User blog:Corvus Corvidae/The Unstoppable Colossus...Where's this going?

The Unstoppable Colossus --
I have to admit, I was intrigued when they decided to give Piotr the Juggernaut powers. I've always been a big fan of the big steel galoot, but I've always thought he was underwritten, and underestimated.

Colossus was THE strength guy for the X-Men for a long time. The guy that when the X-Men needed someone to take on Sasquatch or lift a house, Piotr was the guy. Yet he's been portrayed inconsistently in terms of strength level, but this is a guy who took on Juggernaut as a teenager by himself.(Uncanny X-Men #183) We're always told he was getting stronger as he aged...

So, we come to the modern Colossus, who should be able to go toe to toe with all the big boys of the Marvel Universe....Hulk, Thor, etc. The only other person on the X-Men who should be portrayed as close to Piotr in terms of sheer strength is Namor.

And you make him even more powerful now...giving him the Juggernaut power...which apparently, in Piotr's case, is optional(?). Whereas Cain Marko was always the Juggernaut, Piotr "calls on the Juggernaut's" power? Okay, quibbles about that aside, it also somehow leaves him bald. Which apparently is no big deal, since as far as I can tell, Piotr hasn't transformed out of his steel form since being given the Juggernaut powers.

Okay, that oddness aside, we're now going to have him taking on some Avengers in AvX. So...let's have him shown some respect. He was Class 100 BEFORE being Jugged up. So now that he's even STRONGER....let's not let him be beaten like he was the JV squad. Jugged up Petey should be on par with World War Hulk in terms of power. Let's not have the Thing beat him with one punch.