I think the reason for Colossus not relying on food in his steel form necessarily is because at that point his heart is basically acting like a kinetic battery and he's essentially a humanoid automaton.
@@scluciano I saw one with his heart Literally ripped off. He stayed the rest of the comic in metal form. It's been a while and I haven't paid so much attention. I don't remember well
There's a story I read years ago where Colossus is with Nightcrawler and Wolverine and theyre fighting Omega Red on a train. Omega basically grabbed Colossus' segmented armor so hard it ripped away like it was a skin and showed muscles beneath. I only ever seen it as him fully transforming into the organic steel. That story just wasnt well researched
You mentioned Colossus eyes are vulnerable, "The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #3" from 1985, it says Colossus eyeballs "can withstand and deflect the impact of a .45 caliber bullet".
The confusion comes from the difference between Ultimate Colossus- whose eyes remained flesh after changing- and 616 Colossus, whose eyes turned to steel. But, yeah, this was some surface-ass research
To clarify, these other abilities he's had, such as liquify his Metal or Demonic Form, are all different powers he's had at different times, not his BASE powers. With that said, Colossus is my favorite X-Men. He's grown stale over the years, but his recent story is great, but he needs to improve. I used to think updating his powers would make him more relevant. But that's not the way to do it! The writers just need to have him stop holding back. Piotr is a gentle giant, but with all the tragic stuff, let him let loose! Colossus is well aware of the damage/violence he can cause if unchecked! I say if you make Piotr transform, he should be a beast on the battlefield.
@【Chucklebutt】 ʘ‿ʘ Going fwd, with all that Colossus has been through, I wouldn't mind seeing him let loose. Not actively wanting to kill anyone, but putting out more than he normally would. Like if he was to come face to face with a Sentinel. We know he can take it, but to see him absolutely demolish it by himself would be a good start!
Yeah, it goes beyond power capabilities. What makes characters interesting is their situations and how they deal with them. This includes family drama, love interests, interactions with interesting villains, points of view/beliefs, etc. Take, for instance, that his transformed state functions analogous to Luke Cage (strong and tough) and Thing (strong and tough). We've seen more consistently interesting explorations into their tragedies, communities, relationships, and beliefs; plus, they are often in comics where their spotlight isn't shared with more than 3-5 other characters for extended periods. Colossus, being often the quieter person, has had his development stretched over decades as relatively one note. He's interesting, but his Russian connection hadn't been made central to his struggles often, and when it did, it was often weird. This stuff with Mikhail and the Cronicler (though tragic and slow for Poitr) is giving his life some interesting turns and twists.
The way they talked about the liquid metal makes it sound like the T-1000, but the only time this ability was seen was when he was a Horsemen of Apocalypse.
we've rarely seen or close to non of accounts where he losses it (actually, it was when he became juggernaut but still holds back) writers keep holding him back all the time.
Locked in a test of strength, Hulk demonstrates his superior power by bending Colossus's arms backwards at the forearms, breaking them. Beast later uses a laser in the lab to heat his arms up near their melting point, while Strong Guy bends them back into place; his arms needed to be re-set in their metal form before he transformed back to his human form to avoid serious injury to them. Edit: this was taken from a wiki page. I thought it was really interesting that he could be injured and would have to remain in his metal form until "repaired". I was also very disappointed that it wasn't mentioned in the video.
Perhaps we could explain his breathing through the idea of metallic oxidation. His physiology could counteract his metal body oxidizing by converting that oxidation into usable oxygen for his body. This would mean while his lungs wouldn’t need to actually function in the normal sense oxygen would still be required for him to survive, this would allow him to still function in water due to the presence of oxygen in water but if you were to put him in a void it could mean trouble
@@timboslice980or his voice isn't produced by vocal chords in metallic form? Maybe in metalic form his larynx acts more like a speaker than passing air through a flesh valve
Colossus's steel is essentially an osmium alloy - and he is solid. When the XMen were captured bu Dr. Doom, it was confirmed that he does not breathe in his metal form. When they fought the Brotherhood in DC, He suffered deep acid burns that went far below the surface. Another time fighting tje Brotherhood, he was superheated by Pyro and then super-cooled by a nitrogen tank, which fused him in place - it required Rogue taking his ability and then the Morlock's healer to save him once back in his human form. It has never been a shell/skin/armor.
The thing I always loved about Colossus is that his transformation was woven into this form of being beyond just the physical aspect. His backstory and link to communism and the pitfalls and trappings that came with that Soviet communist experience made him human during a time where there was still a lot of hate for anything communist. The writers didn't use him as much as a trope to swing ideals where oh he was a Soviet and now things are better, they really wanted to show that he was a person no matter what. And the fact that they steered away from the concept of his powers making him more like a golem character and still so very human has been a great part of that. He really is an over looked character.
In OG canon, like all mutants, his "infinite" well of power came from an extradimensional source. And his new liquid form, that is probably exploring his further control over his ability of technically being a metamorph. Further explored, he'd probably be polymorphic and able to be different materials as well.
His strength comes from being a metal form of muscles as his bones are a metal form of bones and both are part of what make him “ invulnerable “ he is solid …. In an issue where he was super heated then super cooled his skin cracked and when he was injured by steel knives and throwing stars in both cases he bleed energy ( both cases magneto mentioned it as he healed Peter’s wounds )
I always wondered about his anatomy once he transforms to a metallic state. Does his blood turn to mercury or some other metal that turns liquid at around average body temperature? What about his other bodily fluids? Saliva, perspiration, tears, stomach acid, bile, urine, etc? Are these essential bodily fluids comprised of a variety of different liquid metals?
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He would have to have some unique structures with his eyes. They clearly appear to become metal like the rest of him but if it was that simple he would be blind since no light would be penetrating for his rods and codes to detect. If that metal over the surface of his eyes had the same durability but transparent qualities like Transparent Aluminum then he could still function visually.
As far as his Eyes are concerned, i always assumed he had like a "third eyelid" type of thing, like how crocodiles have when underwater...so like Mini-Visors for each eyelid.... So it is that, that is the See-through lid that is actually metal, not his actual eyes (perhaps). If his eyes were completely made of metal, i think it would effect his eyes too much... Like it was said, he can keep some of his Organs non-metal to maintain normal human functions (like eating ect)
The sometimes he needs to eat, breathe, sometimes he doesn't bs, is because every new writer that gets him feels the need to put their own spin on the character and his powers. Nothing is canon these days. He wasn't able to liquidate his form when I was reading the x-men. How the hell would that work?
Wait a minute isn't that a contradiction though? If his joints are susceptible to damage can't he work around this with liquifying his metallic form jarring damage? Also pertaining to the energy drain from vibranium, can't he just work around this by drawing from his unlimited energy reserves that supersede the drain?
While he would be able to do so when he has his Liquid Metal abilities, those aren't his base powers. So, it's not a thing he'd be able to do every time he gets a joint jacked up
This video is not as well constructed as one would believe. Take, for example, that in all references to his metal liquefaction abilities, there wasn't a single image of him actually liquefied or any mention that it was a temporary power given from being made into a horseman in a future timeline. Not only is it not a base ability, it was brief, it was in a random future, it was essentially engineered, and it isn't even relatively recent. All of which are things the video could have easily phrased differently as interesting alterations to his standard depiction as hard and strong.
Its not Vibranium but rather Antarctic Vibranium, also know as Anti-metal, which comes from the Savage Lands and is molecularly different than the Vibranium found in say Wakanda or in Captain America's shield
He was always one of my favorite X-Men but I was really bugged by the way "Angel" beat him down in Deadpool. He got bested like 3 times in the fight and was about to possibly get killed had Nagasonic not intervened. Also I really wish we could have gotten more development from the Colossus of X2 & the last stand. He seeed like he could have been a likeable and formidable character.
That fight was crap. He'd have beat the brakes off of Angel Dust. He's way stronger and is made of metal. You can have all the adrenaline you want...you still aren't punching a metal guy without breaking your bones.
That made no sense. Angel Dust literally owned him. He did better against Juggernaut in the next film which would mean Angel Dust could possibly smoke Jugz?! Lame.
Favorite comic still ever is a scene where kitty encounters colossus with gunmen in persuit of her. The bullets are flying through her and bouncing off of him. It shows how even down to thei abilities they are so different yet compliment each other perfectly.
I've got an old marvel magazine wich have a Colossus character page. That's mentioned that he doesn't need to breath or eat in his metalic form. And his eyes are capable to withstand a high caliber gunshot.
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What happened to Colossus’ ability to ward off magic and other questionable energy tech? There were a couple of mutants that could not phase him, one that used mind control with psychic slime, and old psylocke psi-knives didn’t work. The cytorak portion is pretty badass 😅
The Rasputin bloodline is a magical bloodline so that's why he has some type of block against certain magic abilities. His sister eliana rasputin has more magical abilities than he does
@@ceding3741 awesome, cause growing up on old Jim Lee Xmen and people forgetting that happened woulda been terrible. Like how Psylocke was a physically weak psychic which now is both telepathic and telekinetic on omega stats 🤣
Colossus has a resistance to magic & lightening. Just like Wolverine & Sabretooth have resistance to Phsyic attacks. It takes alil more to before it begins to affect him!
It has always struck me more as a happenstance side effect of bonding to the extra-dimensional metallic molecules than an actual direct power. Much like in some myths, magic and magical beings happen to be weaker to or weakened by iron, or vampires happen to be vulnerable to wood. Those reality warping powers and mystical effects seem to be vulnerable to his steel form, but he himself has no specific anti-magic power.
in the official handbook of the marvel universe from the 80s, they stated his eyes could withstand the force of a howitzer shell, or something like that. I wouldn’t call that vulnerable.
I had always thought he had all the regular functions of his none steel body when in steel form. I know he can sustain damage in steel form that prevents him from reverting back to humanoid form as well. I winder if it can happen the other way around too
It is stated that his classes eyelid goes down to that detail and it is organically within him, so yes, he is in all in all bulletproof in the eye and everywhere
There was also the Earth-1610 Colossus who was gay/bi, having a crush on Wolverine and I think he went on a date with Northstar. In that version he was able to overcome Magneto's power through sheer strength and will, which is freakin awesome. I know some people say it's because his organic metal doesn't have a magnetic property, so perhaps that's true, too? Not really sure.
Colossus does not need to eat or breath this was from the original Clarimont era. Any inconsistencies are due to lazy writers unaware of his real powers
I would suspect he doesn't 'need' to eat or breathe, but it's more of a habit, more than anything else. I.E. He's used to breathing, and when he turns metallic, he unconsciously keeps going through the motions. But if he consciously held his breath, he would never feel the impulse that he was suffocating. Same with eating or any other biological function. What would be a more interesting question is, would the material in his digestive track get transformed as well? If it did transform, that could create an interesting possibility of needing to clear a clog with c4...
Love your video. Really awesome Just want to point out saying organic steel is basically like saying organic skin. I know a lot of people don't realize this but steel is in fact an organic thing.
He does need to eat when in human form, but i think when Colossus suits up his metabolism or his calories per minute is slowed down but not entirely gone. Being metal does have its advantages and disadvantages. Imagine being metal while you have electrical current running through you, nobody human would be able to touch you.Unless they're wearing PPE.All you feel is a tickle. I think if Colossus had a big enough meal he could go for a long time without getting gassed out.
I don't know about his current powerset, but if I recall correctly the original Marvel Universe series classified him as class 75 (able to lift 75 tons) and his eyes were able to resist damage from anything up to a .45 round.
Colossus is not vulnerable to vibranium. Colossus is vulnerable to Antarctic vibramnium aka Anti-Vibranium, which can destroy all metal including Adamantium.
While the commercials are playing I'm gonna make a guess due to some of the Age Of Apocalypse comics. In the Age Of Apocalypse, he wears armor because he can't turn all of himself into metal anymore because some of it was broken off or something. Its been so long but that's what my brain tells me.
if you enjoy this character you will love his return from death its probably one the best X-Men stories I have read it is kind of a strange journey, but the highlights of Cyclopes power and why he is the leader and how much they care for Peter is very good media, certainly a stand out story line in the X-Men series as there are many beyond and better than the Phoenix saga.
You're wrong, he doesn't, but he needs to change back to normal in 2-3 days to oxidize himself, to heal. ( If wounded in Metal form, Has to revert to human to heal, as Deathwing did with javelin to him, only 2 hour heal not bad.).( Brood heal longer). As said favorite.
Liquifying himself?? I don’t think so , it’s unknown how his organs and bones are affected by his transformation.. so his internals turn into organic metal as well? If not then there’s no way he’s liquifying himself to be able to pass through a key hole or something stupid like that.
