Colossus Appreciation

[WhiteQueenEmmaFrost]

I need more drunk mutants in my life.

Tabby at New Mutant Brunch. Piotr and his spiral of woe/enthusiasm. Give us MOOOOAR, Rosenberg!

The sexy beard doesn't hurt...even at his worst he's still a sex pot. Can't wait to see who helps him bounce back after Kitty.

[Jonas]

Colossus' new status quo is both depressing yet refreshing all at once. I have definite issues with certain aspects of his portrayal here, with Rosenberg straddling the line between characterization and parody. I don't want to see Peter become a joke or an 80's caricature.

Despite this, there is an opportunity for some much-needed character growth for Colossus in this book. Guggenheim tried to advance Colossus' status by marrying him to Kitty, but what Colossus truly needs is to have character growth by way of dealing with adversity. I hope Rosenberg really leans into this heartbreak Colossus is dealing with. Let's see how he comes to grips with what would be a devastating blow to most people.

This can be great for Colossus if Rosenberg dedicates the time and pages to him. This is clearly Havok's book, though, so we'll see how much focus Colossus will get in this story.

[petrefax]

The sexy beard doesn't hurt...even at his worst he's still a sex pot. Can't wait to see who helps him bounce back after Kitty.

Rosenberg seemed to indicate that Allison and Pete will get closer. I wouldnt jump the gun and say romantically but as friends. Plus they were teamnates in the outback era. Petey showed up in Dazzler one shot and Rosenberg said that he will be following up on that.

[petrefax]

Double post

[steve2275]

https://www.cbr.com/overpowered-supe...more-powerful/
COLOSSUS is overpowered?

[616MarvelYear is LeapYear]

Uncanny X-Men #170 Jun 1983
"Dancin' in the Dark!" Part 2 of 2.
Prelude: Alaska. Scott Summers is dancing the night away with Madelyne Pryor. Its their first date. Its a lot more than either thought it would be.
Never one to let a good moment go unspoilt, Scott withdraws to have an angst-filled internal monologue about Jean.
He tells Madelyne about Jean, who stands by the fire to think about it. More internal angst from Scott,
but Maddie comes back. Neither of them is willing to walk away from the other that easily.

The Alley: Callisto intends to marry Warren against his will. The X-Men object,

and take that moment to break their bonds and start another fight.

While Nightcrawler manages to defeat Callisto by multiply porting with her, his companions aren't nearly so lucky as Plague gets the drop on Storm.
Nightcrawler backs down - he's unwilling to kill Callisto, and Plague is more than willing to finish Storm. Callisto reveals the origins of the Morlocks.

Elsewhere, Caliban tells Kitty he cannot bring her fever down. Kitty pleads with Caliban to save the X-Men,
and gives him an ultimatum - help the X-Men and she'll stay with him, refuse and she'll hate him forever!

Interlude: Mystique is running from dogs across a familiar landscape. Her ankle breaks and she tumbles into a stream.
Jason Wyngarde pulls the dogs off her, but only to give Lady Jean Grey the pleasure of slitting her throat!
Mystique wakes up. She goes downstairs where Destiny is waiting for her.
They talk, and Destiny says the being responsible works on a fundamental level of time and space.
Suddenly, a timeline becomes clear to Destiny, and she shouts out that Rogue is in danger!
Mystique rushes up to her room, but as Destiny predicts she is already gone.

We briefly see Rogue on a Greyhound bus.

Masque starts playing with Storm's features, and Nightcrawler demands he stop. Callisto offers him membership in the Morlocks, and he declines.
Suddenly, Caliban appears in the chamber carrying Kitty! Colossus easily snaps the 'stronger' chains they bound him with in his rage at seeing her thus,

and Nightcrawler tells the Morlocks that he needs to be allowed to get her to the Mansion's medilab. Callisto refuses.
Caliban tells Nightcrawler that leadership of the Morlocks is decided by a one-on-one duel,
and he's in the process of challenging Callisto to one when she informs him these duels are to the death.
At that point Storm tells Nightcrawler to back down - she is leader of the X-Men, and the challenge is hers to make.
Protests from her teammates that she is still feverish are ignored.

Hoping to unnerve Storm, Callisto tosses a dagger high in the air to her, but Storm catches it smoothly out of the air.
The duel is fierce, and Callisto scores first blood. But eventually Storm gets her opening and uses her cape to tie up Callisto's dagger arm.
She raises up Callisto's arm, opening her up for Ororo's dagger thrust - straight through Callisto's heart Callisto collapses.

Callisto lives, but only because of the quick action of the Morlock Healer (offstage). Ororo takes Angel, and offers the Morlocks sanctuary at Xavier's.
While they choose to remain, Caliban verbally wishes that they become friends.

Epilogue: Alaska. Dawn finds Scott and Maddie awake and making out on the couch. Maddie offers to make breakfast,
and when the bright sun causes her to squint she asks Scott if she can borrow his glasses, reaching over to grab them.
Scott reacts in horror and hits her to prevent it. She demands an explanation and he shows her his power. They make up.

Story by Chris Claremont. Art by Paul Smith and Bob Wiacek.

[616MarvelYear is LeapYear]

Uncanny X-Men #230 Jun 1988
'Twas the Night...!"
At their new secret headquarters located in the Australian outback, Storm takes the opportunity to enjoy her recently returned powers,
while Madelyne Pryor uses the systems created by the Reavers to track her progress.
While elsewhere on the property, the other X-Men are engaged in a training session to try and take down Rogue.
While Havok and Dazzler fail, Psylocke's mental powers take her down and Logan pins her until she surrenders.
When the session is over, Madelyne marvels at how advanced the systems are
and hopes to use the Reaver's devices to help track down the Marauders and take back her son.
As the X-Men wind down from their training session Storm notices that Longshot is missing and wonders where he has gone.

Below their base, Longshot is searching the tunnels, having heard voices he goes to see if there are any prisoners of the Reavers
that they might have missed when they forced the cyborgs out. What he finds is the stolen loot that they had amassed over the years.
Longshot's psychometric powers are extremely sensitive to these stolen goods and they cry out to be returned to their rightful owners.
Longshot is soon overwhelmed by all the phantom voices and passes out.

Later, Dazzler begins the process of cleaning out the Reavers former possessions out of the living house and is disgusted by the amount of filth the cyborgs lived in.
The final straw is when Dazzler screams when she sees something moving, prompting Colossus to smash into the room and investigate.

She is disgusted when Colossus finds a mound of animal feces from under the bed.
Going out side she has a temper tantrum from being so far away from civilization,

it prompts Storm to use her powers to create a rainstorm that literally washes out the filth, which Havok promptly incinerates with his plasma powers.

When the X-Men begin to consider Gateway, the silent Aboriginal mutant teleporter who quietly sits on the hill outside their base, Logan surmises that this is his land.
Rogue makes an effort to communicate and be friendly with him, however her attempts to get him to socialize are met with silence.
After a much needed shower, Dazzler finds that Longshot has awoken from the coma they found him in and he tells them what he had gleaned from the treasure room.
The X-Men confirm what Longshot had experienced, who convinces them to return everything to their rightful owners.
Wolverine is the only one who has issue with this task, although the other X-Men find it quite daunting.
When Storm decides to carry out Longshot's wishes the X-Men work out a plan:
Sifting through each item, they have Longshot divine it's location and then they will have Gateway teleport them around the world to drop the items off to their rightful owners.
As they are going through the items, Dazzler falls completely in love with a motorcycle which is among the loot, envying the original owner.

Eventually, the X-Men manage to find the homes for the majority of items and go to see Gateway. After Rogue explains what the X-Men intend to do,
Psylocke telepathically gives him the locations they need to get to and to their delight Gateway opens a portal for them to travel through.
The X-Men then travel around the world dropping off all the stolen items to those who had their belongings stolen by the Reavers.
Lastly, Storm makes a trip to Salem Center to look in on the New Mutants. She finds them out with their leader Magneto caroling in a snowstorm.
They are not in the mood since the death of their teammate Cypher and the "death" of the X-Men.
Unable to reveal herself in order to maintain the X-Men's cover, Storm instead uses her powers to divert the snowstorm, making the Mutants decide to keep on caroling.

When the X-Men return to their new home, they realize that it's Christmas Day and celebrate.
Dazzler gets a surprise when Logan and Storm reveal that they kept the motorcycle with her.
She is happy and pulls Longshot on for a ride. Lastly, Rogue pays a visit to Gateway and gives him a gift: a wood carved flue.
Gateway is visibly touched by this and invites Rogue to sit next to him as he plays the musical instrument for her

Story by Chris Claremont. Art by Marc Silvestri and Joe Rubinstein.

[Omnipitus]

Uncanny X-Men #230 Jun 1988
'Twas the Night...!"
At their new secret headquarters located in the Australian outback, Storm takes the opportunity to enjoy her recently returned powers,
while Madelyne Pryor uses the systems created by the Reavers to track her progress.
While elsewhere on the property, the other X-Men are engaged in a training session to try and take down Rogue.
While Havok and Dazzler fail, Psylocke's mental powers take her down and Logan pins her until she surrenders.
When the session is over, Madelyne marvels at how advanced the systems are
and hopes to use the Reaver's devices to help track down the Marauders and take back her son.
As the X-Men wind down from their training session Storm notices that Longshot is missing and wonders where he has gone.

Below their base, Longshot is searching the tunnels, having heard voices he goes to see if there are any prisoners of the Reavers
that they might have missed when they forced the cyborgs out. What he finds is the stolen loot that they had amassed over the years.
Longshot's psychometric powers are extremely sensitive to these stolen goods and they cry out to be returned to their rightful owners.
Longshot is soon overwhelmed by all the phantom voices and passes out.

Later, Dazzler begins the process of cleaning out the Reavers former possessions out of the living house and is disgusted by the amount of filth the cyborgs lived in.
The final straw is when Dazzler screams when she sees something moving, prompting Colossus to smash into the room and investigate.

She is disgusted when Colossus finds a mound of animal feces from under the bed.
Going out side she has a temper tantrum from being so far away from civilization,

it prompts Storm to use her powers to create a rainstorm that literally washes out the filth, which Havok promptly incinerates with his plasma powers.

When the X-Men begin to consider Gateway, the silent Aboriginal mutant teleporter who quietly sits on the hill outside their base, Logan surmises that this is his land.
Rogue makes an effort to communicate and be friendly with him, however her attempts to get him to socialize are met with silence.
After a much needed shower, Dazzler finds that Longshot has awoken from the coma they found him in and he tells them what he had gleaned from the treasure room.
The X-Men confirm what Longshot had experienced, who convinces them to return everything to their rightful owners.
Wolverine is the only one who has issue with this task, although the other X-Men find it quite daunting.
When Storm decides to carry out Longshot's wishes the X-Men work out a plan:
Sifting through each item, they have Longshot divine it's location and then they will have Gateway teleport them around the world to drop the items off to their rightful owners.
As they are going through the items, Dazzler falls completely in love with a motorcycle which is among the loot, envying the original owner.

Eventually, the X-Men manage to find the homes for the majority of items and go to see Gateway. After Rogue explains what the X-Men intend to do,
Psylocke telepathically gives him the locations they need to get to and to their delight Gateway opens a portal for them to travel through.
The X-Men then travel around the world dropping off all the stolen items to those who had their belongings stolen by the Reavers.
Lastly, Storm makes a trip to Salem Center to look in on the New Mutants. She finds them out with their leader Magneto caroling in a snowstorm.
They are not in the mood since the death of their teammate Cypher and the "death" of the X-Men.
Unable to reveal herself in order to maintain the X-Men's cover, Storm instead uses her powers to divert the snowstorm, making the Mutants decide to keep on caroling.

When the X-Men return to their new home, they realize that it's Christmas Day and celebrate.
Dazzler gets a surprise when Logan and Storm reveal that they kept the motorcycle with her.
She is happy and pulls Longshot on for a ride. Lastly, Rogue pays a visit to Gateway and gives him a gift: a wood carved flue.
Gateway is visibly touched by this and invites Rogue to sit next to him as he plays the musical instrument for her

Story by Chris Claremont. Art by Marc Silvestri and Joe Rubinstein.

Yup, Peter, Alex, and Allison have history. I have a feeling their friendship will be explored in the new Astonishing. My fear is that with Warpath on the team, Colossus might be jobbed a lot. For some reason, I trust Rosenberg, but I do not trust the current X-editor. So Colossus will be the first to fall against a new villian, or old school villian, and Warpath does the defeating of the bad guy with the team, then James reports how he saved the day to Kitty.

[616MarvelYear is LeapYear]

Uncanny X-Men #171 Jul 1983
"Rogue" Guest-starring Binary.
The Alley.
Storm greets her new subjects, and commands them not to attack the "surface dwellers" any longer.
As she leaves Callisto - weak enough that she can barely stand - intercepts her.
They exchange unpleasantries and Storm tells Sunder to put his mistress back to bed.
Nightcrawler notes that Storm is going out of her way to make an enemy of Callisto, to which Storm responds they were moments from the instant they met.
Nightcrawler is troubled about Storm's shifting personality.

Anchorage.
Madelyne Pryor wakes up from a nightmare, and Scott comes running.
After she calms down she tells Scott about the 747 crash only she walked away from.
She gives the date as September 1, 1980 - and Scott is shocked to realize that is the exact day Jean Grey died!

Massachusetts.
Carol Danvers finishes a visit to her folks. However, she's setting her folks on edge and she feels empty.
She knows they're her parents and that she's supposed to care for them, but she doesn't - those feelings were stolen by Rogue.
She concludes there is no place for her on Earth - Binary's place is among the stars!

Xavier's.
Kitty is frantically searching her room for her computer disks with her homework on them
and blaming the New Mutants (X-Babies) for stealing or misplacing them.
Her roommate Illyana makes fun of her when she finally finds them under her keyboard.

In the Danger Room, Charles is running a gym setting to work on his leg muscles.
Both he and Lilandra remain mystified as to why he cannot walk in his new cloned body;
since his paraplegic condition was caused by his legs being crushed and not genetic, his legs should be perfectly functional!

In the kitchen, Colossus is pondering a cookbook when Professor X psychically tells him they have a visitor.
Because he used Peter's codename, he knows there might be trouble, and he shifts into his armored form as he opens the door to discover... Rogue?

Professor X's study.
We discover Professor X cannot read her mind. She tells them that her powers are out of control,
that permanently absorbing Carol's powers was an accident, and that she needs help.
The X-Men are suspicious, and eventually Professor X asks them to leave so he can talk to Rogue in private without all the hostility.
The X-Men resolve to vent their frustrations in the danger room.

Despite it being Kitty who wanted to hit something, she and Illyana end up in the control booth.
Illyana picks out the program, and when Kitty asks what it is Illyana tells her its a surprise.
However, when the program comes up Belasco, even Illyana is briefly surprised before flipping out.
As if possessed, she draws her Soulsword for the FIRST time from nowhere and attacks Kitty.
Kitty phases, but the Soulsword still cuts her! Kitty disarms her, and Illyana comes to her senses - crying out "I remembered!".
The other X-Men arrive in the control booth and Kitty hides the full nature of the incident, waving it off as an accident for Illyana's sake.

Later, Ororo's Attic.
She notices her plants are parched and starts a rainstorm to water them.
However, while she has an angst-ridden internal monologue she loses control of her storm and is reminded only by the sound of thunder.
She clears the clouds, but the plants have already been ruined!
Professor X contacts her telepathically, and she responds by hurling a dagger through his thought-image!

Professor X's study.
Charles has decided to admit Rogue to both the school and as a probationary X-Men member.
Storm objects - as leader of the X-Men she feels she has a say, and is unwilling to take on a member who might betray them!
At that moment, Binary lands outside the X-Mansion and enters.
After a moment of peace we suddenly see Rogue flying through the roof, getting knocked clear into orbit!
Rogue comes back for more and Binary gives it to her. But then Colossus holds Binary down and breaks up the fight.
Professor X explains that Rogue is under his protection as of now, and Binary complains. It is Storm who tells Binary that Rogue is now the newest X-Man.

A puzzled Rogue doesn't even know why Binary has it in for her, until Binary shifts to her human (looking) form!

Rogue speaks Carol's name under her breath. Carol tells Rogue that she now has the power to destroy her.
Storm tells Professor X that if Rogue stays, she goes - and Nightcrawler says they all will.
Professor X talks the X-Men through the impasse - Carol concedes understanding but not approval, and leaves in a huff.
Storm, however, is also uncertain and goes to take a walk to decide whether she will stay or leave. She realizes, either way, that she will no longer be the woman she was.

Story by Chris Claremont. Art by Walter Simonson and Bob Wiacek.

[steve2275]

uncanny x-men #171 jul 1983
story by chris claremont. art by walter simonson and bob wiacek.

In the kitchen, Colossus is pondering a cookbook when Professor X psychically tells him they have a visitor.
Because he used Peter's codename, he knows there might be trouble, and he shifts into his armored form as he opens the door to discover... Rogue?

height!!!!!!!!!!!!

[petrefax]

https://www.cbr.com/x-men-colossus-magneto-acolytes/

Brian Cronin wrote about Colossus time as an Acolyte on his Walking Backwards segment

[Omnipitus]

At least the horrid Jason Aaron is not writing him, not the even worse Bendis.

[616MarvelYear is LeapYear]

Uncanny X-Men #174 Oct 1983
"Romances"
Cyclops and Madelyne Pryor rest on the Starjammer and watch an "earthrise".
In the cockpit, Corsair introduces Binary as a member of the Starjammers.
Corsair offers Cyclops to join the Starjammers. Cyclops hesitates. In the medical bay,
Lilandra helps Professor X in his leg physical therapy. She tells him that she is going
to need to go back to the Shi'ar Empire since her sister, Deathbird, has ascended the throne.
She asks Xavier to come with her and he says that he must stay with the X-Men and New Mutants.
Back on the bridge, Madelyne tells Cyclops not to refuse his father's offer to join the Starjammers on her account.

In Japan, Wolverine enters the main grounds of the Yashida Clan estate. He is looking for Mariko.
He asks her why she will not marry him and she explains that she cannot marry her father's murderer.
Wolverine returns the clan's "Honor Sword" she had given him.
The Silver Samurai boasts that he is Mariko's new heir.
Wolverine is then told to leave the house and Yashida land forever.

At the X-Mansion,

Ariel interrupts Colossus from his painting


and brings him to the mansion's attic where Storm has removed all of her plants. There they embrace and kiss.
Storm interrupts them and explains that she has changed her room to match her new attitude.
Nightcrawler tends to Rogue's wounds and she asks about Madelyne Pryor taking Marvel Girl's "spot".
Nightcrawler explains the story of the Phoenix and Dark Phoenix to Rogue.
He goes to his room and finds a package from Amanda Sefton. It is a doll of a witch on
a broom with a note telling him she knows he would prefer the real thing instead of the doll.

Meanwhile, Cyclops and Madelyne are back on Earth and headed toward Anchorage.
Cyclops walks the fuselage and encounters a priest who found a photo on the floor of Marvel Girl.
Scott does not recognize the picture as his and stashes it.
The priest seems to be plotting something for Scott.
The couple enjoy themselves at Madelyne's house where they begin to celebrate their relationship.
They do not realize that Mastermind is hidden in the garage.
Inside, Scott asks Madelyne if she is a reincarnation of Marvel Girl or the Phoenix.
She punches him and disappears. Scott recovers and looks up to find the Dark Phoenix
walking through the doorway. She attacks him and then stands over his burning body.

Story by Chris Claremont. Art by Paul Smith and Bob Wiacek.

[Omnipitus]

Welp, we have a one-armed Peter in some weird-ass universe where he has a goatee. I bet he kicks some ass and proves to be one of the toughest X-Men ever seen! Sarcasm aside, he dies quick and early, and made unlikable real fast. Can they just make Peter cool and a heavy-weight again? This is getting annoying...again...

[JJS]

Welp, we have a one-armed Peter in some weird-ass universe where he has a goatee. I bet he kicks some ass and proves to be one of the toughest X-Men ever seen! Sarcasm aside, he dies quick and early, and made unlikable real fast. Can they just make Peter cool and a heavy-weight again? This is getting annoying...again...

Post-Claremont Whedon is the only writer who has had a decent go at doing him justice over a decent period of time.

Wood, Kyle & Yost, Hopeless, Gillen, Brubaker, Rosenberg all been decent with him without being amazing.

Desperate for a top writer to take him and do some real work on him.