5 Marvel Resurrections Done Right And 5 That Sucked

3. Colossus

A central member of the second generation of X-Men (who debuted in the legendary Giant Size X-Men #1), Peter Rasputin, aka Colossus, died a noble death in Uncanny X-Men #390 when selflessly injected himself with the deadly, mutant-killing Legacy Virus, allowing a cure to become airborne. Colossus stayed dead for more than three years before he was finally revived as part of the opening arc of the legendary Joss Whedon/John Cassaday run on Astonishing X-Men. Demonstrating why the Whedon/Cassaday tandem is so highly revered by comic book fans, the creative team just absolutely nails Peter€™s resurrection. At the beginning of the €œGifted€ arc, the X-Men learn that the mysterious BeneTech Laboratories is conducting tests on a mutant that was believed to be dead. Some of the members immediately think the mutant in question is Jean Grey, who had been killed around the same time as Colossus during Grant Morrison€™s run on New X-Men. Instead, in an absolutely gut-wrenching scene, Peter is discovered by his former love, Kitty Pryde. Kitty is so overcome by emotion, she€™s unable to physically move outside of putting her hands on her heart. When Kitty and Peter finally reconcile, he can only ask her, €œAm I finally dead?€ It is later revealed that, after Colossus appeared to kill himself with the legacy virus cure, an alien, Ord, captured his body and replaced it with a duplicate to be cremated. That sounds a bit silly, but it can be easily overlooked when the actual resurrection scene resonates with such emotion as the one Whedon and Cassaday gave us. Plus, there was a legitimate surprise factor with Colossus considering how Jean€™s return was the one actually being teased by the comics.