Colossus

Current EventsColossus is having issues controlling his powers, leaving his body only partly armored. He was recruited by Cable to join X-Force, which consists of Domino, Forge, and Dr. Nemesis. This newly formed team was at the site of a mass murder and is hinted at being responsible. They have also attacked the Avengers, resulting in rhetoric referring to them as would be terrorists.OriginColossus originsPiotr Nicolaevich Rasputin grew up on his family's farm in Russia. Piotr, his older brother Mikhail Rasputin, and younger sister Illyana Rasputin were all mutants. Piotr's ability to transform his body into organic steel allowed him to work around the farm and help out neighbors with ease. The Rasputin family was not related in any way to the fraudulent "Man Of God" Grigori Efimovich Rasputin, who became one of the court favorites of Tsar Nicolai II through taking advantage of Tsarevich Alexei Nicolaevich Romanov's hemophilia though years after being recruited by Professor X, Mr. Sinister would seek to draw doubt upon this relation in the story arch entitled X-Men: Colossus Bloodline.CreationColossus was created by Len Wein and Dave Cockrum and first appeared in the second team of X-Men in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975).Major Story ArcsJoining the X-MenOn a fateful day Professor Charles Xavier came to the Russian Rasputin family farm to recruit young Piotr to join his new team of mutants, the X-Men. Xavier was putting together a new team to rescue the original whom were being held on the sentient island - Krakoa. After discussing the decision put to him with his family - Piotr accepted the Professor's offer to return to New York. Even after the eventual rescue of the original team members, Piotr would remain in Westchester County. At first Piotr found it hard to adapt to the American way of life, which differed from his rural Russian roots. Missing his family, Peter frequently wrote letters to home to bridge his emotional gap in such strange settings. He eventually de...