Colossus (character)
| Colossus | |
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 Textless variant cover of Avengers vs. X-Men: Consequences #3 (October 2012). Art by Adi Granov. | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975) |
| Created by | Len Wein Dave Cockrum |
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| Alter ego | Piotr Nikolayevich "Peter" Rasputin |
| Species | Human mutant |
| Place of origin | Ust-Ordynsky Collective near Lake Baikal, Russia |
| Team affiliations | X-Men Defenders Excalibur Acolytes Phoenix Five X-Force Quiet Council of Krakoa |
| Notable aliases | Rasputin The Proletarian Peter Nicholas Juggernaut |
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Colossus (Piotr Nikolayevich "Peter" Rasputin; Russian: Пётр Николаевич Распутин) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Len Wein and artist Dave Cockrum, he first appeared in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975).
A Russian mutant, he is a member of the X-Men. Colossus is able to transform himself into a metallic form, making him the physically strongest of the team. He is portrayed as quiet, honest, and virtuous. He has had a fairly consistent presence in X-Men-related comic books since his debut. A talented artist, he only reluctantly agrees to use his powers in combat, feeling it is his responsibility to use his abilities for the betterment of human- and mutant-kind.
In film, Donald MacKinnon made a cameo appearance as Colossus in X-Men (2000) before Daniel Cudmore took over for X2 (2003), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) while Stefan Kapičić voiced a separate iteration of Colossus in Deadpool (2016), Deadpool 2 (2018) and the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Deadpool & Wolverine (2024).