Colossus (character)

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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...

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