Colossus - The Life & Death of an X-Man Quiz

Answer: Ust-Ordynski Collective, Near Lake Baikal, Siberia

Mr. Rasputin was born into the life of a farmer on the Collective Planation. His dreams of aspiring to become a famous painter were dashed by his responsibilities to the farm and to his family.

Answer: Saving Original Team Members from Sentient Island of Krakoa

Giant Size X-Men 1 marked a change in the X-Men, it brought about an "All-New, All-Different" team to combat the Krakoa Island which had the Original Team held captive.

Answer: Gil Kane and Dave Cockrum

Gil Kane, already a legend in the comic industry with his work on DC's Green Lantern and relative newcomer Dave Cockrum teamed to provide a stunning image of the new team. Scribe Len Wein penned the tale.

Answer: Wolverine, Storm, Nightcrawler, Banshee, Sunfire and Thunderbird I

Professor Xavier recruited 7 new, international team members: Russia's Colossus, Canada's Wolverine, Africa's Storm, Germany's Nightcrawler, Ireland's Banshee, Japan's Sunfire and Native America Thunderbird I.

Answer: The Proletarian

The best part was the costume - red overalls and a crazy hat. Trust me.

Answer: Kitty Pryde

Kitty was a few years younger than Piotr, but their relationship lasted for years. They were close even until his death.

Answer: Zsaji

Colossus and Zsaji formed an instant bond, even without being able to communicate verbally. During the end of the Secret Wars confrontation, Zsaji died in Piotr arms after an attack. When Colossus returned to Earth he ended his relationship with Kitty Pryde after being emotionally disturbed by Zsaji's death.

Answer: Creation of Teleportation Discs

Illyana Nikolievna Rasputin was kidnapped by the demon Belasco and forced to live in limbo for seven years. In those seven years, she began to develop her mutant power of the creation of energy discs which she could move freely through. In Limbo, an alternate reality of Storm taught her the ways of a sorcerer.

When she re-emerged from limbo she was a teenager of 14, with deadly magic skills and the skills and training to use her mutant powers. She adopted the codename of 'Magik' and joined the New Mutants.

Answer: Riptide

During the mutant massacre, Colossus unleashed a rage never seen before. The thought of losing his past love was more than he could handle. Riptide provided little resistance to the mutant made of organic steel. The Mutant Massacre was the horrific battle in which Warren Worthington III, the X-Men's Angel, lost his wings. Several of the Morlocks were slaughtered by Sinister and his genetic assassins.

Answer: True

Colossus's physical and mental scars took much time to heal. It was not until the 'Fall of the Mutants' storyline, nearly a year later, that Colossus returned to active duty with the team.

Answer: Peter Nicholas

Ater adopting the Nicholas persona, Colossus was finally able to pursue his dream, and lived his life as a painter in New York City.

Answer: Callisto

Callisto, former leader of the underground mutant faction, the Morlocks, met Mr. Nicholas while above ground. She had only known of Colossus in his organic steel alter ego, so she initially had no knowledge of his past life.

Answer: The Shadow King

Xavier was easily able to restore Piotr memories to their original state and the effects of the Seige Perilous Dimension were completely removed. Colossus and Callisto decided it was for the best, and ended their romantic relationship.

Answer: Illyana Rasputin

Colossus's baby sister Illyana, who was restored to her original age of seven years old after a bout with Belasco was the first 'mutant' to succumb to the effect of the virus. Maverick was one of the first mutants to have contracted the virus, but is still kickin'. Moira MacTaggertt was the first human to die from the virus only designed to murder those with the X-Gene.

Answer: The Acolytes

With Wolverine having his adamantium removed by Magento and Magneto having his mind wiped blank by Professor Xavier, Piotr decided he would stay aboard Asteroid M and help Magneto and his Acolytes recover from the attack. His tenure with Magneto did not last long, as it took Magneto several years to fully recovered from the Mind Blast.

Answer: Pete Wisdom

Wisdom and Colossus fought, somehow to a draw. Wisdom with his ability to create 'hot blades' (blade-shaped plates of pure heat) was SOMEHOW able to compete with Colossus, whose recorded strength was in the area of being able to press at least 70 tons. Don't think so!

Brian Braddock, also known as Captain Britian and Kurt Wagner, Nightcrawler were both founding members of Excalibur. And Joseph Chapman, Union Jack III, although an England superhero, has never been a member of Exalibur.

Answer: Matter Manipulation

Mikhail shared a similar power to his baby sister, but on a much higher level. While Illyana could only travel between one plane of existence with her disc teleportation, Mikhail and his matter manipulation allowed him to travel throughout different dimensions by opening rifts between space and time. He also had the power to manipulate the subatomic substance of matter, allowing him to fire destructive blasts.

Mikhail could not cope with the loss of his former cosmonaut team, as well as the loss of both Rasputin parents, Nikolai and Alexandra, and baby sister Illyana. After spending ten years of his life trapped in an alternate dimension called the Void, Mikhail learned that nearly all of his family had died, and ended his own life.

Answer: Rogue

Piotr and Rogue became very close in a short period of time after his return to the team. Although, Colossus and Shadowcat hinted at rekindling their past relationship, Colossus leaned towards choosing Rogue, while Kitty explored her wildside. Psylocke was dating Angel at the time, and Storm had a near relationship with Lucas Bishop.

Answer: Stryfe

The Nathan Dayspring Summers (Cable) clone Stryfe was hell-bent on shaping the world in his image. Along with his Mutant Liberation Force they created the Legacy Virus with the intent of removing mutant who stood in their way.

To quote Wizard Magazine, "Perhaps no other death remains so salient in the minds of X-Fans than that of the beloved Colossus. In Uncanny X-Men 390 Hank McCoy finally synthesized a cure for the Legacy Virus but there was one flaw in it. The serum needed to bond with the X-Gene in order to be effective - meaning someone had to die for it to work. Piotr Rasputin lost his sister Illyana to the virus and refused to suffer the same pain she did, injecting himself with the serum so that he could save countless lives at the cost of his own."

Answer: He was cremated

Please see "X-MEN" (now "NEW X-MEN") number 110 for a gripping cover.

As per he wishes, Colossus was cremated after his death. Kitty Pryde scattered his remains and said good bye to her first love. She performed an ancient Yiddish ritual stating that 'although he is gone, he is never forgotten.'

How very true...Goodbye old friend.