Fun Facts: The fastball special is probably the most famous tag-team move in superhero fiction where a super-strong hero literally throws a willing partner toward a target. The maneuver first appeared in the Marvel Comics series Uncanny X-Men #100, when Wolverine had Colossus hurl him in a battle. It quickly became a favorite tactic of the two heroes
Dork Note: The Fastball Special by Wolverine and Colossus even warranted them getting an action figure two pack, an action card, and a statue!
Dork Note: The Fastball Special by Wolverine and Colossus even warranted them getting an action figure two pack, an action card, and a statue!
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I don't know if I'm sad that we haven't seen this move in any of the X-Men movies.
On the one hand, watching whoever is playing Colossus fling Hugh Jackman across the screen would look silly as hell... but I'll be damned if I wouldn't watch it with a huge fanboy grin.
They did it in X3 during the danger room scene.
Just add a video clip of it!
It's such a neat relationship and use of their combined powers. It was always the Hail Mary Pass to save the day..
It was in Xmen The Last Stand
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