Ultimate Colossus is able to transform himself into metallic form, making him the physically strongest of the team.
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Ultimate Colossus is able to transform himself into metallic form, making him the physically strongest of the team.
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Ultimate Colossus has had a fairly consistent presence in X-Men-related comic books since his debut.
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Ultimate Colossus was accepted pretty much as-is, except that I had given him bare legs because it seemed only logical that if we're going to show him armored up, the legs should be bare like the arms.
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Mainstay of the X-Men comic book series until the 1990s, Ultimate Colossus went on to appear regularly in the first series of Excalibur.
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Ultimate Colossus was later resurrected and was a regular in the third series of Astonishing X-Men written by Joss Whedon.
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Ultimate Colossus is the feature of a limited series, Colossus: Bloodlines, in which he journeys back to Russia.
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Ultimate Colossus has since returned as a regular in the X-Men series, appearing in various titles such as X-Men: Manifest Destiny, X-Men: Secret Invasion, X-Men, and Astonishing X-Men.
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Ultimate Colossus appears in Cable and X-Force, a new series by writer Dennis Hopeless and artist Salvador Larroca which debuted in Dec 2012.
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Ultimate Colossus appears in Extraordinary X-Men, written by Jeff Lemire and drawn by Humberto Ramos.
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Ultimate Colossus is part of a team which is led by Storm, and includes his sister Magik, Iceman, a teenaged version of Jean Grey, Nightcrawler, a re-purposed Sentinel named Cerebra, and Old Man Logan.
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Ultimate Colossus lived there with his mother Alexandra, father Nikolai, and sister Illyana.
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The 2006 comic mini-series Ultimate Colossus: Bloodline established that the family was descended from Grigori Rasputin.
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Ultimate Colossus was then contacted by Professor Charles Xavier, founder of the X-Men.
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Ultimate Colossus agreed to leave the farm community where he was born to go to the United States with Xavier.
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Ultimate Colossus is typically portrayed as peaceful, selfless, reluctant to hurt or kill, and often putting himself in danger to protect others.
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Arcade brainwashed Ultimate Colossus into becoming "The Proletarian", who then battled the other X-Men until they countered the brainwashing.
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Ultimate Colossus was later held captive in a dimension known as Limbo, where she spent years while only mere moments elapsed on Earth, and became the adolescent sorceress Magik.
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Ultimate Colossus was later almost killed in a battle with Mystique's Brotherhood of Mutants, but was saved by Rogue and the Morlock Healer.
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Ultimate Colossus eventually passed out from previous wounds inflicted by Riptide.
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Ultimate Colossus was sent to Muir Island to recuperate, along with Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, and the surviving Morlocks.
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Over time, Ultimate Colossus' wounds healed, but he was trapped in his armored form and could maintain his human form only with the utmost concentration.
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Ultimate Colossus decided it would be better for Illyana if she went back to live with their parents in Russia.
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In time, Ultimate Colossus was reunited with Nereel in the Savage Land, and met her son.
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Ultimate Colossus began having visions of a beautiful model, who turned out to be Callisto transformed by Masque.
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Ultimate Colossus 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.
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Ultimate Colossus is astonished to learn that the child she bore was not his, but that of another lover.
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Ultimate Colossus recovered from the brain damage soon after, but decided to remain with the Acolytes of his own volition, hoping he could temper their extremist methods with what he had learned from Professor Xavier.
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Ultimate Colossus's stay with Magneto was not long once he realized that Avalon was not the place for him, either, particularly after Magneto was left brain-dead and the space station was destroyed by Holocaust.
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Ultimate Colossus left in search of the only person he felt truly cared for him, his former love and teammate Shadowcat, now a member of Excalibur.
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Ultimate Colossus traveled to England, where he found Kitty in the arms of her new love, Pete Wisdom.
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Ultimate Colossus, exhausted, mentally ill, and enraged, attacked Wisdom and, although the battle was short, Piotr nearly killed him.
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Ultimate Colossus was subdued by Captain Britain and Meggan, later cured of his illness by Moira MacTaggert.
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Ultimate Colossus accepted Shadowcat's new life and chose to become a member of Excalibur.
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Excalibur eventually disbanded, and Ultimate Colossus returned with Nightcrawler and Shadowcat to the X-Men.
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Ultimate Colossus's body was cremated, and Shadowcat took his ashes back to Russia to be scattered on his native soil.
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Ultimate Colossus's research had established that their family descended from Grigori Rasputin, and that their relatives were being systematically murdered.
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Ultimate Colossus is chosen for the prophecy as his unique organic steel form would allow him to destroy the planet's power source, initiating a chain reaction that would destroy the entire world.
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Ultimate Colossus was briefly a member of the Fifty State Initiative team called The Last Defenders alongside Nighthawk, She-Hulk, and Blazing Skull.
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Ultimate Colossus feels the X-Men are not doing enough to rescue Illyana from Limbo, and is upset.
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At the onset of the Avengers vs X-Men storyline, Ultimate Colossus is featured in fights against several characters, including Spider-Man, Red Hulk, and Thing.
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Ultimate Colossus is one of the few X-Men teleported by Magik to the dark side of the moon to confront the Avengers over Hope Summers.
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Ultimate Colossus is eventually defeated when Spider-Man manages to provoke him and Magik into attacking each other, causing them to incapacitate each other.
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Ultimate Colossus's powers have gone out of control, apparently as a result of losing the Phoenix Force, causing parts of him to shift between flesh and organic steel rather than all flesh or all organic steel.
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Ultimate Colossus now appears as a member of Cable's new X-Force team after Cable provides him with a device that stabilizes his condition.
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Ultimate Colossus has since regained control of his organic steel powers and has stopped wearing Cable's harness which helped him to stabilize his flesh and steel forms.
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Ultimate Colossus later joins Storm's new team of X-Men who are living in an isolated part of Limbo after magically transporting the mansion there, renaming it X-Haven.
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Ultimate Colossus was eventually found by his teammates Iceman and Nightcrawler and teleported back to X-Haven by Cerebra.
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Ultimate Colossus is a mutant with the ability to transform his entire body into a form of "organic steel", with properties similar to osmium but of still unknown composition.
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Ultimate Colossus is capable of withstanding great impacts, large caliber bullets, falling from tremendous heights, electricity, and certain magical attacks.
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Ultimate Colossus is an excellent hand-to-hand combatant, having been trained in Judo by Cyclops.
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Ultimate Colossus has had training in acrobatics and sword fighting from Nightcrawler.
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Ultimate Colossus became leader of the Super Soldiers and faced his brainwashed brother in combat.
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Now a Horseman of Apocalypse, Mikhail destroyed all of Russia's superheroes except his brother, and from that day the severely beaten Ultimate Colossus chose to dedicate his life to stopping Apocalypse and Mikhail.
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Ultimate Colossus was one of Magneto's original recruits for his X-Men.
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Ultimate Colossus fell in love with her, and the two would eventually marry.
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Ultimate Colossus reached the front gate and peered back into the Core.
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Ultimate Colossus allowed the gate to close without attempting to help.
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Ultimate Colossus returned to his wife and sister and claimed he had done all he could.
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Ultimate Colossus and Shadowcat delivered Illyana to Magneto, but after learning the reality Magneto was trying to save was a place where his sister was dead, Ultimate Colossus went mad.
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Ultimate Colossus tried to follow his sister into the M'Kraan Crystal, injuring Iceman in the process, and when Shadowcat stepped in front of him, assuming he would calm down, he didn't.
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Years later, when Weapon X had been transformed into Weapon Omega, the Heir of Apocalypse, Ultimate Colossus was brought back to life through the combined efforts of Sugarman and Dark Beast, who had taken great pains to find and preserve his body.
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Ultimate Colossus was sent together with Azazel and Cyclops to confront another resurrected "alpha", Penance.
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Version of Ultimate Colossus is seen in Dead Days when the zombifed Alpha Flight attack the mansion.
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Ultimate Colossus' powers are similar to those of his Earth-616 counterpart.
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Ultimate Colossus is not immune to Rogue's touch as shown in the "Return to Weapon X" storyline.
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Ultimate Colossus has withstood being slashed by Ultimate Wolverine's adamantium claws.
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Ultimate Colossus is revealed as a mutant during an illegal arms transaction gone wrong.
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Ultimate Colossus tells them he left due to unhappiness with his place on the team and with life as a mutant, but Jean suggests that his true reason is unrequited feelings he has for a fellow team member.
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Ultimate Colossus is shocked when the openly gay Northstar asks if Colossus is single, which triggers a transformation into his metal state.
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Ultimate Colossus later agrees to accompany Northstar to his homecoming dance.
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In other versions, Nightcrawler is routinely seen as an outsider trying desperately to fit in, more so than the other X-Men, but in this one his blatant homophobia and disgust towards Ultimate Colossus is a strong theme.
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Ultimate Colossus finds a job as a construction worker and refuses to join Bishop's X-Men team.
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Ultimate Colossus briefly formed a Banshee-enhanced splinter group of X-Men, but they have since rejoined the main group drug-free.
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