XM #100] What became of the flirtations and intimacy between Colossus and Rogue?
Mystery: While working on the High Evolutionarys former space station, Rogue acted just as broody as ever and distanced herself from others. Colossus, however, already dismayed by Shadowcats new attitude, refused to leave Rogue alone. He turned to his metal form and kissed Rogue, showing that she couldnt absorb him in this form. Shocked and apparently intrigued, Rogue then posed for a portrait that Colossus began to draw, but the X-Men were then attacked by some villains. Thoughts: The X-Men found themselves chasing one fire after another after being attacked in space, with close to no down time in-between for Rogue and Colossus to develop anything that had occurred in space. Afterwards Rogue was reunited with Gambit and continued the troubled relationship troubles with him, and Colossus perished not much later. However, that incident in space made it quite clear that a connection was brewing. When asked about it, Chris Claremont revealed that the plan was to give Rogue two options to
