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Colossus Was Supposed To Become A Breakout X-Men Character Before Deadpool
By DEVIN MEENAN
Chris Claremont, who wrote "X-Men" from 1975 to 1991, explained during a 2018 interview with SYFY about how he guided the characters over his legendary run.
Claremont said his predecessor, the late Len Wein, had conceived Colossus as the core character of the "X-Men’s" new generation.
The "X-Men" became an international team: Nightcrawler was German, Wolverine was Canadian, etc. Claremont adding Colossus' Soviet background was the most "radical" choice of all.
Claremont didn’t push Colossus as the main character, saying, "There are a lot of big powerful male guys, let's play with the other characters, let's see who actually surfaces."
Colossus is still a prominent character today. "X-Men" comics have many characters, but he never falls out of the spotlight for long.