Nov 20, 2019
It's our first ever live appearance at Rogue Comics! And we covered the gentle giant Colossus! We compare and contrast his relationships with Kitty and Illyana, plus a Q&A with Piotr himself! Don't miss it!
SHOW NOTES:
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Intro
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Thanks to everyone for coming to Rogue Comics!
- New patron - Stephanie!
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Plug for Play Comics – Chris and a guest play games based on comics, and determine how accurately the game depicts what happens in the comics (3:41)
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Background (4:45)
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Colossus (Piotr Nikolayevich Rasputin) created by Len Wein & Dave Cockrum in Giant Size X-Men #1 (May 1975)
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Piotr was born on a Soviet collective farm with his family, including his sister Ilyana (Magik)
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As a teen, he saved Ilyana from a runaway tractor, and discovered he had the ability to turn his body into organic steel
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Joined the X-Men when Professor Xavier put together a team of mutants to rescue the original X-Men on Krakoa, and stayed as a member of the team
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At one point, he helped save the Fall People in the Savage Land, and started a brief romantic relationship with a woman named Nereel, that resulted in a child named Peter, although Colossus doesn’t know he’s the father
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Later started a relationship with Kitty Pryde, but ended things shortly thereafter
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Temporarily paralyzed during battle with Riptide, and was unable to return to human form for a time
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After Ilyana dies from the Legacy Virus, Colossus joins Magneto’s Acolytes for a while
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Rejoined the X-Men
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Sacrificed himself to spread cure to Legacy Virus – later revealed that his body was stolen by an alien to experiment on him – rescued by X-Men and restarts relationship with Kitty until she sacrifices herself to save the Earth from Breakworld
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World War Hulk – battles Hulk, who breaks his arms while in metal form
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Gains the powers of the Juggernaut for a while after Cyttorak takes them back from Cain Marko – Magik offers herself, but Piotr intercepts
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Then gains the power of the Phoenix Force during Avengers vs. X-Men, only to lose it when he and Ilyana battle each other – Ilyana reveals that was part of her plan all along, because she wanted him to feel pain & regret – she frees him of Cyttorak’s influence while in Limbo, and he told her the next time they met, he would kill her
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Issues (16:45)
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Relationship with Ilyana - dangerous
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Relationship with Kitty (25:30)
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Duality of nature (33:33)
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- Break
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Treatment (44:30)
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In-universe
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Out of universe
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- Q&A with Colossus (NOTE: This was originally going to just be for the attendees, but Anthony & Doc couldn't find time to schedule a recording of a regular skit, so you lucked out!)
- Ending
- Next episode - history of psychiatry in comics
- Robbie Reyes - Episode 66
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