Hence the reason it was rather disappointing to see Thing make him bleed with one hit, although, to the credit of Ben, he has rumbled with Hulk and was plummeting from the sky as he hit Namor.

@royale_with_cheese: I do think that dated scans matter. There was a time that Colossus fought Gladiator evenly, but no one would put the two in the same class currently. Gladiator's strength was amplified a great deal more than Colossus over time. I realize that Namor fares far better in water, but I don't honestly believe he is invincible if he's submerged. It's simple boasting and I'm fine with him being the cocky king. There's nothing wrong with Namor being in the same class as Ben and Piotr. He's more experienced and quick underwater, but on land I honestly don't see a difference between Ben, Colossus or Namor.

Although we'll see in the next issue a week or so from now. I'm thinking Ben wins as in the next issue he picks a fight with Juggolossus.

@Rickbarry said:

Although we'll see in the next issue a week or so from now. I'm thinking Ben wins as in the next issue he picks a fight with Juggolossus.

I will be sorely disappointed if that happens; not that I'm not already am, with this crossover event in general. Namor and Thing are fighting on Utopia; an island.............it makes no sense if Ben does win, unless he is carrying with him an invention created by Reed.

@royale_with_cheese: That last scan doesn't prove Namor is more durable. The field was obviously generating some kind of electricity which Namor doesn't tank, but absorbs.

I hope Colossus will beat Thing, Hulk and Thor.

@god_spawn said:

@royale_with_cheese: That last scan doesn't prove Namor is more durable. The field was obviously generating some kind of electricity which Namor doesn't tank, but absorbs.

It's not electricity and it doesn't show Namor trying to absorb anything. They said it was a time membrane and was organic unfriendly. Plus, when was the last time Namor ever displayed abilities beyond that of superhuman strength and flight? I'm not saying he can't absorb electricity, rather, writers have yet to elaborate on his other powers. No mention of him absorbing electricity was even mentioned in that scan.

@royale_with_cheese: I said it was generating a type of electricity, not that it was electricity. The little electrical spark when he puts his finger up by it and when he jumped through there was a bolt of it so there is an obvious give away. His body absorbs and reduces the effects. It doesn't have to say it cause he can and has done it and if you knew enough about Namor it would make sense in the first place. I'll flip the question, where does it say he was the only one that could go through cause he was the only one durable enough to do so?

@god_spawn said:

@royale_with_cheese: I said it was generating a type of electricity, not that it was electricity. The little electrical spark when he puts his finger up by it and when he jumped through there was a bolt of it so there is an obvious give away. His body absorbs and reduces the effects. It doesn't have to say it cause he can and has done it and if you knew enough about Namor it would make sense in the first place. I'll flip the question, where does it say he was the only one that could go through cause he was the only one durable enough to do so?

There is no such thing as type of electricity. Electricity is electricity.......You assumed it was. The sky was red in that scene, but it doesn't mean that there was a dust storm does it? Namor wasn't the only one to engage the membrane. Laura tried to step through it, but ended up almost flayed to the bone upon contact. Beast himself states that anyone but Namor would have been killed, and this is further backed up by the fact that Colossus and Rockslide (two durable X-men) are seen in the same shot as Namor approaches the membrane, leading one to extrapolate that both X-men had previously tried to do the same thing. If electricity was truly emitted from the membrane do you really think that he would be reeling back in a defensive motion? It's organic unfriendly for a reason. What, you think they would let Namor walk through it, as if he were strolling through a park?

@royale_with_cheese:Oh excuse me for it being a comic book and saying it generates a type when there is only regular electricity. They said it was made of an unknown energy meaning there were other forces at work but it still generated a spark and a bolt of lightning of sorts so by comic logic, yes it can be a different type of electricity. Thor can summon mystic lightning or regular lightning but wait there is only one kind of lightning, right? So if a spark appears and an electrical looking bolt show up it doesn't mean electricity even though those things are associated with electricity? Funny. Also as you keep saying it is organic unfriendly which would include Namor, which is why he got hurt. The only reason he could go through was because he could absorb electricity, he has done it to Thor's lightning before so the degree is pretty high and Thor's lightning can have mystic properties to it. And it still mentions nothing about Namor being durable enough to go through and since he has even worse durability showings than Colossus even when fresh out of water, yeah it's debatable if he is even more durable than Colossus. And if you want to keep just reaching on their durability, take the fact that Colossus or Rockslide who isn't in the same durability league as Namor or Colossus in the first place, can't absorb electricity at all like Namor. So yes, his electrical absorption ability most likely played a role in reducing the damage, not solely his durability.

@god_spawn: It's unknown energy of unknown origin and you're quick to assume straight away, for the sake of your argument (or the lack thereof) that it's electricity. Lets just forget that Beast is considered to be one of the smartest men on Marvel earth and assume that he can't identify electricity when shown it hmm? What's next? You're going to call Second Coming a PIS fest?

Namor has never been very durable really. He can take bullets sure.

Colossus is way more durable than namor always has been. The Thing is just slightly less durable than Colossus. Both can take Anti-tank weaponary and have it bounce off of them.

Luke Cage and USAgent were said to be more durable than Namor.

Just read up on what happened in the Uncanny X-Men tie-in to AVX:

Colossus, after accidentally losing control of his Juggernaut powers, ends up shattering the pillar holding up Utopia. Shocked by what he had done, he then forfeits the power of the Juggernaut.

Colossus happens to be my favorite X-Men character, and I hated that they made him the Juggernaut avatar. So for this development, I can say only two words: FINALLY, YAY!!!

@Rabbitearsblog: I hope it involves finally letting him move beyond the whole constantly worrying about Illyana bit or have him try and reconcile with Kitty.

@Darkmount1: What? When did this happen? That's not what happened in this Uncanny issue at all. You can actually see what happens in the other thread. He forfeit his battle with Rulk in order to prevent the pillar from collapsing.

@TheGreyOutcastX: Yeah! I was under the impression that only Cyttorak himself can remove said energies from his chosen Juggernaut. Colossus is still Jugs until his sister finds a way out or he learns to control it. Either way, I prefer him having this conflict and power over Cain.

@TheGreyOutcastX: @John Valentine: @Rickbarry:

.........................................Boy, am I embarrassed. Sorry. :(

@John Valentine: Thanks.

Colossus as the Juggernaut is so badass.

I will say that his first appearance was rather badass. Kuurth was served with a Teleport ball special.

I think the uptown fade is back! Colossus with hair is intimidating.

I've been following the other X-men book and he seems to still be bald and whatnot on the security/recon team. So maybe he'll still have the whole Cyttorak influence?

@Rabbitearsblog: Phoenix force Juggernaut?

@Rickbarry: Maybe the Phoenix fragment will just completely overshadow Cyttorak's influence? I think as of now it might be the most plausible. Or considering how ignorant the writing is, the whole Juggernaut portion might be thrown out the window for the time being then when the PF is obviously out of him, he returns to being the Juggernaut.

I actually think that they will give him enough spotlight to stomp somebody's ass rather Spidey's where the battle didn't even end with a winner but with Spidey running away.

@god_spawn: It certainly makes sense that he'll return to being Juggs. The other X-men series is drawing him under the influence of Cyttorak, but who knows what they'll do really? I, personally, think it'll be a waste when things actually became interesting.

@Rabbitearsblog said:

@Rickbarry said:

@god_spawn: It certainly makes sense that he'll return to being Juggs. The other X-men series is drawing him under the influence of Cyttorak, but who knows what they'll do really? I, personally, think it'll be a waste when things actually became interesting.

I hope they don't just throw away Colossus' cyttorak powers now that he has the phoenix force because that would be a waste of time on making Colossus the next Juggernaut and then have him lose his powers after wards in a short time.

I don't think they would throw away his powers. If they don't focus on Cyttorak's influence, I think they would likely either make it that the PF is overshadowing the Juggernaut powers or it is as I said before, just ignored for the time being. The Phoenix Five is obviously going to last a very a short period of time so it's something that they might not focus on or it could be something that they do focus on and do deal with both entities.