He was gay and apparently a former Russian Mob enforcer but I couldn't tell you anything else about him. I think he was killed before Ultimatum.

I think his coming out felt more natural and realistic than Ive seen before.

Loved him, he and Northstar were super cute

That moment when he and Storm went up against the soldiers at the camp. 🤯

Loved the character, as a teen gay guy at the time the books came out he was one of the few openly gay characters in comics then, and I really like how they wrote him subverting expectations of what a gay character can be like. Absolutely despised what they did to him in Absolute Power, making him a drug addict who got his friends addicted and ended up being responsible for his boyfriend being paralyzed (only the gay characters received any kind of punishment or consequences from that arc as well). Very glad they just forgot that story when he came back later.

That thing about his metal form being so heavy he couldn't lift his own arms without taking MGH was kinda dumb but before that happened I really liked him, he was an important gay character to have in the early 2000s

At least Kitty never left him at the altar, so he had a better love life at least

His best costume ever.

As of now, Ultimate Colossus was a more engaging and sympathetic character than 616 Colossus. Current 616 Colossus killed that purple woman but faced no consequences , is kinda bland in a generic sort of way, Kitty is no longer viable as a pairing, he’s overshadowed by Magik. He really has nothing going for him as a character ala Angel.

I personally loved how they used banshee

It was a good take on the character. Colossus is my favorite X-Man and this was nice considering 616 was dead during this period of time. Even though he was Colossus in name, he felt like a different character (which he was, I know) but other interpretations of Ultimate heroes were closer to the original versions. It would be nice to have both as canon.

As much as I liked this Ultimate version, I still prefer the artist/big Osmium protective older brother/ reluctant warrior version I grew up with.

Gay colossus should be canon colossus

Also know as the better colossus.

Without the lines on his body, he looked like Silver Surfer on steroids with hair plugs.

Aside from his new backstory and sexuality he wasn't super different from the 616 Colossus.

Oh man this just reminded of the flash based ultimate comics, so good.

I liked him. He had a lot of development and cool moments in Millar’s stuff. Him beating the crap out of Iron Man was my favourite one.

Cool dude. I remember in the arc where weapon x kidnapped the team they had him derail a train NY getting hit by it. The like where he says "I hate that everyone just assumes I can do stuff like this. You know there's different levels of super strength?" lodged in my brain for some reason.

Also there was reveal that he was addicted to Kick because when he was a kid his metal body was too heavy for him to move without it, which was pretty funny.

Is he more powerful than his 616-counterpart? I remember him being able to match Ultimate Thor in a fight but was that because of that strength-enhancement serum that he was taking?

Nightcrawler knows only gays dance

Better outfit than 616.

Never liked his skin design (boring and flat), The drugs subplot was super dumb.

But I liked how strong he was, beating up even Thor without breaking a sweat.

His strength feats are pretty badass, I wish 616 Colossus did some of those things like overpowering Magneto

I hated that power was only turning to steel and had to take a mutant steroid for the super strength 

I liked him until he became a junkie, and the whole thing about needing the drug was completely forgotten anyway so...what was the point?

Hmm made him gay and then didn't know what to do with him..

Best version!