Warning: Spoilers for Wonderful Spider-Man (2022) #70 forward!

The Juggernaut is without doubt one of the bodily strongest X-Males to ever dwell, placing him in competition with Colossus, one other contender for the title. The competitors could also be over, nonetheless, because the Juggernaut simply put his personal twist on Colossus’s signature transfer, an act which can show unattainable for Colossus to high.

The powers of the Juggernaut are entrance and heart in Wonderful Spider-Man #70 (2022)—by Joe Kelly, Ed Mcguinness, Mark Farmer, C Cafu, and Marcio Menyz—as Spider-Man turns into a Juggernaut of Cyttorak himself, teaming up with Cain Marko to confront Callix, Cyttorak’s corrupted scion. The 2 put together to finish Callix’s insanity for good, with the unique Juggernaut asking Spider-Man if he is acquainted with the idea of the “Fastball Particular.”

Given the character of the Juggernaut’s powers, which render him functionally unstoppable, this may occasionally wind up as essentially the most highly effective Fastball Particular in Marvel historical past.

The Juggernaut Is About To Give The Best Fastball Particular Of All Time

Colossus and Wolverine’s Signature Tag-Group Transfer Simply Obtained a Main Improve

Marvel’s Fastball Particular first appeared in X-Males (1963) #100—by Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum, and Bonnie Wilford—during which Wolverine tells Colossus to throw him “identical to we did it within the Hazard Room” at a robotic doppelgänger of Angel. Since then, this transfer, during which Colossus throws Wolverine at their goal, has change into not solely the pair’s signature tag-team approach but in addition a Marvel icon. It is typically used to boost notably dramatic brawls or unlikely team-ups. Even rival writer DC has gotten in on the motion, changing Wolverine with members of the Bat-Household.

The model that seems in Wonderful Spider-Man #70 elevates the Fastball Particular past its regular scope as a result of nature of the Juggernaut’s powers. As the earthly avatar of the outer deity Cyttorak, the Juggernaut possesses near-limitless bodily energy; as soon as in movement, the Juggernaut can’t be stopped save by his personal will. This defining trait makes the Juggernaut the proper candidate for both facet of the Fastball Particular, giving an unbelievable enhance to whomever he throws, or remodeling the Juggernaut into an unstoppable missile—offered somebody with ample energy may be discovered to launch him.

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Nothing Can Cease The Double Juggernaut Fastball Particular

This Might Be One Of The Strongest Group Assaults In Marvel Historical past

Now that Spider-Man is a Juggernaut, readers can lastly see what occurs when a Juggernaut is on either side of the Fastball Particular. For context, the Juggernaut is so sturdy that, in X-Males (2024) #13—by Jed MacKay and Netho Diaz—not even Storm, powered by the embodiment of all the Marvel Universe, may cease him. That stage of pressure has change into each the “pitcher” and the “ball” within the Fastball Particular, which means a actually unstoppable pressure is about to launch an equally unstoppable object at their shared enemy in an assault of actually cosmic proportions.

The “Fastball Particular” has been Wolverine and Colossus’s particular transfer for years, however now their approach has reached its absolute zenith within the fingers of Cyttorak’s avatars: infinite pressure behind a missile of infinite energy. The Juggernaut and Colossus have confronted one another many occasions earlier than, generally as pals and generally as enemies, however this new show of energy has simply topped something the X-Males have been able to earlier than.

Wonderful Spider-Man (2022) #70 is obtainable March 26, 2025, from Marvel Comics!

X-Males

Film(s)

X-Males (2000), X2, X-Males: The Final Stand (2006), X-Males Origins: Wolverine (2009), X-Males: First Class (2011), The Wolverine (2013), X-Males: Days of Future Previous (2014), Deadpool (2016), X-Males: Apocalypse (2016), Logan (2017), Deadpool 2 (2018), Darkish Phoenix (2019), The New Mutants, Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)

First Movie

X-Males (2000)

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