Nikolai Rasputin

Nikolai Rasputin is a humble Russian farmer from the Ust-Ordynsky Collective in Siberia and the father of mutants Piotr (Colossus) and Illyana Rasputin, living an ordinary life on the Soviet collective whose family would become deeply entangled with the X-Men.

A name steeped in Russian mystique, Nikolai Rasputin stepped onto the Marvel stage in the Bronze Age pages of Magik (Illyana and Storm Limited Series) #4 in 1984, brought to life by the legendary Chris Claremont and Sal Buscema. His catalog footprint is modest but the company he keeps is anything but — his pages are shared with titans like Wolverine, Colossus, Piotr Rasputin, and Ororo Munroe, placing him squarely in the heart of the X-Men's world. Turning up across titles like X-Men: Fatal Attractions and What If...?, he's one of those figures whose significance outweighs his page count, a supporting presence woven into stories that matter. For collectors who love the deeper connective tissue of Marvel's mutant universe, Nikolai Rasputin is a rewarding name to track down.