OCT 27, 2026
COLOSSUS QUIT THE X-MEN AT HIS SISTER'S FUNERAL — AND LEFT WITH MAGNETO!
Magneto did his recruiting at a funeral, and the pallbearer with the steel heart said yes — Xavier's dream lost its strongman to a graveside pitch.
Uncanny X-Men #303–304 (1993), Fatal Attractions: Illyana Rasputin dies of the Legacy Virus; at her memorial Colossus, already trapped in armoured form by a head injury, attacks Bishop, rejects Xavier's philosophy, and leaves with Magneto to serve among the Acolytes on Avalon.
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COLOSSUS WAS TRAPPED IN HIS STEEL FORM — MAGNETO SAVED HIS LIFE AND LEFT HIM PARALYZED!
Magneto's bedside manner: he welded the steel man shut, saved his life, and billed him one working spine.
Uncanny X-Men #211–212 (1986), Mutant Massacre: Riptide's throwing stars rupture Colossus's steel form and Piotr kills Riptide after Harpoon maims Kitty Pryde; Magneto seals the damage with Shadowcat's help, leaving Piotr paralyzed and trapped in organic steel, able to hold human form only by total concentration.
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