Originally posted by Ptr_Grifin
DeFalco is also the same guy that labeled Juggernaut a "mutant" in the narrative and in a characters speech. The guy just didn't understand or know much on Juggernaut's character. Except the whole unstoppable thing.
It's happened before and after. He understood Cain's power level and how he operated well enough.
Originally posted by Ptr_Grifin
That shield thing in Thor #429 is PIS. In the Thunderbolts, Thor fought a WEAKENED Juggernaut, with no shield.
It's not PIS. Cain has been hurt plenty of times without his force field and it's been referenced as the source of his invulnerability even in the earliest days. DeFalco had an excellent interpretation of Juggernaut, arguably the best.
Originally posted by Ptr_Grifin
Cain took a charged hammer strike to the face knocked Thor back and kept fight Cage, w/o missing a beat. A few issues later, he fought KING Hyperion, who was trying to kill him. Cain let Hyperion hit him to lure him in for Ali's rope-a-dope tactic. Both instances drew blood, but he was not about to be KO'd. Both of those, Cain was weak and with out a shield.
Your logic needs some work. Good damage soak showings under Parker doesn't invalidate their earlier fights or how DeFalco interpreted Cain. Juggernaut got the shit beaten out of him on both occasions, he just should some great guts. It's not indication that he can't be knocked out, especially since Parker has had Cain knocked out before. At least I'm pretty sure he has.
Originally posted by Ptr_Grifin
If you truly think that instance with Thor was not PIS, I'd like to take into consideration Thor's words: "...encircling [the castle] within a cone which will for the nonce negate [B]ALL mystical energy!"[/B]
It's not. And anyone who's read up on the character can tell you that.
Obviously he didn't cancel out all of the magic, just the force field bit. I'm not really sure how that changes anything.
Originally posted by Ptr_Grifin
Fast forward to Colossus*. According to Piotr's words, his skull was cracked and yet he wanted to keep on fighting. He wasn't stumbling about, or about to be KO'd. He was taking some damage in that fight, and his healing factor was keeping him in the ring.* I could argue that Colossus hadn't received the full power of the Juggernaut and Cain had not lost all of the power yet. Cyttorak himself said that once someone touches the gem, they have the right to challenge for the Juggernaut mantle. But to actually become the Juggernaut, they have to fight the previous Juggernaut.
Colossus did touch the gem, and according to Cyttoraks words in New Excalibur #15, he wasn't the Juggernaut yet, he had to challenge the previous Juggernaut (Cain Marko).
You could try but you'd fail. Not only was the comic very clear that Colossus got the full power of Juggernaut, the writer even specified later on that he had.
Gillen did choose to emphasize the healing factor more than most but I'm still not sure how you think that proves your point. Characters who have healing factors as a dominant trait (Hulk, Lobo, Wolverine etc.) have all been knocked out or been on the verge plenty of times. Immune to unconsciousness isn't a side effect of a healing factor in comics.
I understand that you didn't like the scene, but I honestly could not care less. Cain has been knocked out in comics before and I have very little doubt that Colossus will soon be eating dirt as well. Shit happens, no character is infallible.