Colossus
Piotr 'Peter' Rasputin
Created by Len Wein & Dave Cockrum
First Appearance
Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975)
Appearances
1,344
Primary Team
X-Men
Debut Era
1970s
A gentle Russian farm boy who can transform his entire body into organic steel, becoming one of the strongest beings on Earth. Piotr is an artist at heart, a man who would rather paint than fight — which makes his willingness to sacrifice everything for the people he loves all the more powerful. His relationship with Kitty Pryde is one of the X-Men's defining romances.
Appearances Over Time
Series
Most Appearances By Series
The Uncanny X-Men (1981) 229 issues
X-Men (1991) 51 issues
Classic X-Men (1986) 50 issues
X-Men Classic (1990) 49 issues
The X-Men (1963) 48 issues
Excalibur (1988) 45 issues
X-Men: Legacy (2008) 41 issues
Astonishing X-Men (2004) 37 issues
X-Men: Gold (2017) 34 issues
X-Force (2020) 33 issues
Events
Event Participation
Dark Phoenix Saga (1980) 10/10
Inferno (1989) 8/14
Onslaught (1996) 2/31
Utopia (2009) 4/4
Messiah War (2009) 2/12
Necrosha (2009) 8/13
Second Coming (2010) 15/22
Schism (2011) 11/12
Age of X (2011) 3/6
AXIS (2014) 7/9
Age of X-Man (2019) 11/31
HoX / PoX (2019) 1/12
First Appearance
Giant-Size X-Men #1
1975
First X-Men Appearance
The X-Men #94
August 1975