Colossus Appreciation 2019

[petrefax]

He’s been shown to be close with Havok, Dazzler, Psylocke, and Rogue.

Would love to see him point and centre with the right writer.

Yeah but aside from Colossus recent stint in Astonishing and Colossus appearance in Dazzler's recent one shot it seems most writers have forgotten.

[steve2275]

sorry but I love it

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Uncanny X-Men #241 Feb 1989
Inferno: Part 2 of 7 - "Fan the Flames!"
Madelyne refuses to believe that Mr. Sinister is her creator.
Instead she and her pet "Grey" demons attack him, because he is the mastermind behind the Marauders, who stole her baby.
But the orphanage is Sinister’s headquarters, he has built in defensive systems, that chain the Goblin Queen
and use her own energies against her. She calls to N’astirh for help, but he remains hidden in the shadows.

In the transforming New York, the X-Men continue to fight the remaining Marauders.

Colossus is shocked to see Riptide among them, for he killed him during the Mutant Massacre.
The police, riding demon-transformed police cars, interfere.
Polaris / Malice destroys one of the vehicles and hurls the debris against the X-Men,
while Vertigo uses her powers to create a general nausea. The X-Men are almost defeated when Longshot
throws randomly a blade, which hits a sign over Vertigo's head; it falls down and knocks her out.
The fight continues and the X-Men fight more aggressive than ever. Havok even uses his power in full force.

The Goblin Queen continues to ignore Sinister, she thinks of herself as a normal person with parents and a past.
Mr. Sinister asks her that she tell him of her past memories to prove it.
Madelyne tries to remember and comes up with an incident at the age of ten;
she was playing with her best friend Annie, but suddenly she was hit by a car.
Mr. Sinister finishes the story, the ten-year old redhead holds her friend in her arms,
and suddenly she found herself in her friends head, sharing her last thoughts as they went out. Madelyne asks how he knows.
Mr. Sinister explains that this is a memory of Jean Grey, actually it is the day when Jean’s power manifested.
Back then Jean was put in the care of Professor X who trained her.
Originally Sinister had planned to kill her parents, that Jean would have been brought to the orphanage,
but he was too late, so he came up with the plan to steal a blood sample of Jean and clone her.
Later though, when the clone hit puberty he was disappointed to see that she did not develop mutant powers.
Then one night her incubation chamber exploded in a bird of fire, and the clone shouted "Scott" before passing out.
In the shadows N'astirh thinks that if he saves Madelyne, she would be totally under his control, he leaves.

In Manhattan some of S'ym's techno-organic demons recognize the X-Men and the Marauders; they join the fight and shoot Prism.

The X-Men kill off the whole squad, besides one who is captured by Colossus. He recognizes the species from his stint in Limbo.
Colossus interrogates the demon and is surprised to hear that his sister Magik is no longer Limbo's ruler, because she was overthrown by N'astirh and S'ym.
They also plan to transform the whole earth into Limbo, casting a special spell on the Empire State Building.
Colossus smashes the demon to pieces and as his teammates cheer at him, he realizes that the demonic surrounding has a bad influence on them,

only he is protected by his armored form, because iron shields against magic.
He decides to search for his sister, because saving her might end Inferno.

Mr. Sinister continues his story. He researched that the exact instant "Jean" aka Phoenix sacrificed herself on the moon
and it was the moment when the bird of fire appeared at the clone tube. He thought that they were connected like twins
and now with potential powers he wanted to create the perfect child with her and Cyclops, so he designed a cover identity
and memories for Madelyne and organized for the pair to meet. Everything happened as Sinister foresaw and wanted,
untill Jean Grey was found alive at the bottom of Jamaica Bay. He knew that if the two would ever meet,
Jean would telepathically discover the truth, so he ordered the Marauders to kill Madelyne and steal the baby, but they botched the job.

In New York, the X-Men dealt with all Marauders except for Polaris/Malice who got away.
Longshot is concerned, how his teammates become more and more bloodthirsty.
Suddenly N'astirh appears and bites him in the arm.
Havok tries to nail him with a blast, but the demon vanishes, promising to feast on the X-Men’s souls like he just had Longshot.
During the fight, Dazzler seems more concerned with her beauty.
The X-Men prepare to follow N'astirh, but suddenly Wolverine’s senses pick up someone he knows.

In the orphanage in Nebraska, Sinister tells Madelyne that the failed assassination did not matter since she died a short time later in Dallas.
To his surprise, she is now back alive and invisible to all technical sensors as well as she has displayed powers he never knew that she had.
He plans to dissect her, to discover what changed her. The Goblin Queen gathers more and more energy till she overloads Sinister's defense systems.
Before the two start a fight, N'astirh, now techno-organic, arrives on the scene again. He hands the baby over to Madelyne.
The Goblyn Queen is thankful and loyal to N'astirh, she tells Sinister that she will destroy the baby, for it represents all of Sinister's manipulations
and all of Scott Summers' hopes and dreams, and with this sacrifice she will give herself completely to the fire, to Inferno.

Story by Chris Claremont. Art by Marc Silvestri and Dan Green.

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https://twitter.com/LukasWerneck/sta...900454400?s=09

Twitter user Lukaswerneck drew redesigns of the x-men and Brotherhood costumes and did one for Piotr and a slight design tweak on Illyana

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A nice attempt for some redesigns of the x-men.

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Uncanny X-Men #179 Mar 1984
"What Happened to Kitty!"
Continued from last issue...

The Morlocks have captured Kitty Pryde and are now preparing her for a forced marriage to Caliban.
Having left the X-Men to believe that Kitty had died falling off the roof
of the Baxter Building, Storm, Wolverine and Rogue go to examine the body.
Wolverine tells his comrades that he girl on the morgue slab before them is not Kitty, making Storm wonder who
could have captured her and why they went through such trouble to make the other X-Men think that she was dead.

Meanwhile at the X-Mansion, Nightcrawler examines Colossus's frozen body and cannot detect a heart beat,
making him, Professor X, Illyana and Amanda Sefton wonder if even in his armored form he could have survived being frozen.
Their examination is interrupted when Storm contacts the Professor telepathically and tells him of the news surrounding "Kitty's" death.
Before she can tell him whom she believes is behind the capture the Professor is
struck by a powerful mental probe by some alien force of great power and passes out.

Down in the Morlock Tunnels, Kitty snaps out of her stupor to find that the Morlocks are attempting to marry her off to Caliban.
When she attempts to resist, Callisto points out that when she was down in the tunnels previously,
she promised to do whatever Caliban wanted if he helped her. Caliban wished to marry the girl,
and Callisto is trying to bind her to her promise, even though Caliban realizes that the girl could never love him.

When Kitty attempts to flee into the sewers she comes across the young Morlock named Leech who is lost and scared in the tunnels.
She decides to lead the boy back and agrees to honor her promise.

Before the ceremony, Masque is brought in to alter Kitty's face so that she is deformed like all the Morlocks.
However, when Masque's despisement of all things pretty makes him torment her, Callisto orders him to stop and change her back to normal.
As the wedding ceremony begins, it is interrupted by the arrival of Storm, Rogue and Wolverine.

A brief battle begins between the X-Men and the Morlocks before Kitty stops them and explains her
promise to Caliban and reminds them that saving Colossus is more important that fighting each other.

A solution is soon made: Taking Callisto and the Morlock known as the Healer
back to the X-Mansion, the Professor has Rogue absorb Colossus's powers.

When the Russian mutant reverts back to his human form the Healer then uses his powers to heal his wounds.
With Peter recovering in the infirmary, Kitty leaves to return to the Morlock tunnels
giving Illyana letters for her parents and Peter to explain what happened.
When she goes down she is met by Caliban, who tells her that he realizes that it is not right to force
her to marry him or stay in the Morlock tunnels against her will and releases her from her promise.
Before departing, he gives the young mutant a single rose before returning to the tunnels.

Story by Chris Claremont. Art by John Romita, Jr. and Dan Green.

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https://www.cbr.com/video-everybody-...rvel-colossus/

I am glad the character showes up in them Deadpool movies.

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Uncanny X-Men #242 Mar 1989
Inferno: Part 4 of 7 - "Burn!" Guest-starring X-Factor.
Story continued from X-Factor #37...

To be sure that his senses are not fooling him, Wolverine kisses Marvel Girl, confirming for him that she is still alive.
Now for the first time ever, the X-Men and X-Factor have crossed paths as they are
gathered around Madelyne Pryor who has her and Cyclops's son Nathan Christopher.
With the X-Men having arrived, Madelyne has hidden her Goblin Queen form from them.
Marvel Girl pushes Wolverine away when he refuses to stop coming on so strong, prompting her to tell Storm to control her people.
When Iceman and Beast attempt to grab Christopher from Madelyne, Havok gets in their way.
Tempers begin to flare out of control due to the X-Men's manipulations by the Inferno,
and their continued belief that X-Factor are mutant hunters.
This causes Wolverine and Dark Angel to come to blows. Warren manages to strike down Wolverine with his wing feathers.
Rogue flies in and attempts to stop Warren by kissing him to absorb his strength, powers and memories.
However, she only sees the image of Apocalypse in his mind and is shocked when Warren is capable of pulling away from her embrace.
Before she can do anything about it, she is blasted from behind by Cyclops.
This leads to a full out fight between the X-Men and X-Factor.
As Iceman attempts to ice up Havok, he uses his powers to melt the ice sending a flood.
When Dazzler and Longshot get caught up in the water, the two
-- having been affected by the Inferno spell -- start making out in the middle of the battle.
As Cyclops pulls Madelyne out of the water, she berates him for abandoning her.
When Scott tries to defend himself, his brother Alex appears and begins attacking him,
telling him that he betrayed his marital vows to Maddie the day that he left her.

Just then, N'Astirh appears before them and swats Havok away, and then unleashes two demons on Marvel Girl.
The moment the creatures make contact with her, MG realizes -- to her horror -- they are her parents transformed into demons.
As the battle rages on, N'Astirh summons a demonic stage-coach and is about to leave with Madelyne,
putting Cyclops in a position where he must make a tough choice:
Does he save his wife and child from being taken into the clutches of the techno-organic demon,
or save Marvel Girl from the creatures that are her parents transformed. Cursing himself, Scott chooses MG,
and N'Astirh picks up Maddie and little Christopher and flees the scene.
Havok, cursing his brother as well jumps onto the back of the coach in the hopes of rescuing her himself.
Scott runs to Jean's side and Jean condemns Madelyne as a being of pure evil.
Scott and Jean then go to where the members of the X-Men and X-Factor are still battling it out.

While speeding through the city, Madelyne drops her innocent appearance and readopts her Goblin Queen uniform.
Havok meanwhile holds onto the coach for dear life. As the wind rips through his costume,
he feels as though that it's doing something worse to his soul.
When the coach finally stops at the transformed Empire State Building, he reveals his presence to N'Astirh and the Goblin Queen.
Maddie remarks how his tattered uniform now resembles her and asks for his loyalty.
Giving it willingly, she christens him her Goblin Prince.
As they enter into the building to prepare for the sacrifice of young Nathan,
they are watched by Colossus who begins to scale up the side of the building in order to stop them.

Back in Central Park, the battle between the X-Men and X-Factor rages on, as the members of X-Factor learn that
the X-Men still believe that they are mutant hunters and are unaware that they revealed themselves as mutants.

As Wolverine and Dark Angel fight it out, Cyclops wonders where Storm is,
hoping that he can talk her into getting the X-Men to stop fighting.
Storm has spent most of the battle floating above Central Park looking at the transformed Empire State Building
and wondering how the Inferno has affected her and her comrades. The obscene obelisk reminds her of the butte from the
other dimensional world that the Adversary banished her and Forge not too long ago and wonders about it's significance.

While high above the tower, N'Astirh, the Goblin Queen and Havok prepare for the coming sacrifice by creating an altar.
N'Astirh is shocked to see how quickly Madelyne is adapting to her newfound powers.
When the demonically transformed Grey parents arrives with young Christopher Summers,
Madelyne is disgusted by their ability to sense that the child is somehow related to them.
As Madelyne finishes commenting about how only the baby is truly hers,
she is angered to find that young Christopher has telepathically communicated to Marvel Girl about his impending sacrifice
launching her into a fury and deciding to hold off on the sacrifice until she can destroy MG once and for all.

Down below in Central Park, Marvel Girl's battle with Rogue is cut short when winds carry her up to where Storm has been watching the battle.
When the two are finally reunited, they agree to get both of their teams to stand down so that they can save Christopher from his insane mother.
However their reunion is cut short when N'Astirh teleports before them and attacks.
Despite the combined efforts of both X-Men and X-Factor, none prove to be much of a match against the newly techno-organic demon.
However, when he grabs a hold of Rogue and attempts to infect her with the Transmode virus,
he learns that she had developed an immunity to it thanks to her encounter with the Technarc named Magus.
While atop the Empire State Building, Colossus reaches its peak and when he attempts to stop the Goblin Queen, Havok blasts him away.
As he flies across the city he is saved from a nasty landing by Iceman,

who uses an ice slide to send him flying into N'Astirh, weakening the creature
due to its natural weakness to iron, forcing the demon to teleport away.

With the X-Men and X-Factor unified, Storm orders Psylocke to boost her
psi-powers over the static created by the Inferno by psi-linking with Marvel Girl.
This is a pleasant surprise for MG, who for months has not had the benefit of her telepathy.
They exchange information regarding Rogue and Colossus's encounter with the Magus in order to learn the weaknesses
of techno-organic beings so that they can better deal with N'Astirh when they make their final assault on the Empire State Building.

Sending Colossus up the tower again to distract N'Astirh, the Goblin Queen and Havok,

he finds himself bound by strange tentacles.

When Dark Angel and Wolverine join the fracas, they injure N'Astirh and save Colossus
giving Storm and Iceman an opening to freeze N'Astirh in ice.
As N'Astirh boasts that the cold allows his computer systems to operate at peak efficiency he attempts to cast a massive spell.
However, this is when Cyclops and Dazzler chime in with their powers along with Storm
increasing the humidity under the ice barrier causing N'Astirh's circuits to overheat.
As the final salvo, Storm unleashes a powerful torrent of lightning bolts
that quickly overload N'Astirh's circuits causing him to explode.
Unfortunately for the two groups of mutants, even though N'Astirh was seemingly destroyed, the Inferno spell still appears to be intact.

Cyclops is appalled at Storm's willingness to slay their enemy, and this begins a
debate between the two groups' different methods in striving for defending mutants.
In the middle of the argument, Marvel Girl is suddenly caught in a mystical noose and pulled away.
When the X-Men and X-Factor turn to see who has attacked MG, they are shocked to see that the Goblin Queen is still alive
and possessing all her magical might and demon hordes and that she now intends to destroy them all.

Story by Chris Claremont. Art by Marc Silvestri and Dan Green.

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X-Factor #38 Mar 1989
Inferno! Giant-Sized Spectacular! Part 5 of 7 - "Duet!"
Continued from Uncanny X-Men #242...

With the demon N'Astirh seemingly destroyed, the combined forces of the X-Men and X-Factor
are surprised to not only find that the Inferno spell is still in effect over Manhattan,
but that the Goblin Queen still has all her powers and is holding Marvel Girl as her hostage.
Before the two groups of mutants, Madelyne tells her estranged husband Cyclops that she is doing all this for revenge against all those
who destroyed her life, which she maintains was nothing more than borrowed from others,
alluding to the fact that she was not born by conventional means.
When Colossus points out that the gate to Limbo has been closed and N'Astirh defeated he tells her to give up her mad quest.

Madelyne refuses, having her own horde of demons to command and that she still intends to sacrifice her son Nathan.

When the two teams attempt to attack, Longshot's tainted luck powers cause the group bad luck,
causing them to bump into each other, while fighting the Goblin Queen's demons.
This leads to the two groups getting into blows once more.
As Cyclops and Storm battle, Storm once more calls X-Factor mutant hunters saying that they had
recorded media reports following their missions to allow them to keep tabs on X-Factor's operations.
When Scott wonders why they didn't know that X-Factor revealed their true purposes recently,
he asks her who was keeping the recordings for them.
Storm realizes it was Madelyne who did, and sees how the woman had deceived the X-Men,
and has likely been making sure that he two groups would not come into contact with each other for quite some time.
When Cyclops attempts to attack the Goblin Queen, the evil sorceress uses her powers to move the demonically
transformed father of Marvel Girl to deflect the blast. Storm's similar attempt to try and strike Maddy down is blocked.

The Goblin Queen then convinces Dazzler and Longshot (still tainted by the Inferno spell)
to help her in exchange for being "stars" of the battle.
With magically created spotlights following them wherever, the two agree to help,
attacking Dark Angel, blasting him out of the sky and in Maddy's proximity.
She uses her magical powers to break Warren's resolve and transform him into a demonic form before he passes out.
She then unleashes her full magical fury and sends the demons after the X-Men and X-Factor.
As the mutant groups fight through the demon hoards, the Goblin Queen orders Havok to slay his brother Cyclops.
Alex, very much in love with Madelyne now and under her thrall, willingly attacks his brother.
When Longshot and Dazzler attempt to try and kill Cyclops they are swept away by Storm.

Dark Angel meanwhile manages to shake off Madelyne's influence and uses his wings
to cut the magical restraint that has been keeping Marvel Girl under Maddy's thrall.
This also causes some sort of magical feedback that allows Wolverine to shake off Inferno's influence on him and regain his control.
As the other members of the X-Men and X-Factor are busy keeping Dazzler and Longshot under wraps, Cyclops and Havok battle it out.
Havok does not listen to any of Scott's attempts to talk sense into him and when Alex puts himself at risk of being buried under rubble,
his gambit works out when his brother saves his life allowing Alex to knock him out.
Marvel Girl meanwhile has shaken free of the Goblin Queen's control and the two are locked in mental combat,
and Maddy creates an impenetrable force-field around the two women and young Christopher Summers
so that the others cannot interfere with their final battle together.

As the two women battle it out, Madelyne once more begins to allude to the fact that she was artificially created.
MG wars on, furious that between the Phoenix Force and Madelyne, portions of her natural course in life have been usurped by other people.

While not far, Cyclops is about to be blasted by Havok when Dark Angel fires his razor sharp feathers at Alex,
sending him over the edge of the Empire State Building. Despite this, Havok unleashes a powerful blast in the hopes of sending Cyclops
over the edge of the cliff as well. Cyclops manages to grab onto a ledge and save himself, while Havok is rescued by the Dark Angel.
Inside the force bubble, Madelyne reveals to Marvel Girl the horror that they both share:
the experience of Jean Grey's school friend Annie Richardson's death.
As MG struggles to free herself suddenly a portion of the Phoenix Force appears.
The portion of it's power explains that following it's death on the moon, it attempted to send a
portion of itself (with it's memories and experiences) to MG as she was healing below Jamaica Bay.
However MG refused it when she learned the genocide it caused in her image and it instead found a host in Madelyne.

Outside, the regrouped X-Men and X-Factor begin determining a means to find a weak spot in the telekinetic shield.
They manage to convince Dazzler to help by pointing out to her that Madelyne has tricked her and that she is not the star of this battle.
Havok is also convinced to help, however still angry at his brother for how Madelyne was abandoned,
he only does so to help his brothers estranged wife over anything else.
With a common cause the two groups begin attacking the field in an attempt to break through and rescue MG.
Inside, MG learns the shocking truth about Madelyne Pryor:
That she is in reality a clone of MG herself created by the evil mutant known as Mr. Sinister.
Sinister had intended for Madelyne to be the perfect mate for Cyclops in order to spawn a child for some unrevealed reasons.
When she fulfilled her intended purpose and after Cyclops abandoned her to join X-Factor, Sinister sought to eliminate her and take the child.
He would send the Marauders to assassinate her.
However she would join up with the X-Men who seemingly sacrificed their lives to save the world.
Eventually her seething hatred would lead to a deal with N'Astirh.

Outside, Psylocke manages to convince the depressed Longshot that he still has his good luck power
and has him toss one of his daggers at the shield to find a weak point.
Finding it, the teams manage to burst through just as Madelyne attempts to kill both herself and Marvel Girl.

With this distraction, the Goblin Queen tosses young Christopher, sending his father diving for his boy.
Attempting to kill them all in the chaos, Madelyne is over powered by MG, who's love for the X-Men gives her the strength to fight back.
MG then decides the only solution is to accept the portion of the Phoenix Force that resides in Madelyne,
and in the process also absorbs all of her clones memories and is restored.
The power of the Phoenix Force manages to break the Inferno spell
and make MG a complete woman once more. However Madelyne dies in the process.

With the battle over, Jean goes to Scott who is both in mourning for the
death of his wife but also eternally happy to finally be reunited with his son.
In the aftermath, everyone gathered notes that the X-Men haven't been restored to normal following their exposure to the Inferno spell
and wonder if this will cause problems to them in the future. Beast commends Warren for his selfless acts that day and his ability to
fight against his evil impulses and rechristens him Archangel. Cyclops tries to make amends with his brother,
however Alex still resents Scott for what he did to Madelyne and tells him that if he could join her side again he wouldn't do things differently.
In the end Marvel Girl looks at the lifeless body of the woman cloned from her DNA and realizes the pure evil that is Mr. Sinister
and rallies both groups together to hunt Sinister down and put a stop to him before he causes this sort of travesty again.

Story by Louise Simonson. Art by Walter Simonson and Al Milgrom.

[Technopriest]

He is friends with Dazzler, Iceman, Havok, Rogue, Psylocke, Archangel, and Domino (with benefits). I know that Marvel loves going full on nostalgia and sticks to pretty much the more well known aspects of the characters, and for Piotr that is his original relationships within the X-Men (Logan, Kurt, Kitty, Ororo, Illyana), but I like that the character has evolved from that time and forged new relationships, and wished that those new relationships got explored more. I really liked seeing him in the Dazzler especial.

[Technopriest]

It just sucks that writers like to focus on the general aspects of the character or his history, which is why he always reverts to the basic template of the team's strong guy and his original relationships. More than any other character, Colossus is someone who would benefit a lot from being in a team for an extended period of time that didn't include the usual suspects (especially Kitty and Illyana, those 2 are characters that tend to reduce him to a supporting player).

[ermac]

Dazzler, Iceman, Havok, Rogue, Psylocke, Archangel

That would make an interesting team book

And I agree with everything you said. In a way, Piotr is a character that would benefit heavily if put in new situations. His X-Force and Rosenberg's Astonishing times demonstrate that.

Enough with the relationship with Kitty and the love/hate with Magik, let him have other character arcs please.

[Technopriest]

That would make an interesting team book

And I agree with everything you said. In a way, Piotr is a character that would benefit heavily if put in new situations. His X-Force and Rosenberg's Astonishing times demonstrate that.

Enough with the relationship with Kitty and the love/hate with Magik, let him have other character arcs please.

Exactly, that's why I liked his little thrist with Neena so much, it put him in a new situation and relationship that was different that what he was used to. Same reason why I liked his stints with Wood's X-Men, Rosenberg's Astonishing, and Loveless' X-Force and also his Battleworld story arch. I actually would have preferred if he had stayed in the real world and with Rosenberg's Uncanny instead of going into X-Man's little world.

[steve2275]

what?
https://www.cbr.com/marvel-x-men-hou...aser-analysis/

[Ultimate Rogue]

A stint on a Uncanny Avengers team or even the Avengers would be good for Colossus

The Avengers should always be a globally inclusive team initiative

Have he and Black Widow had much interactions? a potential romance for him, maybe. He'd probably be paired with Shulk, but nah, that wouldn't work for me. Or how about a romance with Polaris, She could throw him around the bedroom!!! Aha! Her powers definitely protect her and reassure him that he is of no threat to injure her.


And another thing, I'm thinking of is power combos. Would a bolt of lighting from Thor, Storm or Surge charge Colossus up? with specialized boots could he store the energy just enough to direct it or use it to charge something or knock a crowd out.

[Technopriest]

A stint on a Uncanny Avengers team or even the Avengers would be good for Colossus

The Avengers should always be a globally inclusive team initiative

Have he and Black Widow had much interactions? a potential romance for him, maybe. He'd probably be paired with Shulk, but nah, that wouldn't work for me. Or how about a romance with Polaris, She could throw him around the bedroom!!! Aha! Her powers definitely protect her and reassure him that he is of no threat to injure her.


And another thing, I'm thinking of is power combos. Would a bolt of lighting from Thor, Storm or Surge charge Colossus up? with specialized boots could he store the energy just enough to direct it or use it to charge something or knock a crowd out.

As much as I like the character, I am not a fan of the Avengers, and probably would not follow him there, but I agree that time away from the usual suspects would be good for him, and force writers to find new situations to put him in. That is why I liked his time in X-Force so much, it had none of the characters that he is usually paired with, and he was allowed to be more interesting than just the team muscle. Whatever the plans for the X-line are after Hickman, please, please, please keep him far away from Ilyana and Kitty.