Colossus

Colossus (Piotr Nikolaievitch Rasputin) is a fictional character, a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. Created by writer Len Wein and illustrator Dave Cockrum, he first appeared in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975). A Russia mutant, the character is a member of the X-Men, and by far the physically strongest X-Man. He has had a fairly consistent presence in X-Men-related comic book since he debuted. Also a talented artist, he reluctantly agrees to use his powers in combat, feeling it is his responsibility to utilize his abilities for the betterment of human and mutant-kind. Daniel Cudmore portrays the Russian Superhero in X2: X-Men United and X-Men: The Last Stand. A mainstay of the X-Men comic book series until the 1990s, Colossus then went on to appear regularly in the first series of Excalibur. While a member of the team, he had his own self-titled one-shot which depicted him and his teammate Meggan battling Arcade at his new Murderworld facility. After returning to the X-Men... full article at wikipedia