Original artwork, not a still
Wolverine and Colossus, X-Men #100 (1976)
Fastball special!
— X-Men · 1963
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The move turns two very different powers into one coordinated action. Its sporting nickname makes an alarming method of attack sound like a practised routine. The call is shorthand for trust: one teammate commits to the throw and the other to the flight.
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In context
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The fastball special is the team manoeuvre in which Colossus throws Wolverine towards a target. X-Men #100 (1976) introduces the named move during the fight with Stephen Lang's X-Sentinels aboard his space station. Written issue histories identify both that first appearance and the phrase. The page presents the recurring call associated with the pair, without assigning every later use to a single speaker.
Sources (3)
- X-Men #100 — written source 1Greater Love Hath No X-Man...; quotation and sceneReference checked
- X-Men #100 — written source 2Greater Love Hath No X-Man...; quotation and sceneReference checked
- X-Men #100 — written source 3Greater Love Hath No X-Man...; quotation and sceneReference checked
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