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Gambit, Volume 1 #1 - Tithing
Importance Rating: 10.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Lee Weeks Writer(s): Howard Mackie Release Date: December 1993 Variant Covers: A. Gold Foil Variant B. Limited Edition signed Dynamic Forces Variant. Only 10,000 copies signed by artists, Howard Mackie and Lee Weeks. Includes Dynamic Forces issued Certificate of Authenticity. Trade Prints: Gambit and Gambit Classic Volume 1 Fun Facts: This is the first appearance of a lot of Gambit's Immediate family. Jean-Luc and Henri Lebeau first appear in this issue. This is also the death issue of Henri Lebeau, but he will appear later in flashback comics. This issue features the first time we see interaction between Gambit and Marius Boudreaux. -
Comic Summary: Trouble brews in New Orleans when the Tithe Collector arrives. The Tithing is an ancient guild ceremony, and as the Assassins want the Tithe Collector’s gifts for themselves, they start as the killing members of the Thieves Guild. Jean-Luc, leader of the thieves, thinks that this year it should be Remy LeBeau who receives the gift. Gambit’s brother Henri LeBeau breaks into the mansion, interrupting a Danger Room session, in order to tell Remy what is going on in his home town. However shortly after his arrival he is shot by members of the Assassin’s Guild. Henri’s passing words are that things aren’t always as they seem. Gambit chases the killers down only to be confronted by his previously thought deceased brother-in-law Julien. Gambit fights the Assassins to a stand-still until suddenly Julien lets himself be penetrated by a sword, proving that he can’t be killed. The Assassins leave through a teleportation portal, though not before Julien can taunt Gambit with his sister, Gambit’s wife Bella Donna, still being alive. Against the direct warning not to come to New Orleans, Gambit decides that he has to, as it is family business. He is joined by Rogue who refuses to let him go by himself, even though finding Gambit‘s wife might end the relationship she and Gambit have just started.

Gambit, Volume 1 #2 - Honor Amongst Thieves
Importance Rating: 10.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Lee Weeks Writer(s): Howard Mackie Release Date: January 1994 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit and Gambit Classic Volume 1 Fun Facts: This issue features the first time we see interaction between Gambit and Candra, but it is not the first time that Gambit met Candra by timeline. In later issues they will flashback to Gambit's childhood where they meet when he is 16. Gambit also appears in an advertisement for the FOX Network X-Men VHS series in the center of the comic. -
Comic Summary: Though he hates it, Gambit returns back to New Orleans and finds out that the rumors he heard are true: Bella Donna is alive! However, she is comatose. Gambit becomes disturbed and is attacked by his father-in-law, Marius Boudreaux, and the rest of the Assassins Guild. Gambit gets the help of Rogue and, together, they defeat their enemies. Marius informs Gambit that, if he truly wants to rescue his wife, he should let her have a taste of the Elixir of Life the Thieves Guild have. Gambit doesn’t know what Marius is talking about, but he and Rogue do as told and pay a visit to Gambit’s adoptive father, Jean-Luc. As they leave, Julien pays a visit to his father and kills most Assassins and Marius. Julien wants to have the Elixir for himself and rule a new Assassins Guild together with Bella Donna. Gambit disturbs a ritual of the Thieves’ Guild, which causes an upset Tithe Collector to take off and not granting the Thieves their pact of granting them long life. Jean-Luc holds the angry Thieves members from killing his son and informs Gambit that he doesn’t have all three vials needed to make the Elixir work. Rogue agrees to stay behind and take care of Bella Donna, while Gambit gets the vials. Meanwhile, Gideon feels sorry for leaving his partner, Candra, at such a difficult time, but she is confident that everything will be resolved as planned.

Gambit, Volume 1 #3 - The Benefactress
Importance Rating: 10.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Lee Weeks Writer(s): Howard Mackie Release Date: February 1994 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit and Gambit Classic Volume 1 Fun Facts: This is the first appearance of Tante Mattie. This issue is the first time we hear about the affair between Gambit and Candra in Paris. At the time, Gambit did not know she was the benefactress of the Guilds. -
Comic Summary: Gambit moves over to Paris, where he enters the Petit Chou club. He looks for Candra, but nobody seems capable of helping him out. Security guards show up and take Remy with them, claiming that they’ll take him to Candra. They lied, and take Remy to the underground parking lot, where they try to kill him. Gambit fights his way through. As he wants to continue his search, he gets ambushed by the Tithe Collector, who knocks him down. Meanwhile, Rogue has gotten the assist of Tante Mattie, who helps her take care of Bella Donna and tells Rogue a little bit more how Gambit was when he was young. As Mattie leaves, Rogue becomes interested and plans to absorb Bella Donna’s memories she has about her shared life with Remy. She hesitates and withdraws her hand, but suddenly Bella Donna gets a reflex and grabs Rogue hand. Rogue absorbs Bella Donna’s memories, when she was young and in love with Gambit. Gambit himself wakes up and finds out he’s a prisoner of Candra. As he tries to escape, Gambit is attacked by the Tithe Collector but he defeats him. Afterward, Candra confronts Remy. They catch up on old times when they worked together and Candra wants to make a deal. She has captured Gambit’s adoptive father and, if Remy kills him, he can have anything he wants. Julien and some Assassins attack and Julien wants to kill Candra for what she and the Externals did to him. Gambit defeats Julien and his minions, saving Candra’s life. She thanks him and lets him and Jean-Luc go, without killing them. Gambit thanks and kisses her and leaves. After Gambit is gone, Candra is pleased, as events didn’t go as badly as she feared. Candra wants to consolidate her powers anew but, as she reaches for the vial of the Elixir, she finds that it’s gone. Candra realizes that Gambit took it from her when they kissed and gets pretty mad at it. Candra orders the Tithe Collector to follow Gambit to New Orleans and spread the word to the Guilds that Remy betrayed them all, plus Candra wants everyone Gambit cares for dead!

Gambit, Volume 1 #4 - Thief of Time
Importance Rating: 10.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Lee Weeks Writer(s): Howard Mackie Release Date: March 1994 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit and Gambit Classic Volume 1 Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Gambit and Jean-Luc make it to the Church of the Lost Thieves in New Orleans, where they attack Julien and take the last vial of the Elixir of Life from him. Gambit is followed by angry Thieves and Assassins, but fights his way through. Julien confronts Gambit, revealing his horribly shredded face and explains that he has the Elixir to thank for it. Though few suffer from the side effects, Bella Donna could end up the same way. Gambit makes it back to Rogue, who is attacked and defeated by the Tithe Collector. Gambit frees her and defeats the Tithe Collector. As he prepares the Elixir, Rogue informs Gambit what happened with her and Bella Donna and that she loves him, but Gambit is so busy that he doesn’t hear any of it. Just as he wants to give Belle the potion, Gambit is attacked by Julien, who wants the potion for himself. Julien breaks the Elixir and small contents drop just near Belle’s bed. Marius steps in and kills his own son. Gambit apologizes for having failed and wants Marius to kill him. Before it can come to that, however, Candra shows up. Both the Thieves and the Assassins now realize the side effects of their cooperation and refuse to work together with her. Candra realizes her defeat and teleports away. Jean-Luc thanks his son for everything he has done, and promises that future generations will see Gambit as a saint. But, for what he has done, Jean-Luc orders Gambit to never come back to New Orleans or to the family. Gambit has noticed small contents drop near Belle’s bed and picks them up. He makes Belle drink them and she wakes up! Unfortunately, Bella Donna seems to have a memory loss and doesn’t even recognize Gambit. Gambit lies for her own good and simply tells Belle that he’s a concerned friend and that she has to go with Marius, her father. Gambit doesn’t now what to think and wants to kiss Rogue, who panics and flies away. Gambit now realizes that he is a thief and thieves can’t hope of the future. Sadly, he lights up a cigarette and decides to walk home.

Gambit, Volume 2 #1 - Falling Star
Importance Rating: 7.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Klaus Janson Writer(s): Howard Mackie Release Date: September 1997 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit Classic Volume 2 Fun Facts: This is the first appearance of Oliver Stoker, Anielle, Katrina (Black Kat) and Brother Marcelo. -
Comic Summary: One week ago, a fallen star had been spotted by several people. Among them were Father Miguel Bonavita, Tante Mattie and the evil Oliver Stoker. Each of them wants to obtain the star for different reasons. Some reasons are good, others pure evil. Father Bonavita sends two of his young acolytes, Katrina and Marcelo, after the star, planning to give her a chance to return to the heavens. One week later, Gambit arrives in Miami and breaks into a museum of stolen art. At the museum, he steals the Cross of Redemption but his thievery is disturbed by Tante Mattie, who warns him that they’ve got the Lord’s work to do. Uninterested, Gambit doesn’t notice stepping into the security system of the museum, which alerts the security guards. Gambit fights his way through and escapes. Walking down the Miami streets, Gambit notices most people wandering towards the beach. Curious, he follows and can’t believe what he sees: a beautiful, blond-haired and naked woman falls from the sky! The woman walks towards Gambit, but doesn’t say anything. Gambit is attacked by the guards and runs away with the mysterious woman. The woman notices Stoker, who’s with the guards and is obviously scared of him. Gambit gets ambushed by the guards and shot as well, falling into a deep river. Stoker sends his goons after the woman, who herself disappears, and an unconcious Gambit believes that he is dying. Mattie reveals him otherwise, as they’ve still got the Lord’s work to do, whether Gambit likes it or not. The woman appears in front of Remy again and transforms herself into a bright light. Gambit follows it, with an agreeing Tante Mattie.

Gambit, Volume 2 #2 - Shadow Rise
Importance Rating: 8.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Klaus Janson Writer(s): Terry Kavanagh Release Date: October 1997 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit Classic Volume 2 Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Gambit is found and rescued by Brother Marcelo and Sister Katrina, who were given directions to his location by Tante Mattie. Gambit gets brought to Our Lady of Sorrows, a Vatican safe house, where Katrina takes care of Gambit and grows feelings for him. Marcelo leaves to continue the search for Anielle. When Marcelo returns, he finds out that Gambit made love to Katrina, a nun! Gambit gets up and prepares himself to continue the search for Anielle together with Marcelo. Sybil attacks and kills Marcelo. Gambit finds Anielle but, in return, is attacked by Oliver Stoker, Sybil and their minions Wormwood and Cerebrus!

Gambit, Volume 2 #3 - True Colors
Importance Rating: 8.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Klaus Janson Writer(s): Terry Kavanagh Release Date: November 1997 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit Classic Volume 2 Fun Facts: Gambit uses the alias Monsieur Templar to fly to Paris. -
Comic Summary: Gambit and Anielle escape from Stoker and his compagnions but, unfortunatly, have to leave Sister Katrina behind. While Gambit and Anielle escape, Stoker points his attention to Katrina and tries to pull her at his side, and seems to succeed in it. Gambit and Anielle catch a plane to Paris, where Gambit flirts with the stewardess. As the plane lands, Gambit and Anielle escape through the backdoor of the aircraft and steal a car and ride to the train station, where they catch a train to Switzerland. Neither of them notices that, ever since Paris, that they were being followed by Martin, the seventh servant of the Seventh House, who gets killed by Sybil’s locusts. On the train, Anielle finally says something, that she is not a mutant and that Gambit makes her special. He and one other. Gambit doesn’t know what to say but, before they can go on, they are once more attacked by Sybil and Cerebrus. Gambit and Anielle escape to the top of the train, but can’t go any further. Sybil has had enough of all the games and opens her mouth, releasing some more locusts. Gambit prepares himself, hoping that he is able to fight a threat that came straight from hell!

Gambit, Volume 2 #4 - Heaven's Promise
Importance Rating: 7.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Klaus Janson Writer(s): Terry Kavanagh Release Date: December 1997 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit Classic Volume 2 Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Sybil opens her mouth and out spreads locusts, which attack Gambit and Anielle. Gambit has the hardest time defending himself and Anielle. Finally, Anielle gets enough from it all and says that she is the light. As Sybil looks at Anielle when she says those words, her body shatters into hundred pieces of pure light! Gambit thanks Anielle, and they continue their ride towards Rome. Meanwhile, Stoker becomes aware of Sybil’s death and transforms Katrina into the Black Kat and makes her serve him. Once in Rome, Gambit tries to find the safest way to get to Father Bonavita, the priest to whom he must bring Anielle. But, before he can do that, they are both once more attacked by Stoker, Katrina and Vatican people, whom Stoker has turned into zombies. Gambit and Anielle fight their way through but are quickly outnumbered. Anielle decides to do something and walks over to Stoker. Gambit tries to stop her, but Anielle smiles at him and makes it clear that she wants to go. Anielle and Stoker take each other’s hand and vanish into the air. Katrina is brought back to normal and Gambit takes goodbye from her and from Father Bonavita. The next morning, he pays Tante Mattie a visit, but she makes Gambit think that she wasn’t there and doesn’t know what he is talking about! Gambit is now even more confused than he already was, but Mattie gives him one final piece of advice and says to him that things aren’t always that black-and-white. Some time later, Gambit goes to the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, and notices Katrina praying in civilian clothes. Katrina leaves without noticing Gambit, and he decides not to go talk to her. Instead, he places the Cross of Redemption he stole earlier back to the original cross where it was taken from. Gambit kneels before it and disappears into the shadows.

Gambit, Volume 3 #1 - The Man of Steel
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Steve Skroce Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: February 1999 Variant Covers: A. Ace Edition Variant. B. King Edition Variant. C. Queen Edition Variant. D. Ten Edition Variant. E. Dynamic Forces Exclusive Variant Cover. Trade Prints: X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection Vol. 1 Fun Facts: This issue features the first time we see interaction between Gambit and Sekmeht Conway, Mariah Ellenthrope, Jack Farley and Carl Denti. -
Comic Summary: Elysian Enterprises has discovered the twelfth tomb of Garbha-Hsien, a Celestial who became an Asian dictator in Asia for a thousand years, thanks to his spacecraft, which was later stolen by Apocalypse. They have brought in Agent Denti to help break through the security measures. While he discusses the situation with Anwar Anubar and archeologist Sekmet Conoway, Remy is already inside the temple, he bypasses many hidden traps, steals the treasure and gets away, though not before saving Sekmet from a fall from a great height. Remy delivers the price to the Courier of the mysterious New Son, who saved him from freezing to death in Antarctica. Investigating Remy, Fontanelle invades Jean-Luc LeBeau's dreams. Since returning to the estate, Remy has been staying in the boathouse. The team visits him there, and horseplay ensues. Remy surprises the others with a time-delayed kinetic charge. He receives a message from the Courier, which worries the team; they are unsure of him since Antarctica. Denti guards a shipment to Elysian Enterprises' facility in Croatia. The New Son sends Remy, who disables the convoy and destroys the cargo, but gets glued down by Denti. He charges his chewing gum and spits it at him; Rogue arrives, having secretly followed Remy, and carries him away. Fontanelle investigates Courier's dreams and learns Remy's next assignment is to steal from the X-Men.

Gambit, Volume 3 #1 - Marvel Authentix - The Man of Steel
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Steve Skroce Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: February 1999 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection Vol. 1 Fun Facts: The Marvel Authentix version is the same as the original release, but all the pages are in various stages of complete. The story starts with uncolored splash pages and continues to be in different stages of color and completes in full color and ink. There are also extra information about the series and artist behind it. -
Comic Summary: Elysian Enterprises has discovered the twelfth tomb of Garbha-Hsien, a Celestial who became an Asian dictator in Asia for a thousand years, thanks to his spacecraft, which was later stolen by Apocalypse. They have brought in Agent Denti to help break through the security measures. While he discusses the situation with Anwar Anubar and archeologist Sekmet Conoway, Remy is already inside the temple, he bypasses many hidden traps, steals the treasure and gets away, though not before saving Sekmet from a fall from a great height. Remy delivers the price to the Courier of the mysterious New Son, who saved him from freezing to death in Antarctica. Investigating Remy, Fontanelle invades Jean-Luc LeBeau's dreams. Since returning to the estate, Remy has been staying in the boathouse. The team visits him there, and horseplay ensues. Remy surprises the others with a time-delayed kinetic charge. He receives a message from the Courier, which worries the team; they are unsure of him since Antarctica. Denti guards a shipment to Elysian Enterprises' facility in Croatia. The New Son sends Remy, who disables the convoy and destroys the cargo, but gets glued down by Denti. He charges his chewing gum and spits it at him; Rogue arrives, having secretly followed Remy, and carries him away. Fontanelle investigates Courier's dreams and learns Remy's next assignment is to steal from the X-Men.

Gambit, Volume 3 #1/2 - Between Daze
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Pascual Ferry Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: February 1999 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection Vol. 1 Fun Facts: This issue was only available through mail order from Wizard Magazine only. It came with a Certificate of Authenticity. This issue features the first time we see interaction between Gambit and The Courier. -
Comic Summary: Gambit is attacked by a hungry T-Rex. He manages to get away and continues through the jungle towards his goal. All the while he remembers being left in the Antarctica. He remembers freezing and starving, but then being saved at the last moment. When he woke in his rescuers lab he is told his name is New Son and that he needed Gambit to retrieve an object for him from Saveage Land as repayment for saving him. He finally finds what he was looking for in the middle of the Savage Land, a large factory-like building. He breaks in through the sewer system and manages to slip through the gaurds. He finds that the object he is suppose to collect is a captured woman. He sets her free but the gaurds hear and attack. In the midst of the attack, Gambit is hit with a sudden fever and faints. During his unconciousness he makes contact with the being inside him that follow him out of Antarctica. She threatens him then returns inside him. He wakes up inside a cell with the woman he was suppose to rescue. The woman introduces herself as Courier. They escape the cell and go to retrieve the information the Courier was there to retrieve before leaving.

Gambit, Volume 3 #2 - Stormbringers
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Steve Skroce Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: On-Going Storyline Series Variant Covers: A. Standard Release Variant Cover. Trade Prints: X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection Vol. 1 Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Remy tried to steal data from Moira; the security system blasted the datacore into space with him still aboard. He jumps off, but his parachute catches fire and Remy crash-lands. Much debris falls towards him. Remy and Storm fly to Scotland commercial, and reminisce about their thieving days, when Storm was regressed to a child’s body. She admits that she framed the Thieves' Guild for the Safilios job, and he in turn hired the Assassins' Guild, starting a clan war. She and he have each made mistakes in life. At Muir Island, Moira examines Remy's new power to delay his charges; Remy jokingly credits the green energy succubus inside him. The X-Cutioner hires the former Elysian Guard to help him nail Remy: they had been fired after failing to stop Remy. Fontanelle investigates Tante Mattie's dreams; in 1891 she was a child voodoo practitioner, unable to heal a powerful man, and Remy (somehow there as an adult) saved her from a vengeful mob. The electricity goes off in Muir Island; Moira has rigged the system to blast into space and explode in such a case, to protect it from Bastion or any other attempted download. Remy goes to retrieve the data. He rides the data core up; parachutes down when it blows; and is able to save and copy the hard drive. Remy avoids the debris and returns to Moira’s lab and hands her the rescued hard drive. She thanks him, but he doesn’t feel heroic, as he copied the data, which he was hired to steal for the New Son. The Mengo brothers kill someone in Chicago, and are off to New York.

Gambit, Volume 3 #3 - Monsters Like Us
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Steve Skroce Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: March 1999 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection Vol. 1 Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Remy is restless fulfilling his debt to the New Son, so he follows his messenger Courier to find out more about him. Courier addresses the Crew A.S.K.E.W., a for-profit research group. One of them, the Pelican, interrupts; he has acquired a will-sapping gas, which he wants mass-produced. The canister cracks; turns out the gas has the side effect of melting your face off. The gas is sucked back into the canister; the Mengo brothers enter; they now control everyone (they are working for the Pig), except Courier; he can control every cell in his body and can’t be affected by the gas. Remy blows his way in and leaves with Courier and the canister. Fontanelle investigates Sekmeht’s dreams: digging up relics of En Sabah Nur in Egypt, confronting Ozymandias, being rescued from a fall by Remy. Fontanelle says Sekmeht mixes her need for parental approval (archeology) and her repressed desires (Remy) in her dreams. The Mengo brothers trace the canister; Remy rides to "Onslaught Alley" on the east side, where the air is still energized, to throw them off. They catch up and start shooting; Remy redirects missiles and collapses two buildings onto each other, but lets the canister drop. The homeless Huey and Quiet Bill are present during the fight. Bill, probably a mutant, has a portal of green energy around him, in which images of other realities appear, but he can’t control this. Suddenly a large portal forms and envelops the Mengo’s ship full of A.S.K.E.W. scientists. The Mengos pick up the canister and escape; Remy invites Bill to Xavier’s, but he declines. Turns out the Mengos only have the outer casing: Remy has the gas in a container and knows the Pig will come for it.

Gambit, Volume 3 #4 - Old Wounds, Fresh Blood
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Steve Skroce Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: May 1999 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection Vol. 1 Fun Facts: This issue features the first time we see interaction between Gambit and Blade, Minister Horde, and Francois Chicault. -
Comic Summary: Chicault is a former Assassin who is now a vampire, and he has been attacking children in the Antiquary's collection in New Orleans. Blade interrupts, but the vampire gets away. Tante Mattie summons Remy home, to a cabin outside the city. She says Fontanelle and the Antiquary are after him; his father Jean-Luc arrives with the boy Jerome, who was attacked last night. Tome and Hoard, ministers of the Antiquary, inform Bella Donna that her dead Assassin is actually undead and is killing their clan; Remy arranges to overhear. Fontanelle investigates Ryking's dreams; he was a boyhood friend of Prof. Xavier in Alamogordo, and he saw an old woman there who said "black womb." Denti has been preparing his new team, the former Elysian Guard, to catch Remy, and he plans to use Rogue as bait. Remy searches the graveyards all day for Chicault; at dusk Blade attacks him, assuming him to be a vampire because he has red eyes. After the misunderstanding is cleared up, they talk and ally to go to the Antiquary's museum. He is missing; Tome and Hoard are curators now. Clan LeBeau offers to stop Chicault if they get access to the library. Duiring the original attack Chicault bit Jerome on the wrist, apparently enough to have some mental hold over the boy. At night he instructs him to bite the rest of the Antiquary's slave children. They open the door for him; he enters the library, planning to spend his eternity doing historical research. Blade, Remy, and Jean-Luc attack. Blade decapitates the vampire, and the children revert back to normal and are freed. Tome and Hoard grab Chicault's notebook without anyone else noticing it. The Pig stops torturing the Mengos for their failures and sends them after a boy named Shirow, who is the source of the mind-controlling gas (last issue) and has escaped with Zoe, who drives with him towards New Orleans.

Gambit, Volume 3 #5 - Of Mice and Men
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Steve Skroce Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: June 1999 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection Vol. 1 Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Denti questions the disparity between his roles as FBI agent and as the X-Cutioner. But both halves of him agree to hate Remy. As planned, he has Maria Ellenthorpe ambush Rogue with one of his gizmos, to use her as bait. Realizing Rogue is missing, Xavier lectures Remy on total truthfulness within the team, saying he should have informed them about his earlier fight with Denti. The X-Cutioner sends a message, and at his coordinates, the X-Men find a stargate. Apparently a trap, they decide to use it anyway, but it only takes Remy. Fontanelle decides to look at the dreams of the New Son, who hired her to investigate Remy. Strange images: some recognizeable as Rogue and Magneto at the end of the AOA and the Dark Beast. The New Son discovers her presence and kicks her out of his mind. Remy, exhausted, emerges from the stargate. The green energy entity within him breaks loose; they argue briefly, but then she returns to his body. Remy bests the Firing Squad and gets past Denti but is knocked out by his last gizmo. But before Denti can deliver the killing blow, Rogue breaks free, and Remy shoots Denti with his own staff and leaves with Rogue, meeting the X-Men at the other side of the stargate. Denti, his face mask damaged, shoots at the Firing Squad, mistaking them for Rogue and Remy. He realizes his error, too late. Just like his father, an army man who lost control and shot his own men. As X-Cutioner, he should execute himself. Zoe takes her brother Shirow to the New Orleans Thieves’ Guild for sanctuary. The Mengos are right behind her, hunting them down for the Pig.

Gambit, Volume 3 #6 - Muddy Waters
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Steve Skroce Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: July 1999 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection Vol. 1 Fun Facts: This is not the first issue we see Gambit interact with Candra, but this issue flashbacks to the first time Gambit met Candra in timeline. This issue features the first time we see interaction between Gambit and Zoe Ishihara and Shirow Ishihara. -
Comic Summary: The Pig kidnapped the mind-sapping-gas-creating-boy Shirow from the Thieves Guild. Jean Luc calls in Gambit, who teams up with Zoe Ishihara to rescue the child, but they run into the Mengo Brothers and are knocked out. Gambit also remembers his first encounter with the Pig. When he was 15 years old, Remy tried to help his cousin through the guide tilling, but they were captured while stealing from Candra. The boys then were sold to the Pig and only escaped because of Gambit’s newly manifested mutant ability. The boys jumped into the ocean, but Etienne drowned. Fontanelle is shown entering the dreams of a woman whose sister died years ago. The dead Mary Purcell seems connected to the green mist entity inside Gambit‘s body.

Gambit, Volume 3 #7 - Dirty Thoughts
Importance Rating: 8.5 out of 10
Penciler(s): Steve Skroce Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: August 1999 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection Vol. 1 Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: The Pig plans to use the mind-sapping gas produced by the mutant body of little Shirow worldwide. Gambit and Zoe, prisoners in his base, break lose and rescue Shirow and other captive children while blowing up the base. The remainder of the gas is used on the Pig, who then is ordered to jump off a cliff. Fontanelle learns from Scalphunter’s dreams the nature of Gambit’s involvement in the Mutant Massacre and reports to the New Son that Gambit is innocent, because he did not know the Marauders true intention.

Gambit, Volume 3 #8 - Destined to Repeat It
Importance Rating: 8.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Mat Broome Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: September 1999 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection Vol. 1 Fun Facts: This issue features the first time we see interaction between Gambit and Claire DeLuc. -
Comic Summary: Xavier disbanded the X-Men with no reason. Gambit later breaks into the mansion and discovers that the professor has reason to mistrust at least one member. Remy decides to help in figuring out who might betrray the team, but fior that needs to retrieve something from his past. Fontanelle visits Gambit dreams, where she finds strange images of things to come, she also explains that besides being paid, she also has a personal intrest in her quest. The New Son has Gambit transported to his palace, and warns about Apocalypse’s machinations. The upcoming confrontation between him and the X-Men would be a historic key event. Back in reality, Remy visits Claire De Luc in Arizona and through her gets in contact with Scalphunter of the Marauders. Gambit needs him to find one of Sinister‘s bases, but Sinister has cloned a failsafe into his Marauders that kills them if they turn against him. The only one who could help would be Sabretooth, who is still the original and not a clone. Gambit departs to the Andes with the Courier, where they meet a cult of worshippers; their God of Hunt is none other than Sabretooth, who apparently is in bad shape as he is on the brink of dying.

Gambit, Volume 3 #9 - To Thine Own Self Be True
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Anthony Williams Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: October 1999 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection Vol. 1 Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Remy easily defeats the dying Creed and considers finishing him, but he needs help with Xavier's secret. Creed agrees, so he can live to revenge himself on whomever attacked him. He will get Remy to Sinister’s hideout in exchange for Sinister jumpstarting his healing factor. They fly to Tasmania and infiltrate Sinister's base, through a portal under a rock in a river in a gorge. Remy sees it’s like the one in Nebraska, and Creed explains it’s the same base, with entrances around the world. The Marauders attack; Scalphunter shoots Courier and Creed; Remy harpoons Harpoon and blows up Riptide and Scalphunter. He considers destroying the clone vats, both defeating and freeing them, but Sinister interrupts. Courier, shot through the head, is still alive. Fontanelle investigates the Tithe Collector's dreams and sees Remy a century ago in London, when Candra made a pact with the Thieves' Guild. Remy holds up the vial Sinister gave him in exchange for assembling the Marauders, intending to pay Sinister with it, but he tells him things aren't that serious yet. He says Creed's adamantium was removed, off-planet, and gives him a booster shot of healing factor. He hands Remy an injection that will detect frauds, and in exchange asks that Creed be left with him. Remy doesn't want him to be able to clone him; instead, he offers him a piece of Courier, to study his cellular control. Courier can grow it back, but he's getting shorter over the years. Exiting, Remy gives Creed to his worshippers, blows up Sinister's portal, and has Courier kill the cells he left behind by remote-control.

Gambit, Volume 3 #10 - Waiting for the Princess
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Steve Skroce Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: November 1999 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection Vol. 1 Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: A mysterious data containing jewel, called the Momentary Princess, pops up in Leipzig in Germany for a few minutes every 27 / 29 years. In World War I, Baron von Strucker faces the gem and upon touching it sees his future self becoming leader of Hydra. He watches with awe and fails to grab the Princess before it fades away. With Candra’s help Strucker again tries to reach the jewel in World War II, but Jean Luc LeBeau and Nick Fury’s Howling Commandos get there faster. Candra offers Jean Luc to end the Guild pact in exchange for the gem, but he knows that this would give Hitler the means to end the war, and so he sends it into the timestream again. In the present, Gambit, Sekmet Conoway and Strucker’s children Fenris fight over the stone, but it disappears again before anyone gets hold of it. In the years 2028 Gambit and Rogue, now married, finally get hold of the Princess. In 2084, the Witness sends the Momentary Princess into the past, knowing that many people, including himself, will try to get it. The Courier takes Quiet Bill to the New Son’s citadel. Fontanelle dreamprobes Archangel, who hold Gambit responsible for the loss of his wings during the Mutant Massacre.

Gambit, Volume 3 #11 - The Hamster Run
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Steve Skroce Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: December 1999 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection Vol. 1 Fun Facts: This issue features the first time we see interaction between Gambit and Constrictor. -
Comic Summary: Daredevil beats on Constrictor; he has bystanders drive off the building as a distraction; DD saves them, then continues the chase. Constrictor has stolen an adamantium stomach, which was supposed to go into Judge Buechler. Remy shows up, fighting both of them. He needs adamantium to save Creed: although his healing factor is restored, he has become dependent on adamantium to survive. They fight on top of a train to Jersey, then all jump off a bridge. Fontanelle investigates Sinister's dreams. A century ago in America, he buys a paper with the headline “Black Womb Killer Acquitted!“ : someone is selling fetuses. Constrictor makes it to Donato's place; as a young man he worked for the mobster and fell in love with his daughter, whom he is now holding hostage for the stomach. His own has been destroyed by ground glass, a slow assassination attempt while he was in prison. Turns out the judge bumped Donato down on the organ donor list; Remy makes a deal: he charges the ground glass, dissipating it, Constrictor donates part of his adamantium coils to Creed, and the jerk Buechler gets the stomach.

Gambit, Volume 3 #12 - Sunset Dawn
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Steve Skroce Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: January 2000 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection Vol. 2 Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Jean-Luc LeBeau and Tante Mattie fill in Gambit that they both were saved by him at the end of the 19th century. They even have a hundred year old photo to prove his presence in the past. Gambit asks Sekmeht Conoway for help and she suggests that he uses Dr. Doom’s time machine. Along with the Courier and the Mengo Brothers they invade Latveria, fight their way past many Doombots and reach the platform. Gambit takes Courier with him and they arrive in London 1891. They track down the Thieves Guild and learn that because of an earlier failure, Candra has taken Jean-Luc LeBeau and Belize Marceaux (both still young boys) hostage and has not renewed the guild pact. Candra needs knowledge on Dr. Essex (Mr. Sinister) to prepare herself against Apocalypse, and Gambit offers to provide it, yet the Guild have learned Essex’s whereabouts too and prefer to work off Candra’s debt themselves. Gambit grabs Jean-Luc and leaves, it’s a race to new York, where Essex lives under the alias of Dr. Milbury.

Gambit, Volume 3 #13 - The Sunset Dawn
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Anthony Williams Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: February 2000 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection Vol. 2 Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Remy has blackmailed Worth to get his yacht and sail to New York with Courier and Jean Luc. The Thieves' Guild have rented a room on the Lower East Side; Belize gets a slap from his father for questioning the ancient rituals. He has learned that Essex is operating under the alias of Dr. Milbury, obstetrician. Remy already knows that, and he convinces Courier to morph into a female form and make an appointment with him. Reviewing Courier’s blood sample, Sinister discovers his patient is a mutant and, wanting to study further, injects “her“ with narcotics. Passing out, Courier melts; he touches Sinister’s face, revealing he uses make-up to cover his pale face, and evidently could not yet shapeshift. Fontanelle investigates Bella Donna's dreams and learns that she hates and loves Remy. At age 13, she eavesdropped on her father and Gris Gris and heard about Remy’s importance for the future of the Guilds. Remy has asked the local thieves and learns that Müeller, an accused child-killer, knows about Milbury. He dappers himself up and goes to seduce her, in her 5th Avenue mansion. In the entry hall, he is attacked by the Guild. Jacques demands his son back, and Jean Luc, with regrets, smashes Remy on the head with a flower pot. Remy wakes at Müeller's feet; she had many miscarriages, was tried and acquitted of causing them, but her husband ran off with their last child. She tells Remy where to find her doctor, Milbury. The Guild has gone there first, down secret subway tunnels, which is currently under construction. They find a repository of deformed skeletons and are mobbed by early Morlocks. Remy follows, to Sinister's low-tech lab. Sinister has Courier as a liquid in a jar and offers to make a deal with Remy.

Gambit, Volume 3 #14 - Tomorrows Starts Today
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Anthony Williams Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: March 2000 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection Vol. 2 Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: The Thieves' Guild is trying to steal from Ozymandias for Candra; Jacques (who doesn't know Iehovah from Yahweh) gets them caught, so he asks Ozymandias for information on Apocalypse. He gives them some texts about the Old Kingdom, then Candra shows up. Remy is with Sinister, who released the Guild two weeks ago and offers to restore Courier; now stuck in female form. All this in exchange for a piece of Courier. Remy wants “Jaqueline“ to repeat the trick (iss. #9) of killing the cells he gave to Sinister, but somehow he can’t do it. Fontanelle investigates Rogue's dreams and warns her that Remy needs her help in the past. She needs to go to Jean Luc. Angel, who has decided to be a humanitarian, makes a deal with the New Son and is told he must kill Remy. Candra traps Ozymandias, and the Guild translates Old Kingdom texts so she can fold space using magic. They are interrupted by Sinister, who uses Apocalypse's transport to do the same, and Remy is with him, cards flying. Sinister has Courier's morphing abilities now and attacks Candra, handing her over to her fellow X-Ternals, who are angry she risked waking Apocalypse. Back in New York, Sinister removes the Guild's memories of the Old Kingdom texts and locks them away in Remy's subconscious. He notices previous work done to the base of his cerebellum, which looks like his own. Remy refuses to explain. Courier summarizes: they have saved the Guild and put the kibosh on Candra, but they gave advanced abilities to Sinister and froze Courier as a woman. Plus, they don't know how to get back to the future.

Gambit, Volume 3 #15 - Folding City
Importance Rating: 2.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Richard Starkings Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: April 2000 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection Vol. 2 Fun Facts: Though the comic features other characters all trying to find Gambit, he does not appear in the comic at all. Only on the cover. -
Comic Summary: Jean Luc tells Rogue about Remy's time adventure. She goes to Anubar, who gives her a device he uses to track his daughter Sekmeht, and she finds herself in the mountains of Latveria. Seems Sekmeht found the Folding City, built by Dr. Doom had to study holes in space, which disappeared. Rogue hears her own voice from within, and investigates: it’s a maze of space-time fragments. She finds Sekmeht and the Mengos, who have been on the run (since issue #12) from the self-Exalted One, former rent-a-cop of the facility, who controls the spatial anomalies. Turns out, he's the Mengos' father. At his citadel, the New Son shows Fontanelle many variant realities, in all of which Remy dies with a spear in his belly. The Assassins' Guild has a contract on Remy, and Bella Donna prepares. When Mengo pere hears Doom is out of power, he decides to expand his anomaly to all Latveria. Rogue attacks, breaking the gauntlets that he uses to control the anomaly. Various useless gates to reality open; Rogue realizes Mengo, Sr.'s, armor is the real gate, and flies them all through him. Mengo, Sr., reaches through the rift to catch Rogue's leg, but to his surprise his own son attacks, cutting off his forearm. With only one gauntlet left, he‘s stranded inside the city. But they still don't know where Remy is. Mr. Sinister is monitoring mutant power levels. Sabra operates at 67%, X-Man at 85%. Then a peak 100% registers, with Remy’s signature.

Gambit, Volume 3 #16 - The More Things Change
Importance Rating: 8.5 out of 10
Penciler(s): Yanick Paquette Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: May 2000 Variant Covers: A. Standard Release Variant. Trade Prints: X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection Vol. 2 Fun Facts: This issue features the first time we see interaction between Gambit and Batroc the Leaper and Bullseye. -
Comic Summary: Stuck in the past, Gambit gave Sinister the mysterious vial. It contained a part of his brain (originally removed to keep the powers in check) that improoves his powers to such a degree that Gambit can transport himself and Courier to the present. He now is constantly charged up and able to kiss Rogue, protected by his own bio-field. Yet over a few weeks, the powers get more unstable and he randomly causes burns and explosions. He leaves Rogue and gets back to New Orleans where after being readmitted into the Thieves Guild even becomes their leader. The New Son dismisses Fontanelle as she has gathered all required information, he then sends the Courier, who always reverts back to female form, to recruit some assasins. In time Zaran and Batroc attack Gambit, but are defeated, though Bullseye succeeds and stabs Remy.

Gambit, Volume 3 #17 - Pin Cushion
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Yanick Paquette Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: June 2000 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection Vol. 2 Fun Facts: This issue features the first time we see interaction between Gambit and Deadpool and Genard Alouette. -
Comic Summary: Remy has been stabbed by Bullseye and is near death. Three Daredevils appear and chase off Bullseye; they are Fifolet, Gris-Gris, and Questa, who can fiddle with people's minds. Then they track Gambit, their real target, who has meanwhile escaped. Valerie Cooper reports to the Comission on Superhuman Activities that Zaran and Batroc were captured and released, and Denti will track them to Remy. Tante Mattie watches as Remy's enhanced powers heal him; the remnant of the Thieves' Guild plans to find out why there's a contract on him. Fontanelle investigates Courier's dreams; she tells him to choose between Remy and the New Son.Then she goes into Remy's mind and has him replay his fight with Bullseye. He is awakened by Constrictor, who knocked out the Thieves Guild. After a short struggle, Deadpool appears (also as a hit-man), shoots Constrictor, then threatens Remy, who bribes him to let him go (he made some good investments while he was stuck in the past). Farley is now Fireballs, with some of X-Cutioner's toys; Remy quickly dispatches him, then Denti arrives, identifies himself as FBI and Remy goes with him. Suddenly the car is attacked by a new X-Cutioner.

Gambit, Volume 3 #18 - Working the Tradmill
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Yanick Paquette Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: July 2000 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection Vol. 2 Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: X-Cutioner stops Denti's car; Denti tries to arrest him, but Remy gets them out of there. Denti had chosen to die (issue #5), but when his space station collapsed, failsafe systems teleported him out of his armor. He had assumed it destroyed, but someone else now wears it. Fireballs has balls, until Remy blows them up with a glance. Then he uses some to knock down X-Cutioner. Bella Donna and the Assasins Guild question Deadpool and find he let Remy go. During the questioning Constrictor wakes and is knocked out again. Although he hired the assorted villains for the New Son, Courier calls Archangel for help, while Batroc and Zaran attack Remy again. Denti is wounded; Remy blows up the Thieves' Guild escape boat and the villains with it. Crossbones is on deck; he drops his guns when Remy charges them, then Denti pulls his gun and gets away with Remy. Crossbones crosses paths with Batroc and Zaran; they have an old feud. Deadpool pulls a gun on the Thieves' Guild, but they convince him they're just trying to help a relative. Constrictor again wakes and is again knocked out. Remy tries to catch his breath. Denti notes that he seems stronger when using his enhanced powers. Just then, Fireballs and X-Cutioner attack again. Denti considers, then arrests Fireballs. He's glad he's no longer X-Cutioner. The new one chases down Remy, but the Assassins' Guild rescues him, so Bella Donna can kill him herself. Fifolet disrupts X-Cutioner's systems, and he explodes. A building under construction topples; the debris buries Bella Donna and Remy.

Gambit, Volume 3 #19 - Beasts of Burden
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Yanick Paquette Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: August 2000 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection Vol. 2 Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Remy was knocked out saving Bella Donna and himself from the exploding X-Cutioner (last issue), and she considers killing him but remembers better times. They are buried under a building, and their two guilds start digging them out but scatter when the police arrive. The New Son brings Courier into his citadel, and she protests his recent brutalities, for example towards Quiet Bill, but does nothing to stop him. The Guilds run into Batroc, Zaran, and Crossbones, separately defeat them, and then ally. Beneath the rubble, Bella Donna says she attacked Remy because she still loves him. Denti, investigating the crash site, is still figuring out how to be a good guy again. Fontanelle invades Bullseye's dream of taking over the Kingpin's organization and learns that the contract on Remy expires at dawn. Bella Donna just wanted a normal life with her husband, but Remy's stuck on Rogue. The rubble collapses; he uses his power to cushion their fall. Deciding he has no choice, he tests his newly enhanced powers and carefully disintegrates a hole to the surface. The New Son observes approvingly, and Denti gets the police to let them go. Tante Mattie rejoices that the Guilds are united; Remy considers attacking the New Son, but just then Angel swoops down on him.

Gambit, Volume 3 #20 - In Dreams
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Joe St. Pierre Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: September 2000 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection Vol. 2 Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: In his dreams Gambit is visited by Fontanelle. She explains that when she was originally contacted by the Courier to work for the New Son, she was supposed to do a profile on Gambit. Probing the X-Men, she learned of him having been abandoned in Antarctica, and the New Son rescued Remy from there. Claiming that his goal was to create a new perfect world, Gambit agreed to help him and rescued Courier from the Evolutionary’s base and aquired various objects to complete the task, yet Planet Doom shifting into this universe pulled New Son’s plans to a stop. Also Fontanelle reveals that the job took a personal interest when she found out about Amanda Mueller’s involvement with Mr. Sinister in the past, for Mueller is actually her mother. Conclusion is that they need to find out more about the New Son’s motives, his origin and about the Old Kingdom prophecies of the Guilds, therefore they need to find out about Gambit’s own past. For a start Gambit travels to Washington where he asks Courier to impersonate Xavier to gain access to some governmental facalties.

Gambit, Volume 3 #21 - A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Yanick Paquette Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: October 2000 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection Vol. 2 Fun Facts: None -
Comic Summary: Remy has sent Mercy and Lapin to sneak into the hospital to get his birth records, but there aren't any, like Jean Luc said, and computer records have been erased. The unified Guilds are headquartered at Bella Donna's ancestral mansion. Ministers Tome and Hoard oversee the Unveiling ceremony to open The Casket of All Tomorrows, which turns out to be empty. Courier impersonates Xavier and meets with Denti in the Pentagon to get access to Fred Duncan's files on Black Womb. Turns out Amanda Mueller lived at least until World War II and headed a genetics research program by that name. Mystique, herself impersonating a staffer, realizes Courier’s an imposter, when he, thinking himself unobserved, stands up to get a drink. Bella Donna is mad that the casket was empty, since it was supposed to tell the unified Guilds how to resurrect the Old Kingdom. Tante Mattie says they still have to try, and Remy is the prophesied savior. A fireball explodes in Siberia. Lapin insults Gris Gris, who then starts choking him, so Remy kinetically charges off his dreadlocks. Fontanelle calls Remy, worried because Courier didn't return. Theoren hacks into the Pentagon computers to create a fake meeting, and Remy as Robert Lord walks in, finds Courier, and gets cornered by Mystique. He uses his new power to burn her hand, making her drop her gun, and she realizes she is not up on recent events. He wants to just walk away, but she pulls knives, and he charges her body, forcing her to yield before she dissolves into a blue puddle. Remy summons Theoren and Gris Gris, accusing them of erasing his hospital records and destroying the contents of the casket. They confess, but say Jean Luc LeBeau ordered them.

Gambit, Volume 3 #22 - Follow the Leader
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Yanick Paquette Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: November 2000 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection Vol. 2 Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Rax shoots a crossbow bolt at Remy, shattering his wine goblet and ruining his shirt. Remy remote-charges the crossbow, the knife Rax pulls, and then the ground around him. Rax runs, and Remy considers letting him go but then chases him, because of his sense of responsibility and his desire to avoid Bella Donna. At the Boudreaux mansion, she is holding a vote of confidence on Remy's leadership, which Theoren and Gris-Gris have called, because of the empty casket of All Tomorrows. She advises the Guild to give him more time to prove himself. Remy chases Rax into the Metairie Cemetery, trying to forget how his father had his grandfather Jacques ousted as patriarch by a vote of confidence, in 1923. His father and Marius Bodreaux agreed to the marriage of their children six years ago, to unify the guilds and bring in “Heaven on Earth.“ Fontanelle investigates Quiet Bill's dreams of alternate Earths, finding Remy dead in each of them, always impaled through the chest. Then she sees the New Son fighting the heroes of his earth. In DC, Courier investigates government records on Black Womb, which involved federal agent Fred Duncan, Amanda Mueller and alien technology. He also finds a photo of the the X-Cutioner armor. Remy and Rax scuffle in the streets. Remy refuses to use his enhanced powers to just blow him up and has to protect bystanders. Rax shoots a bolt in his shoulder and is about to kill him, when he is interrupted by Domina, who reveals that the Neo have been watching, and then the Guild, who did have a vote: Remy won 7 to 6. Domina returns Remy to them, saying the Neo were once allies with the Old Kingdom. She claims she would have won, but Rax and Remy exchange glances: they both know Remy was superior. The New Son breaks out of a slab of rock in Siberia. He finds Remy’s message on the ground and laughs. He did not realize they thought he was the “New Son,” when it’s actually “New Sun.”

Gambit, Volume 3 #23 - Shell Game
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Yanick Paquette Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: December 2000 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection Vol. 2, Avengers / X-Men: Maximum Security Fun Facts: This issue is part of the Maximum Security crossover. This issue features the first time we see interaction between Gambit and Heth'sa. -
Comic Summary: Gambit leads the Unified Guild of Thieves and Assassins against the threat of Ego in New Orleans. Gambit realizes that the fight may be futile, but still fights on. After clearing a block from the threat of the Ego-spore, Gambit and his group are approached by Heth’sa, an alien imprisoned on Earth. He explains that he once used to be a prison guard from the planet Culth, which uses the X-Cutioner armor as a guard uniform, but during a prison riot he ran away in cowardice and was sentenced to prison. When Maximum Security was implemented, he was sent to Earth. Heth’sa makes a deal with the guild. If they can help him break into an Oklahoma silo and get him to the X-Cutioner armor, he will give them a c.d. containing information on Ego collected by the High Evolutionary. Gambit, Emil, Bella Donna, Mercy and Heth’sa break into the facility and get the c.d. Heth’sa uses the transport system of the suit to go back in time to kill him instead of letting himself run away. Gambit follows Heth’sa, knowing that if the man does not live then they would never retrieve the information on Ego. Gambit prevents Heth’sa from killing his past self and, instead, helps the man decide to make amends by fighting now. Gambit returns to the future and makes plans to get the c.d. to Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four. After they leave, the New Sun reveals that he was in the X-Cutioner armor during the Assassination Game and plans on killing Gambit to save the Earth.

Gambit, Volume 3 #24 - Sunrise Sunset
Importance Rating: 10.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Yanick Paquette Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: December 2000 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection Vol. 2 Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: The New Sun used Quiet Bill to bring Remy to his earth, which is ruined. Remy realizes he's supposed to see this and fear, so he doesn't lose control of his powers, too. He uses his kinetic abilities to keep Bill frozen in time, so the portal stays open. New Sun wants to talk but expects they'll fight after Remy has heard his story. He was born in Alpha-1, a lab like Black Womb, and trained as a weapon. As a teenager he incinerated the lab and wandered. He joined the X-Men, but had to leave when he killed Phoenix. Jean Luc took him in and showed him the prophecies of the Diable Blanc, who was to be a vessel of the King of the Old Kingdom, which preceded Atlantis and Lemuria. No one thought that “bringing the burning light of heaven to earth“ was literal, but when he channeled those energies, a chain reaction of cascading energy waves engulfed the world, making it a new sun and killing everyone except the New Sun. He tried to remake time, the ultimate use of his kinetic power, but failed, instead breaking through to other universes (including the Age of Apocalypse), finding many in ruins, till he got to ours. To save it, he plans to kill Remy, and he starts blasting. Fontanelle has been monitoring Quiet Bill's dreams and wakes him, while Courier reaches him physically. Remy fights kinetic energy wave with kinetic energy wave; something clicks in his head, and his power goes full-force, blasting New Sun all the way to Iraq. They rush each other, colliding a mile above earth, then land in Turkey at the site of the Old Kingdom. Remy knew how powerful he could be and had Sinister lobotomize him (#16, 23). Less powerful but more cunning, he pumps power into the New Sun, overloading him and knocking himself unconscious. He sees Fontanelle in a dream, then wakes to see a statue of the King fall and impale New Sun with a spear. Everything evaporates, and Courier and Bill pull Remy through the portal to safety in the nick of time. Huey is dead, and Bill is distraught. Remy's extra powers have burnt out, so he's back to where he started. Courier asks if Remy will miss being so powerful, but he declines. She asks what he wants, and suddendly he kisses him/her, saying he wants to keep everyone on their toes.

Gambit, Volume 3 #25 - Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Georges Jeanty Writer(s): Scott Lobdell Release Date: January 2001 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection Vol. 2 Fun Facts: This was the last issue of this series. This issue features the first time we see interaction between Gambit and Hercule and Abrian Ducreste. -
Comic Summary: As a child, Remy stole an amulet from Mastif's neck, waking him, but during his escape a branch broke, and he fell into a yard full of alligators. Hercule rescued and captured him, but the biggest gator got the amulet. Mastif is the Thieves Guild's fence, and when Remy can't return the jewelry, he nearly has him thrown back to his pets, but his little daughter Minnie is upset, so instead he says Remy owes him a favor. Remy hangs from the ceiling as waiters rob a charity ball in New Orleans. He tosses cards and knocks them all out, to general applause; naturally he doesn't mention he happened to be there to steal a painting. Hercule calls in the favor, then breaks down sobbing. He takes him to Mastif, who has seen better times. He hugs Remy and also sobs, then shows him his beautiful, comatose daughter. She had become a reporter and argued with her father till she left him and married Abrian DuCreste. He stole her heart, literally, and there's a little door in her empty chest. It's voodoo, and Mastif wants Remy to steal her heart back. DuCreste is at Mardi Gras with his arm around another girl. Remy trails him, but then a huge man attacks him. Remy charges his orthodontia, exploding till he gets an address, where he breaks in and finds stacks of hearts in jars, wired to a huge one in a central tank. DuCreste holds his latest girl hostage, then throws her to Remy and smacks him around. He says those hearts were willingly given to him, and he is strong and fast. He breaks off some timber and is about to smash Remy with it; Remy throws a card at the tank. DuCreste disintegrates, and all the hearts disappear, returned to their original owners. ThiRemy stays with Minnie a few days, refusing to answer the phone, as the series ends.

Gambit, Volume 3 Annual #1 - With or Without You
Importance Rating: 10.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Walter McDaniel Writer(s): Gina Going Release Date: September 1999 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection Vol. 1 Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: The green energy entity in Gambit’s body is revealed as the psionic form of Mary Purcell, a mutant girl, who died years ago in an explosion caused by her own powers. Xavier is able to separate her from Gambit, but angrily Mary renders all X-Men unconscious and then leaves with Gambit to her hometown. The X-Men search the base in Antarctica for clues, since Gambit must have picked up the green energy there. They find a video log : As energy Mary traveled around the world and even tried to take over Magneto, but he was able to capture the energy form instead and put it into a test tube to store later. Later Magneto posed as Eric the Red and held Gambit’s trial to cause some trouble among the X-Men, so that he could prepare his worl war without them interfering. When he left he forgot about the green energy, which weas then discovered by Gambit, whom the X-Men left behind in the frozen wastelands. Back in the United States, Mary wants Gambit to die, so that their energies came create a new bio-energetic life-form. The X-men arricve with devices to separate them and kill Mary, but as she helped him survive in Antarctica Gambit can’t allow this and blows up the device in midprocess. Afterwards the green energy woman has vanished and Gambit is back to normal. Gambit and Rogue visit her grave and make up.

Gambit, Volume 3 Annual #2 - End Game
Importance Rating: 10.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Thomas Derencik Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: September 2000 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection Vol. 2 Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Gambit and Archangel battle in the skies over New York, but as the X-Men arrive, Warren departs without revealing his reasons. In the mansion Gambit is examined and his powers are more erratic than ever. In the New Son’s Crystal Cathedral, Courier blames for having deliberatly fought in the public to alert the X-Men, but Warren on the other hand is sure that Courier too helped Gambit by contacting the Thieves Guild, who then helped him defeat the many villains during the Assasination Game. Quiet Bill is still opening doorways to alternate realities, and in very few Gambit actually survived the coming events. Bill is no longer sure of the New Son‘s actions and transports the X-Men and Gambit into the Cathedral. They never would have found it themselves as it is hidden outside of time and space. Turns out that Warren only played along with the New Son to expose his plans. In the end New Son attacks Remy, Warren and the Courier, but Remy is able to counteract the energies, because the New Son is nobody else than Remy himself; only from an alternate reality, older and more experienced. Before any questions can be answered, the Cathedral collapses. The New Son is taken through a portal, the others get back to earth in Siberia. Gambit writes a warning on the ground that the place belongs to the New Son.

Gambit, Volume 4 #1 - House Of Cards, Part 1: The Prodigal Sinner
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Georges Jeanty Writer(s): John Layman Release Date: November 2004 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit: House of Cards Fun Facts: This issue features the first time we see interaction between Gambit and Madame Camille D'Aubigne, Genevieve D'Aubigne, Alphonse, Dan Downs and Orlean Cooper. -
Comic Summary: Remy takes a sports bike and high-tails it to New Orleans, just in time for the Geco Festival. The streets are crowded with revellers and Remy says hi to a few familiar faces, including Ronnie and Ida. He then meets another old friend, Dan Down, in a bar. Dan can listen to the cards, and they are telling him something bad is coming. He warns Remy to be cautious. Remy heads to his apartment, thinking that the old man’s just crazy. Later, he heads into town and joins the revellers on the street. He says hi to more familiar faces, including Madame Camille, before heading over to Club Orleans. He beats up three guys who are hassling a young woman, and is seen doing this by the club’s owner, Orlean Cooper. Cooper is in discussions with an expert thief, Jack Jessup. Upon seeing that Remy LeBeau is back in town, Orlean informs Jessup that his services are no longer required. Jessup insists he’s the best man for the job, but Cooper replies that, as of now, he isn’t. He does, however, give Jessup some cash for his troubles, and tells him to avail himself of his establishment’s hospitality. Cooper then meets with Remy, an old acquaintance of his. He asks what he’s doing in town, and Remy replies that he has a date. A woman calls his name and Remy kisses her, pretending that she really is his date. The woman, Lili Penrose, has a job for him. She wants him to steal a deck of cards. Remy like the idea, and the money that comes with the job. Jessup, meanwhile, tries to take an expensive whiskey from the barman, but is refused it. He puts several items of Cooper’s that he stole on the bar, in return for the bottle, and then shoves a knife through the barman’s hand, telling him to warn Cooper that he’s going to take the job anyway (the same job as Lili has offered Gambit). If the stinkin’ mutant gets in his way, he’ll rip his guts out.

Gambit, Volume 4 #2 - House Of Cards, Part 2: Player's Club
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Georges Jeanty Writer(s): John Layman Release Date: December 2004 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit: House of Cards Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Gambit visits Madame Camille in her shop. She is scamming some guy for a portion of his recent ill-gotten gains and he is forced to pay up. Gambit enters as the guy leaves, and pulls back the curtain behind Camille. It reveals her assistant, Genevieve, surrounded by computer monitors. It seems she is hacking into all kinds of systems and finding information with which to blackmail people. Remy wants information about the house where Lili Penrose asked him to steal a deck of cards from. Camille recognizes the Penrose Estate as belonging to Morgan Penrose, Lili’s uncle. This is news to Remy. Morgan is, amongst other things, an amateur occultist. She will provide Remy with the information, but asks for a favor in return. Remy heads to the banks of the Mississippi and steals a disk from Stark International, at great risk to himself, which contains a universal firewall bypass. He gives the disk to Camille and he gets the information he requested. Remy then visits Dan Downs at the Glam Slam bar. He asks Dan about the place, and Dan informs Remy that he’s been doing his own investigations. He knows someone else is trying to get the cards, and also that something bad is definitely brewing. He takes Remy to a casino, as Jack Jessup scopes the Penrose place out. Jack calls Orlean Cooper and informs him that he’ll steal the cards and will be in touch afterwards. Orlean informs a demon, who is actually in his office, that everything is going according to plan. At the casino, Dan proves that the cards do indeed appear to give him information but, as he and Remy fold together in order to dig up a clue, the demon appears above them, then it disappears without a word. It was just an illusion. As they leave the casino, Dan informs Remy that the deck of cards he has to steal is a deck of tarot cards with supernatural powers of apocalyptic proportions. If they get into the wrong hands, it could literally mean there’ll be hell to pay.

Gambit, Volume 4 #3 - House Of Cards, Part 3: Sleight Of Hand
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Georges Jeanty Writer(s): John Layman Release Date: January 2005 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit: House of Cards Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: With Dan Downs carrying two full gas cans, Remy purposely bumps into a guy carrying a bowling ball in his bag, and switches it for a cabbage. They continue towards the Penrose residence, and Remy asks Dan to place the cans in the middle of the road. They continue walking, and Remy asks Dan to remain outside and keep a look out. To create a diversion, he then bowls the ball, now filled with kinetic energy, straight at the gas cans to create a diversion. Inside the Penrose house, Morgan Penrose has guests that include New Orleans’ supernatural elite. Morgan explains that the deck of tarot cards he wishes them to see, possibly the original deck, was crafted by monks from the Order of Frater Inficio more than seven hundred years ago. They were affected by their time, caring for the mentally afflicted people with ‘poisoned’ minds, and the deck was created as a result of their studying these people’s minds, particularly their mind’s primal recesses. It contained four more cards than a normal deck, and these cards were excised from subsequent decks to ensure human safety, and sanity. The deck is extremely powerful. Remy’s explosion gets the exterior guards out of the way, and he enters the house, taking out the security system with ease. He doesn’t count on Lili Penrose being there, and she’s had a bit to drink. Dan calls Remy on the radio to explain that Orlean Cooper has joined the party, but Remy has more important matters in hand, namely getting it on with Lili. Soon, their dalliance is over and Remy gets back to work. He takes out the two guards in the room containing the deck, and uses his agility to make his way through a laser beam field. He then picks the lock, and removes the deck. Morgan Penrose arrives with his guests, finding the guards unconscious, and his most prized possession gone. Remy returns to Dan Downs, but finds him groggy, and leaning against a tree. Before he can think about what’s happened, he is electrocuted by Jack Jessup, who takes the deck from him. He will ensure Remy is blamed for the theft.

Gambit, Volume 4 #4 - House Of Cards, Part 4: Bet Your Life
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Georges Jeanty Writer(s): John Layman Release Date: February 2005 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit: House of Cards Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Morgan Penrose is furious that his precious tarot deck has been stolen. It could be deadly in the wrong hands, and he wants Remy LeBeau to pay for this. Orlean explains that he’s a legitimate businessman and cannot help. His assistant, Alphonse, however, can do whatever he likes. Alphonse walks with Morgan, and informs him that he’s put the word out to his fellow assassins and, by now, Remy should be either dead, or fighting for his life. Elsewhere, Remy has dealt with the potential assassins, and is enjoying a game of Go Fish with Dan Downs. He remembers that he should really be tracking down who’s behind all this, and tries to leave. Dan asks him to stay, and play one more hand. As they continue their game, Dan sees in his cards that Jack Jessup is the one behind their recent mugging. Remy goes after Jack, and disguising himself as a hot dog vendor, easily recovers the stolen tarot deck. As he and Dan wander through the streets of New Orleans, Alphonse appears, alongside a fellow mutant tough guy. Alphonse splits the box holding the tarot deck in two, and the cards fly out. Dan covers Remy’s eyes to avoid him seeing them - they could make him go blind. Dan explains that they’re indestructible, so Remy charges three cards and hurls them at Alphonse. Unfortunately, they don’t retain the charge, and they make no impression on the large assassin, who tells Remy that his power only works on inorganic objects. He should have done his homework. Alphonse and his friend pummel Remy mercilessly, as Dan Downs flees in order to get help. He returns to Remy’s apartment, and spots a deck of cards on the table. He knows he shouldn’t use them, but has little choice. In the cards, he sees a phone number, and calls it. Before he can speak to the person on the other end, Jack Jessup attacks and strangles Dan. On the other end of the line, Wolverine wonders who on Earth is calling.

Gambit, Volume 4 #5 - House Of Cards, Part 5: Celebrity Poker
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Georges Jeanty Writer(s): John Layman Release Date: March 2005 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit: House of Cards Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Gambit is being tortured by Stone, Alphonse’s henchman. When Alphonse leaves to deliver the Inficio Aquilus to Orlean Cooper, Wolverine arrives and slices Stone up. Alphonse delivers the tarot cards, much to Jack Jessup’s annoyance, before being informed that his friend had been killed. Being an avid X-watcher, Alphonse realizes that Wolverine may be involved. This is bad. At Camille’s, Remy thanks both Camille and Wolverine, but is soon saddened when he hears about the death of Dan Downs. He swears revenge and wants Wolverine’s assistance. Using a tried and tested tactic, Remy and Logan tear through the New Orleans underworld, disguising themselves as their fellow X-Men. When the vague stories of these raids reach Alphonse, he believes that the entire team is on his trail, and he doesn’t want that. As Cooper prepares for a ceremony that evening, Alphonse takes the tarot cards and delivers them to Gambit. He asks for forgiveness, but receives a knockout blow in response. Gambit isn’t finished just yet, and is determined to make Cooper and Jessup pay.

Gambit, Volume 4 #6 - House Of Cards, Part 6: Backstabber's Rhapsody
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Roger Robinson Writer(s): John Layman Release Date: April 2005 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit: House of Cards Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Lili Penrose has Remy in mystical shackles, and is preparing to eat his heart. Before she does so, however, she asks what exactly happened to Orlean Cooper and Jack Jessup. Remy obliges her. Remy had visited Madame Camille, and watched Orlean Cooper, who they thought was a mutant, in conversation with three demons on television via a hidden camera. Cooper transformed into a demon himself, and threatened them with the power of the Inficio Aquilus - a powerful set of ancient tarot cards. When they turned out not to be the regular cards, one of the demons scorched Cooper, who wanted revenge against the person he thought had switched them; Jack Jessup. Camille tried to ensure that Remy didn’t let Jessup face Cooper, and so Remy headed off to warn him. After a brief fight, and after his warning had been delivered, Remy still left the pitiful Jessup to his fate. Lili figures she can work out the rest of the story. Remy mentions that he thought her uncle Morgan was the magician in the family. Lili explains he was, until she killed him after learning as much as she needed to. With Remy’s death, and the Inficio Aquilus that Remy has kindly brought with him, she will be formidable beyond belief. As Remy tries to offer her a final piece of advice about dealing with one’s enemies, Lili plunges a dagger into his chest. Strangely, it bends. She rips open his shirt, thinking he may be wearing Kevlar, but instead finds he has one of the tarot cards stuck to his chest. Her eyes immediately burn out, and her skin becomes blotchy and pink. Remy explains that he had Wolverine test out the cards and, though he lost his eyes, he’d get them back. He then informs her that he and the X-Men will destroy the cards, or at least render them useless. She tries to attack him, but he knocks her unconscious, and hears the police sirens outside. As he tries to leave the Penrose house, several officers aim their weapons at him and inform him that he’s going with them. Remy has other ideas.

Gambit, Volume 4 #7 - Voodoo Economics, Part 1: Hath No Fury
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Georges Jeanty Writer(s): John Layman Release Date: May 2005 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit: Hath No Fury Fun Facts: This issue features the first time we see interaction between Gambit and Emery James Arcenoux. -
Comic Summary: Three weeks ago, Emery Arcenaux, a young mutant is caught by his aunt with cash from his latest robbery. He is fed up with her and life in the swamps. He departs, swearing to make something of himself. In the present, Gambit is questioned by detectives about the recent goings on at the Penrose house, and other murders in New Orleans. Unfortunately, they know he’s not guilty of any of the murders, and have to release him. Detective Noreen Tanaka offers to give him a ride to the St. Louis cemetery, but she wishes to take a detour first. She drives to the Louisiana Unified Savings building, where Emery Arcenaux is carrying out a bank robbery. Emery tells the frightened customers that, if everyone does as he asks, no one will get hurt. A security guard takes a shot at him, but his force field protects him. He renders the guard unconscious, and asks if anyone else is feeling suicidal. Gambit says that’ll be him. He throws three charged cards at Emery’s force fields, but it holds with ease. He blasts at Remy, but his agility keeps him clear of danger. Changing tack, Remy persuades Emery that all he’s going to do is to hurt the innocent people around them. He’s a young kid who could maybe use the helping hand of the X-Men. Emery eventually sees sense, and powers down, only to be shot by Detective Tanaka, who breaks down immediately afterwards. After she’s given her side of the story, she gives Remy a lift the rest of the way. It turns out she intended killing Emery in order to further her career - and tells Remy that he’ll have a hard job proving it. She rips his police file in two and throws it away, doing him a favor for helping her at the bank. He thinks she’s crazy. She leaves him at the cemetery where Dan Downs is being buried. He apologizes to his old friend for getting him involved in all this, and says goodbye. Meanwhile, Emery’s aunt uses some voodoo magic to bring Emery back to life, along with the residents of St. Louis cemetery.

Gambit, Volume 4 #8 - Voodoo Economics, Part 2: Hath No Fury - Down Among The Dead Men
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Georges Jeanty Writer(s): John Layman Release Date: June 2005 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit: Hath No Fury Fun Facts: This issue features the first time we see interaction between Gambit and Brother Voodoo. -
Comic Summary: A Louisiana swamp tour is brought to an abrupt halt when a boat, carrying tourists, is attacked by a small army of zombies. Two kids swim to safety, watched by Emery Arcenaux’s aunt. As the kids flee, one of them mentions that New Orleans has its own super hero. His friend has heard of Gambit, but his friend has someone else in mind. Downtown, Brother Voodoo is fending off a horde of the undead, whilst Remy sits opposite Ginny in a restaurant. Her feelings for him are clear, but he informs her that, unfortunately, there’s only one girl for him. She questions him about kissing the female cop, and also his dalliance with Lili Penrose, but he assures her that the cop kissed him, and Lili was a mistake. Before the conversation can get trickier, a zombie enters the restaurant and attacks a customer. Gambit grabs his coat and heads off to see what’s going down. Outside, he finds Brother Voodoo taking on all-comers. He joins the fray, and introductions are made. As they tear their way through countless zombies, Ginny watches them on her monitors. She is upset, and grabs a CD with Remy’s exploits with Lili Penrose on them. This doesn’t look good for Remy. Meanwhile, as they stand off against superior numbers, Gambit suddenly notices that his old friend, Dan Downs, is amongst their number. He freezes, and Brother Voodoo tries to convince Remy that it isn’t his friend; it’s simply a malignant spirit occupying his shell. They’ll be doing them all a favor if they put their tortured souls to rest. Suddenly, they are felled by an explosion. They rise, only to discover that one of the zombies is emery Arcenaux, and he’s surrounded by an impenetrable forcefield.

Gambit, Volume 4 #9 - Voodoo Economics, Part 3: Hath No Fury - To Protect And Sever
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Georges Jeanty Writer(s): John Layman Release Date: July 2005 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit: Hath No Fury Fun Facts: This issue features the first time we see interaction between Gambit and Antoinelle Arcenoux. -
Comic Summary: Gambit and Brother Voodoo are on the run, with Emery Arcenaux in hot pursuit, along with a small army of zombies created by his aunt. During one attack, Remy protects an old lady from debris. Little does he know that it’s Emery’s aunt. They need time to figure out who’s responsible for casting the spell that created these zombies, so Gambit destroys some buildings, which collapse on Emery in order to buy them some time. They meet Detective Tanaka, who shows them a photograph of Emery’s aunt, Antoinelle. Remy recognizes her as the old lady he saved earlier. As Tanaka wants them to do the dirty work for her, she informs them that Antoinelle lives in a shack in the Bayou. The two heroes head there in a stolen speedboat, but once again they are faced with a small army of zombies. Brother Voodoo uses his skills to have nature fight their battle for them. Alligators, snakes and plants all help them out, but they are no match for Emery, who catches up with them. Emery grabs Remy, who realizes that Antoinelle is probably doing all this so somebody can take her own pain away. He sees Detective Tanaka about to shoot Antoinelle, and destroys her pistol with a charged card. Remy’s saved Antoinelle a second time. Antoinelle hugs her son and says she’s sorry for everything. Tanaka still wants to bring her in, but Remy tells her she’ll look foolish in court trying to prove anything. Meanwhile, Ginny mails a CD of Remy’s exploits with Lily Penrose to Rogue in Westchester.

Gambit, Volume 4 #10 - X, Lies & Videotape
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Georges Jeanty Writer(s): John Layman Release Date: August 2005 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit: Hath No Fury Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Remy is lumbered with babysitting three of the school’s pupils who have tried to steal a science test from the headmaster’s study. Unable to refuse in time, he takes the kids with him on a mission to retrieve a disc, which Ginny has sent to Rogue. The disc contains footage of his dalliance with Lili Penrose. They head to the roof to gain entry to Rogue’s room but, due to recent rebuilding work, the entrance is no longer there. Storm is disturbed, sunbathing topless, but decides to leave the boys to their mischief. Remy decides to show the boys how the X-Men train and, during his exercises, explains that Ginny had been forced by her mother to inform him about the disc being sent to Rogue. Later, they head through the mansion, and Cyclops grabs Remy, informing him of something in Manhattan which needs attending. Remy wants to stick around the mansion, but he isn’t given much of a choice in the matter. In Manhattan, he and his fellow X-Men battle some giant stone monsters, successfully, and return to the mansion. Emma tells Remy that Rogue has already returned, and her thoughts are driving her mad. As Remy considers the awkward consequences of Rogue seeing the footage, the three kids appear holding the disc. They explain that they managed to break in to Rogue’s room themselves. He is impressed, and offers them some test results as a means of saying thanks. They think it’s strange that, unlike the other teachers, he helps them bend the rules. Remy replies that he doesn’t mind if they do, so long as they learn something in the process. Rogue appears and is all smiles. The kids had replaced the disc with flowers and chocolates, which Remy gets the credit for. As they drive off into the night, over in New Orleans, Belladonna is viewing a back-up copy of Ginny’s disc, and doesn’t look too happy about it.

Gambit, Volume 4 #11 - Theives' World
Importance Rating: 8.5 out of 10
Penciler(s): Roger Robinson Writer(s): John Layman Release Date: June 2005 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit: Hath No Fury Fun Facts: This issue features the first time we see interaction between Gambit and Bandit. -
Comic Summary: A jewel heist takes place in New Orleans, the culprit being a super-powered individual calling himself Bandit. Detective Noreen Tanaka sincerely hopes the security guard she’s interrogating is mistaken. Her vendetta against Gambit has barely gotten started. She is told to take a personal day by the captain, and returns home. She opens her door to a living room filled with photographs of Remy LeBeau. Meanwhile, Remy is out to steal a gun used in the civil war, which has on it a key to stolen gold. When he arrives at the museum, he finds Bandit has gotten there before him. The two men fight, before Belladonna arrives and breaks it up. She explains that Bandit is her boyfriend. They quickly escape from the museum and head to a café, where he and Belladonna chat, after Remy removes the firing pin key from the gun before Bandit can discover its true value. They chat amiably, and Belladonna has hopes that he and Bandit can become friends. Elsewhere, Detective Tanaka volunteers herself and her partner for a babysitting job, watching over a truck filled with seized A.I.M. weaponry. She murders her partner, before heading to the warehouse district. There, Bandit is trying to rally the guild members to his cause. He wants Gambit dead, so he can continue his own good work leading the guilds. They are quite unwilling to go after Remy, as they’ve failed before. Suddenly, Tanaka crashes the party with the truck, and offers them its contents.

Gambit, Volume 4 #12 - Thieves' World
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Georges Jeanty Writer(s): John Layman Release Date: July 2005 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit: Hath No Fury Fun Facts: This was the last issue of this series. -
Comic Summary: Having received a truckload of stolen goods from crooked detective, Noreen Tanaka, Bandit hands them out to the guild members. He wants Gambit dead. Gambit, meanwhile, goes undercover to learn a few things about Bandit, before having dinner with Belladonna. They get on well, until Remy informs her that Bandit is using her to climb to the top of the guilds, and doing all kinds of other sneaky stuff behind her back. She doesn’t want to hear this, and slaps him hard before throwing him out. He leaves, and later drops in on Bandit’s headquarters, where he kicks his butt. During the fight, Bandit admits that what Bella doesn’t know won’t hurt her. Unfortunately for him, Remy left his file at Bella’s place and she turns up to smack him hard upside the head. With the three of them surrounded by heavily armed assassins and thieves, Bandit orders them to shoot the other two. Belladonna orders them not to shoot anybody. Detective Tanaka then arrives, holding a nuclear device which she threatens to set off if Gambit doesn’t stand down. Remy is quicker than she figured, and he uses his charged cards to disable the device and take her down hard. Seeing little option but to fight their way out, Gambit, Belladonna and Bandit, who has little choice but to assist them, tear their way through the guild members with success. Later, Remy delivers all of them to a police station along with Tanaka before joining Belladonna at Madame Camille’s. He asks Camille to look after Bella, before managing to move Ginny’s schoolgirl crush away from him, and onto Brother Voodoo. He then departs New Orleans, informing them that even the X-mansion beats New Orleans for finding peace and quiet.

Gambit, Volume 5 #1 - Once a Thief..., Part One
Importance Rating: 9.5 out of 10
Penciler(s): Clay Mann Writer(s): James Asmus Release Date: October 2012 Variant Covers: A. Variant Cover B. Second Print Variant Trade Prints: Gambit, Volume 1: Once a Thief Fun Facts: First Appearance of Borya Cich, the woman later names Joelle, and Remlik. -
Comic Summary: Gambit has managed to get himself an invitation to a charity fundraiser organized by the crooked but extremely rich Borya Cich. He heads over there with more than fundraising on his mind. Knowing that Cich probably keeps all kinds of unusual things in his estate, he soon mingles with the other guests and decides to go into action. He explodes a propane cylinder which causes a distraction. He leads a young lady whom he met earlier to safety, but as soon as the guards are off his case he heads to the opposite end of the house. There, he finds an invisible room and heads inside. After breaking the security measures with ease, he enters a massive room where all kinds of booty can be found. He soon discovers a small object which attracts his attention. However, when he tries to grab it, the object sparks and explodes the glass container it is housed in. It bounces across the room and explodes a statue as the security measures kick in. This comes in the form of a Sentinel, which prepares to kill Gambit. By the time the guards arrive, Gambit is gone, the Sentinel is destroyed and the place is a smoking mess. Cich�s head guard goes after Gambit but fortunately, the young lady he met earlier provides him with an alibi. As she and Gambit depart, Borya Cich assures his right hand man that they will settle this later. Back at his apartment, Remy tries to touch the object again but this time he is attacked by a strange five-legged creature, which burrows itself painfully into his chest.

Gambit, Volume 5 #2 - Can't Shake You Loose
Importance Rating: 9.5 out of 10
Penciler(s): Clay Mann Writer(s): James Asmus Release Date: November 2012 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit, Volume 1: Once a Thief Fun Facts: First appearance of Fence. -
Comic Summary: Gambit has a friend of his named Fence try to extract the parasite that has lodged itself into his chest. However, despite his hi-tech equipment, Fence is unable to shift it. He determines that there is no digital record of it anywhere online and suggests that Remy digs around into Borya Cich a little more. They discover that the Museum of the Americas has a small team dedicated to Cich�s acquisitions, so Gambit heads over there and finds a map of the place in the lobby. Later, he breaks into the building and avoids its security sensors before discovering two workers lying unconscious. He then spots a woman in the next room searching for something. When he confronts her, they start fighting, but after she finds what she�s looking for they are disturbed by a guard. She quickly heads to the roof with Gambit hot on her heels. There, she plays nice for a moment before pulling out a knife with which to pry the parasite from his chest. When he steps back in surprise, he falls off the roof and crashes through a skylight back into the museum. He is arrested whilst she makes her getaway. Gambit is then led to a car in handcuffs. En route to the police station, the woman blocks their path and the car skids to a halt. Remy picks his locks and kicks his two guards out before running the woman over in response to her sending him through the skylight. Clinging to the car�s hood, she points out that he needs her help in removing the parasite. Remy decides to give her the benefit of the doubt and he pulls over, allowing her inside. He asks where they are heading next. "Guatemala", she replies.

Gambit, Volume 5 #3 - Jungle Boogie
Importance Rating: 9.5 out of 10
Penciler(s): Clay Mann Writer(s): James Asmus Release Date: November 2012 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit, Volume 1: Once a Thief Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: After spending some quality time together in a hotel room, Gambit and his mystery lover jump on a plane to Guatemala City and arrive at a large sinkhole; one of many that have appeared throughout the city. She explains that Cich smuggled anything of interest out of there but luckily she got her hands on a map which leads to some kind of temple. She believes there may be something of interest there. They hire a clapped-out old Jeep and head into the jungle, where it promptly breaks down. They instead make their way on foot and soon come across a large carved stone buried deep within the ground. As they approach, it they are attacked by hundreds of spiders but Gambit manages to kill them off by leading them onto the stone before charging it with energy to explode it. They then enter a cavern which seems awfully modern for an ancient civilization’s temple. There, the parasite in Remy’s body begins to lead him in a particular direction. As they enter a room with a circle laid out on the floor, something scans their bodies. Moments later, large tendrils descend from the ceiling and attack them. They fight back and manage to get clear of that room, only to find themselves in a beautiful cavern where the second parasite rests. As they approach it, Remy becomes weaker until it leaves his body to join up with its twin. The woman seems intent on using whatever power they possess for her own needs but, as she approaches them, they look up to see several dragon-like creatures circling above them. Remy tells her that he doesn’t believe the parasites are fixing to deliver the power of the gods; they are bring the gods to them!

Gambit, Volume 5 #4 - She’s the End of the World
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Clay Mann Writer(s): James Asmus Release Date: December 2012 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit, Volume 1: Once a Thief Fun Facts: Joelle tells Gambit her first name in this issue, she remained nameless until this comic. -
Comic Summary: The two mysterious parasites, one of which was once embedded in Remy’s chest, lock together and open a portal to another dimension. With the ’power of the gods’ somehow not forthcoming, Remy’s mysterious companion realizes that this isn’t what she expected. A giant multi-headed creature comes through the portal and attacks them, forcing the pair of them to run for their lives. They make their way to a small cave, but the creature’s prehensile tongue grabs the woman and drags her away. Remy gives chase and he ends up inside the creature, exploding it from the inside using his energy powers. Another monster grabs her and pulls her through the portal so Remy gives chase once again, though it’s hard going as he finds it difficult to breathe in this new dimension. Nevertheless, he manages to rescue her from its clutches and they make their escape. They get back through the portal but one of the creatures follows. Remy decides to try and close the portal by charging a card. He sticks it into the twin parasites which created the portal and, when it explodes, this does the job. Grateful for the save, the mystery woman informs him that her name is Joelle, but before he can get any more information she knocks him out cold. He wakes up alone and returns to New York City, where he finds a chauffeur waiting for him at the airport. When he gets into his limo, he finds Borya Cich and two more bodyguards. Cich wants some answers.

Gambit, Volume 5 #5 - Under-dressed and Under Duress
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Diogenes Neves Writer(s): James Asmus Release Date: January 2013 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit, Volume 1: Once a Thief Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Gambit has been captured by Borya Cich and his men. They take him to the Swiss Alps where he is given a motorbike. He uses it to stop a truck destined for the Eurotech Research Project nearby and Cich’s men take the truck. When they get there, they use cunning to enter the building and head to their target area, a small room where tiny teleportation devices are being stored. Cich’s right-hand man, Remlik, tests one and it appears to work properly. Gambit blindsides Remlik and attempts to use one to escape, only to find himself teleporting right back to Cich’s private jet. He is tasered unconscious and wakes up to find himself strapped to the back of the plane. Cich then detaches the cable and Remy falls to Earth, thinking about how he may have gone too far this time. As he resigns himself to being killed, he is teleported back to the plane. Cich warns him that, now he knows what is in store next time he deviates from the plan, he will be prepped for the real mission. Meanwhile, two of Director Pete Wisdom’s employees bring him information about the Eurotech break in and inform him that not only was Gambit involved, but the plane is heading to the UK. Wisdom asks them to rally the troops. They need to be ready for them.

Gambit, Volume 5 #6 - British Invasion
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Diogenes Neves & Al Barrionuevo Writer(s): James Asmus Release Date: January 2013 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit, Volume 1: Once a Thief Fun Facts: This is the first interaction between Gambit and Pete Wisdom in the comics. -
Comic Summary: Gambit is given a job to do by Borya Cich: steal Excalibur. Reluctantly, he enters Buckingham Palace and poses as Sir Anthony Ellis in order to get close to Faiza Hussain, who wields the sword. He takes her by surprise, steals the sword and escapes, only to be captured by Pete Wisdom and agents of MI:13. They take him to their North London headquarters where he is questioned. However, having Remy captured was all part of Cich’s plan in order to use the GPS on his anklet to locate MI:13’s building. His men invade the building and steal all Wisdom’s weaponry before teleporting his team out of there along with Gambit. Pete Wisdom is furious and wants Remy’s head on a plate.

Gambit, Volume 5 #7 - Stiff Upper Lip
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Diogenes Neves & Al Barrionuevo Writer(s): James Asmus Release Date: February 2013 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit, Volume 1: Once a Thief Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Pete Wisdom is on the warpath and has Gambit in his sights. Meanwhile, Remy is the captive of Russian megalomaniac Borya Cich and is currently being forced to open locked weapons cases stolen from MI:13. Working for others doesn’t sit well with Gambit. Unseen, he charges up a card with a timed explosive. When it goes off, he grabs a weapon from the case he’s working on and shoots Remlik with it. Unfortunately, Remlik isn’t particularly affected by it and it emerges that he is something of an experiment, having being augmented several times by Cich using body parts from aliens, mutants and others. He and Remy then fight so Remy tries to use Borya Cich as a hostage. Cich zaps him with a cane, which forces Remy to release his grip. Cich has finally had enough and orders Remlik to kill him. Gambit then reveals that he has the remote control for the explosive anklet he’s been wearing. He activates the anklet which he earlier placed outside the door and through the hole he creates comes Pete Wisdom and agents of MI:13. They do battle with Cich’s men and are too strong for them. Remlik, for all his augmentations, is taken out by Remy with a kick to his glass jaw. As Cich and his crew are led away, Pete Wisdom gives Gambit a severe ticking off but lets him go, understanding that he was forced to act the way he did. As Remy is flown home, he contacts Fence, who plays him footage about an E.S.U. professor in trouble which demands his immediate attention.

Gambit, Volume 5 #8 - Forever Endeavor
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Pasqual Ferry, Devid Baldeon, and Clay Mann Writer(s): James Asmus Release Date: March 2013 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit, Volume 2: Tombstone Blues Fun Facts: Title Logic: Forever Endeavor is also the name of a Ron Sexsmith album released at the same time as the comic, not sure of any connection other than the catchy title. -
Comic Summary: After receiving a distress call from an E.S.U. professor, Gambit heads to the Forever City, former home of the High Evolutionary. Wearing a suit designed by Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four which negates evolutionary energies, he enters the city and soon discovers the evolution engine, which is still operational. He also notices some pretty large claw marks on the wall, which gives him cause for concern. He manages to gain access to a room that one of the creatures there was trying to get into and finds the professor and some of her students. Turns out, the evolution engine has been operating and turned not only some of the local wildlife into evolved versions of themselves, but also some of the students. Gambit introduces himself and tells them that he will try to get them out of there. With a creature at the door, he figures the roof is the best option. They head up there, but one of the student’s sneezes on the face of another and Gambit realizes that her bacteria has evolved. As more creatures arrive, alerted by the sound of the sneeze, they make a run for it. Gambit orders them to get to the edge of the city whilst he stays behind and deals with the pursuing creatures. Once he’s dealt with them in his own inimitable fashion, he finds the others and tells the professor that he’ll contact Hank McCoy to help sort out the mess there. Something the professor says then reminds him of Joelle and he calls Fence to ask him to tell him where she is, should he manage to locate her. He just hopes she hasn’t got into any more trouble. Meanwhile, Joelle finds herself at a club where super-villains hang out. She asks the doorman for his boss. She has someone in her pocket he might be interested in.

Gambit, Volume 5 #9 - A Man Walks Into A Bar...
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Clay Mann Writer(s): James Asmus Release Date: March 2013 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit, Volume 2: Tombstone Blues Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Gambit heads off to find Joelle at the Club With No Name, a super-villain hang out where they can spend time with ladies who like bad boys. His friend Fence watches from his car after hacking into the club’s video feeds. As Remy approaches the club, Rogue calls him for a chat but he doesn’t really have time to speak to her at the moment. Once inside, he mingles with the likes of Batroc and Tiger Shark but manages to finally get the chance to speak with Joelle. She is there on business with Tombstone. She has something for him and in return he is paying her well. Gambit tries to talk to her but Joelle tells him in no uncertain terms that this is none of his business. She’s a grown woman and can handle herself. She finds her nervous business partner, Shakey, and takes him to see Tombstone. Shakey has a memory chip with information about Baron Von Strucker that Tombstone requires. Gambit, desperate to get her out of there, informs the villains present that she is there to rob them. They react by wishing to tear her apart, a reaction Gambit wasn’t quite expecting. He is forced to fight alongside her and leave the club by blowing a hole in the wall. He manages to get Joelle to safety, but she is upset that he’s ruined her business plan. He asks if she’s out for some kind of revenge, but she admits that it’s all because she has a daughter… and she’s dying.

Gambit, Volume 5 #10 - Teeth Of The Hydra Upon You
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Clay Mann, Leonard Kirk Writer(s): James Asmus Release Date: April 2013 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit, Volume 2: Tombstone Blues Fun Facts: Title Logic: The title appears to come from the T-Rex song Get It On or Bang a Gong (Get It On) which features the line ‘You’ve got the teeth of the Hydra upon you.’ -
Comic Summary: Gambit and Joelle head into the wilderness using a map provided by Shakey. They soon locate a semi-hidden Hydra base and enter. With only beta clearance available they are soon attacked by mutates… old Hydra experiments left behind to kill trespassers. There are many of them and they are joined by a giant which emerges through the floor. It targets Remy and shoots at him but he uses a couple of smaller mutates as shields. Using his acrobatics combined with charged playing cards, Gambit manages to destroy the giant. He and Joelle then manage to kill a few more mutates as they escape into a room high above where they’ve just come from. There they discover what they have come for, a cabinet containing several vials. Gambit uses his lock picking skills to gain access to it and Joelle removes one of them, handing it over. She hopes this will cure her daughter. The computer then initiates a zero protocol and Gambit reckons that it’s time to make their escape. He blows a hole in the floor and they make a swift exit using a snowmobile. Once outside, Remy half expects the place to blow up but it doesn’t. Back at their base, Tombstone locates Fence and explains that he believes what Gambit has got is a zero compound, a chemical weapon. He wants to know where they are. Meanwhile, Gambit’s snowmobile runs out of gas so they bed down for the night. When they wake up the following morning they find Rogue standing over them. Not far away, the Hydra base mutates are destroyed in an acid shower which has the effect of leaving the station intact.

Gambit, Volume 5 #11 - Girl Trouble
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Paco Medina, Clay Mann Writer(s): James Asmus Release Date: May 2013 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit, Volume 2: Tombstone Blues Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: When Gambit's in over his head, who will answer his call for help? Enter: Rogue! And she may just have an opinion or two about Gambit's extracurricular activities… - Speaking of, Joelle has her own dark designs for Gambit's former flame.

Gambit, Volume 5 #12 - Tombstone Blues
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Clay Mann, Leonard Kirk, Dexter Soy Writer(s): James Asmus Release Date: May 2013 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit, Volume 2: Tombstone Blues Fun Facts: Title Logic: 'Tombstone Blues' is a song by Bob Dylan. -
Comic Summary: GAMBIT may be in over his head… - JOELLE, the woman he's fighting to save, the one he may be falling for, is on the brink of death. But could the secret she's been keeping be the key to her survival? - Meanwhile, Gambit's former flame and current Uncanny Avenger ROGUE must decide whether she'll help him save Joelle or bring him in. - And the villainous TOMBSTONE? Well, he's willing to cut down any and all of 'em to get what he wants…

Gambit, Volume 5 #13 - A Little Piece Of My Heart
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Amilcar Pinna Writer(s): James Asmus Release Date: June 2013 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit, Volume 3: King of Thieves Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: GAMBIT may be in over his head…Gambit''s mission is simple: break into one of Tony Stark's apartments and snag some tech to repair his buddy, Fence. With some extra technology from Fence, the little heist promptly turns into a game of cat and mouse when James Rhodey enters the fray to investigate the break in.

Gambit, Volume 5 #14 - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Khoi Pham Writer(s): James Asmus Release Date: August 2013 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit, Volume 3: King of Thieves Fun Facts: Title Logic: 'Blood Sugar Sex Magic' is the name of Red Hot Chili Pepper's breakthrough album. -
Comic Summary: Unable to go to his agents at MI13 for help, Pete Wisdom calls in his favor and tasks Gambit with recovering a stolen enchanted artifact. - And if this cover is any indication, this task is right up the Ragin' Cajun's alley!

Gambit, Volume 5 #15 - Watch the Throne
Importance Rating: 9.5 out of 10
Penciler(s): Clay Mann Writer(s): James Asmus Release Date: September 2013 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit, Volume 3: King of Thieves Fun Facts: -
Comic Summary: Gambit is once again the premier thief in the Marvel Universe. - But when you're at the top, there's nowhere to go but down - and a rival thief is hot on his heels!

Gambit, Volume 5 #16 - King of Thieves
Importance Rating: 9.5 out of 10
Penciler(s): Clay Mann Writer(s): James Asmus Release Date: October 2013 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit, Volume 3: King of Thieves Fun Facts: -
Comic Summary: Who is Gambit's friend Fence? How did they meet? And what secrets is he hiding? - To save those dear to him, Gambit must attempt the impossible - and he'll need all of his thieving skills to succeed! - The past is gone but not forgotten in this explosive penultimate issue!

Gambit, Volume 5 #17 - All In
Importance Rating: 10.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Clay Mann Writer(s): James Asmus Release Date: November 2013 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit, Volume 3: King of Thieves Fun Facts: This is the final issue of thise series. -
Comic Summary: Torn between his separate lives - mutant hero and master thief - Gambit is forced to make a choice between the two, with major consequences for what comes next! - But he better make his choice fast - because he's trapped at the center of a deadly super-villain riot! (And a few of them may have scores to settle with Gambit himself.)

Gambit, Volume 6 #1 - Untitled
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Sid Kotian Writer(s): Chris Claremont Release Date: July 2022 Variant Covers: A. Scott Williams Variant B. Inhyuk Lee Variant C. Salvador Larroca Variant D. Peach Momoko Unknown Comics Exclusive Variant E. Peach Momoko Unknown Comics Exclusive Virgin Variant F. Blank Sketch Variant G. Larry Houston Exclusive Variant H. Larry Houston Exclusive Virgin Variant I. Kael Ngu Unknown Comics Exclusive Variant J. Kael Ngu Unknown Comics Exclusive Virgin Variant K. Marco Mastrazzo Unknown Comics Exclusive Variant L. Marco Mastrazzo Unknown Comics Exclusive Virgin Variant M. Peach Momoko Mystery Mail Exclusive Variant N. Peach Momoko Mystery Mail Exclusive Virgin Variant O. 2nd Print Variant Trade Prints: Gambit (2022) Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: You think you know all there is to know about Remy LeBeau, the Ragin' Cajun, the mutant known as GAMBIT - but legendary X-scribe Chris Claremont has an ace up his sleeve with this new series! Before he joined the X-MEN, Gambit encountered a mysterious girl named 'RO - the mutant STORM regressed to her child self by the nefarious NANNY - and the two went up against the forces of the SHADOW KING! Now, revealed for the first time, Gambit finds his path to becoming the heroic X-Man millions of fans call their favorite! Joined by rising star artist Sid Kotian, Chris weaves a story of action, intrigue and revenge that made Gambit the mutant he is and forged his relationship with Storm. You'll get a charge out of this one, mon ami!

Gambit, Volume 6 #2 - Untitled
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Sid Kotian Writer(s): Chris Claremont Release Date: August 2022 Variant Covers: A. Russell Dauterman Hellfire Gala Variant B. Miguel Mercado Unknown Comics Exclusive Variant C. Miguel Mercado Unknown Comics Exclusive Virgin Variant Trade Prints: Gambit (2022) Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: 'RO is the mutant X-Man Storm, reverted to childhood and trying to retain use of her powers while fighting to find her memories. GAMBIT is the free spirit Remy LeBeau, not yet an X-Man and making his way up and down the Mississippi. What do they have in common? They're mutants, they're thieves, and they're having a blast! But their side mission to escape the SHADOW KING goes off the rails when sudden disaster strikes, and the duo find themselves in the midst of local trouble with 'Ro's life - and very essence - in the balance. Can Gambit find the heroic path before it's too late? Featuring old favorites as well as new friends and enemies!

Gambit, Volume 6 #3 - Untitled
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Sid Kotian Writer(s): Chris Claremont Release Date: September 2022 Variant Covers: A. Mirka Andolfo Variant B. Scott Williams Unknown Comics Exclusive Variant C. Scott Williams Unknown Comics Exclusive Virgin Variant Trade Prints: Gambit (2022) Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: You think you know all there is to know about Remy LeBeau, the Ragin' Cajun, the mutant known as GAMBIT - but legendary X-scribe Chris Claremont has an ace up his sleeve with this new series! Before he joined the X-MEN, Gambit encountered a mysterious girl named 'RO - the mutant STORM regressed to her child self by the nefarious NANNY - and the two went up against the forces of the SHADOW KING! Now, revealed for the first time, Gambit finds his path to becoming the heroic X-Man millions of fans call their favorite! Joined by rising star artist Sid Kotian, Chris weaves a story of action, intrigue and revenge that made Gambit the mutant he is and forged his relationship with Storm. You'll get a charge out of this one, mon ami!

Gambit, Volume 6 #4 - Untitled
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Sid Kotian Writer(s): Chris Claremont Release Date: October 2022 Variant Covers: A. Netease Variant B. Tony Daniel Unknown Comics Exclusive Variant C. Tony Daniel Unknown Comics Exclusive Virgin Variant Trade Prints: Gambit (2022) Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: You think you know all there is to know about Remy LeBeau, the Ragin' Cajun, the mutant known as GAMBIT - but legendary X-scribe Chris Claremont has an ace up his sleeve with this new series! Before he joined the X-MEN, Gambit encountered a mysterious girl named 'RO - the mutant STORM regressed to her child self by the nefarious NANNY - and the two went up against the forces of the SHADOW KING! Now, revealed for the first time, Gambit finds his path to becoming the heroic X-Man millions of fans call their favorite! Joined by rising star artist Sid Kotian, Chris weaves a story of action, intrigue and revenge that made Gambit the mutant he is and forged his relationship with Storm. You'll get a charge out of this one, mon ami!

Gambit, Volume 6 #5 - Untitled
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Sid Kotian Writer(s): Chris Claremont Release Date: November 2022 Variant Covers: A. Russell Dutterman Costumes Variant B. Ivan Tao Unknown Comics Exclusive Variant C. Ivan Tao Unknown Comics Exclusive Virgin Variant Trade Prints: Gambit (2022) Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: GAMBIT and 'RO must do battle with a trio of intergalactic bounty hunters as Remy finds himself in the crosshairs of competing forces looking for revenge... and a payday! • LILA CHENEY rocks the galaxy with an explosive encore! • All good things must come to an end...and will this spell the end of Gambit's partnership with 'Ro and with his love MARISSA?

Gambit & Bishop: Genesis - Untitled
Importance Rating: 10.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Various Writer(s): Various Release Date: March 2001 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: None. Fun Facts: Contains reprints of Uncanny X-Men #266, Uncanny X-Men #283 and X-Men #8 -
Comic Summary: Part One - Ororo has run right into the Shadow King’s trap. She struggles against the attacks of his Hounds and, after hurting the King with her weather power, she falls into a pool, from which she is rescued by Gambit. Gambit almost manages to mesmerize the King’s aide Lian with his charm, but is attacked by the King himself. Together, though, the two thieves manage to trick their attackers and flee via the roof and Storm’s parachute. Later, at the junkyard where Storm is staying, she admits that the Shadow King won’t give up and Gambit is now likely part of his vendetta. Nanny and the Orphan-Maker have finally almost located Storm again. Nanny is determined to “rescue” her, before the Shadow King gets Ororo. In Washington D.C., Val Cooper is sent by the Shadow King to assassinate Mystique, who, courtesy of a letter by Destiny, is already expecting her. However, Mystique doesn’t act to stop Val. Part Two - Bishop, Malcolm and Randall battle the criminals from the future, who desperately try to save Fitzroy. While Bishop kills the criminals, Fitzroy escapes, only to be captured by Shinobi Shaw, who tells him that the Gamesmaster deemed Fitzroy a cheater and takes his ring back. The X-Men try to stop Bishop, who seems to be an X-Man from the future, but the man believes that Fitzroy is trying to trick him with imposter X-Men. The X-Men battle Bishop and the others until Storm defeats the three. Meanwhile, Xavier and Forge help restore Jean back to her body, but Xavier senses another presence. Fitzroy’s complex detonates and the X-Men are separated from Bishop. Bishop and his men escape to track the rest of the criminals and the real X-Men. The X-Men regroup and Storm is more determined than ever to discover the truth about Bishop. Meanwhile, Gamesmaster and Selene watch the events unfold and laugh at what they have in store for the Upstarts.

Gambit & Bishop: Sons of the Atom Alpha - May Tomorrow Never Die
Importance Rating: 8.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Joe Pruett Writer(s): Scott Lobdell Release Date: February 2001 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: None. Fun Facts: For some reason in Bishop's dream, Gambit uses a gun instead of his powers, even though Gambit never uses guns. -
Comic Summary: Remy and Bishop are under fire, unable to contact help by radio. Cyclops blasts them and grapples with Bishop, saying even he can't absorb that much energy at once. Bishop's hand glows; Cyclops is reduced to a skeleton; Bishop has killed his boyhood idol! Remy shakes him from his shock; they need to escape from the mansion. They find an icy landscape and realize Iceman has been turned, too. Remy tries for the door, but he's frozen in mid-air. Then Iceman attacks Bishop. Bishop wakes from this nightmare. Xavier is there, having sensed that Bishop's mind was time traveling. He takes Bishop to the lab for Beast to conduct tests. Turns out Bishop is infected with a subdermal symbiote. Remy and Rogue have been on a date. She's not sure their relationship can be rebuilt, but she's willing to try. As they approach the mansion, it blows up. Rogue disappears, and Remy sees the windows are intact. He cautiously enters and finds the X-Men in the lab waiting for him. Something is not right.

Gambit & Bishop: Sons of the Atom #1 - Moon Rising
Importance Rating: 8.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Joe Pruett Writer(s): Scott Lobdell Release Date: March 2001 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: None. Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Remy, suspicious of his teammates, takes a seat. Beast shows him that Bishop has a symbiote; he tries to leave, but Xavier stops him, so he throws cards and kicks Xavier in the head. Surprised, the X-Men go down, all except Storm, who powers up. Bishop realizes she intends to kill him, and he vaguely remembers her leaving the mansion with part of the team (after X-Men 2nd series #109). “Storm“ attacks, but it just tingles. Remy and Bishop realize the X-Men are illusions, but Beast thumps Remy: only the X-women were illusions, and they fade away. Beast, Nightcrawler, and Xavier (!) are under mind control; it must be Stryfe (X-Men 2nd series 2000 Annual). Remy is more concerned that Bishop is emitting energy not his own. He throws cards and blows a hole in the floor, so they can escape. Bishop chokes him, saying their duty was to rescue Xavier, but Remy says Stryfe must be after Bishop's parasite. He tells Bishop to trust him, and they walk down the Morlock tunnel together.

Gambit & Bishop: Sons of the Atom #2 - Enter the Witness
Importance Rating: 7.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Joe Pruett Writer(s): Scott Lobdell Release Date: April 2001 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: None. Fun Facts: This issue adds to the mystery of the Witness. When Bishop first appeared in the present he states that Remy LeBeau is actually the man known as The Witness from his time line, but everything he knew about the traitor and the death of the X-men turned out to be wrong. This issue brings the present day Gambit and The Witness together. It is revealed that Gambit has known The Witness most of his life and as a child Remy would visit the Witness at a local cemetery. It is never said that they are not the same person, but it is never said they are. The Witness has the ability to jump times and places, but Gambit has also shown this ability when his powers are at their strongest level. Even Bishop seems to be confused by the two men. -
Comic Summary: Bishop and Remy fly commercial to the Big O; fighter and lover, they are an odd couple. Remy reads Tome magazine, which gives Kelly's death an anti-mutant spin. Remy has Hercule pick them up at the airport and drive them; his boss Mastif owes him a favor. Bishop still thinks they shouldn’t have abandoned the others to Stryfe, but Remy says to trust him. They stop at a beautifully serene cemetery, where Remy played as a child, and enter a mausoleum. Bishop grows impatient and wants answers from Remy. Below ground sits an old friend, the Witness, amid collected super-hero souvenirs. He explains that his power is to remember all possible futures as well as the past. Remy came across him when he was six, but he's been out of touch since he joined the X-Men. Bishop has trouble accepting this is the same man from his own timeline, who he thought was an aged Remy. The Witness says they don't always see what's there, and he points out that Stryfe is behind them on the floor, asking for their help.

Gambit & Bishop: Sons of the Atom #3 - That's Stryfe
Importance Rating: 7.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Georges Jeanty Writer(s): Scott Lobdell Release Date: May 2001 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: None. Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Stryfe begs for help; Bishop smacks him, because his Legacy Virus killed so many. Remy has to pull him off. Stryfe zaps them both, saying he's still powerful, even if he needs their help. Remy says they should stop fighting and go out to a diner; Stryfe telepathically masks their appearances. Stryfe: "You have no right to judge me, Bishop. You did not live my life." He tells them his story. In the future, Rachel Summers cloned him from Nathan as a precaution, since the baby had the T-O virus; he was captured by Apocalypse, who raised him to become his vessel, till he found out he was a clone. His life had no purpose, and Stryfe battled Cable where- and whenever he could, as he only was his imitation. Bishop has enough and blasts him through the wall. Stryfe continues that he was demented when he created the Legacy Virus and wishes he could repair the damage, as he now repairs the wall. He wants protection from Cable, who wants to kill him.

Gambit & Bishop: Sons of the Atom #4 - My Brother, My Enemy
Importance Rating: 8.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Thomas Derenick Writer(s): Scott Lobdell Release Date: June 2001 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: None. Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Bishop and Remy say Stryfe deserves to die; even he admits he brought it on himself; the Witness says he's never seen an X-Man, past or future, kill for retribution. But he's not allowed to tell them the whole future, and that wouldn't be any fun, anyway. Over pie, Bishop asks Stryfe about his symbiote; it is the Bete Noir, power beyond imagination, especially coupled to Bishop. He admits he wanted to use it to destroy the world, and that’s why he possessed the X-Men. The fork in Bishop's hand becomes a techno-organic gauntlet; Remy throws a card, shattering it; Stryfe says it's Cable's work. Techno-organics engulf Stryfe and the Witness, and Bishop and Remy go under trying to rescue them. Suddenly it disappears, and the waitress says Stryfe's twin took him away while they were roughhousing. Remy leaves a necklace to pay for the damages and says Cable will kill Stryfe at a nexus in time, to prevent his return (or else Stryfe could return from death once more). The nearest one is the Witness's mausoleum, and they find that the entire graveyard has been T-O'd.

Gambit & Bishop: Sons of the Atom #5 - Are We Ourselves
Importance Rating: 7.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Joe Pruett Writer(s): Scott Lobdell Release Date: July 2001 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: None. Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Remy and Bishop enter the cemetery, hopping over the T-O and wondering how to stop Cable. They find him standing over Stryfe; he telepathically made him experience all the deaths he caused. He plans to kill him, justifying it as "an aberrant form of suicide," since he's only his clone. He has seen the future and will act to prevent it. Stryfe, in shock, whispers that since Kelly's death, all futures have been disrupted, and nothing is certain. Remy and Bishop try to dissuade Cable, but he forces Stryfe to explain the Bete Noir. It is an ancient force, banished by the Phoenix Force to earth’s core and called by many names including Satan. When Bishop returned from the Chronomancer future, it bonded to him, the perfect host thanks to his mutant power, and it plans first to morally corrupt and eventually to destroy all life. The Witness gives Bishop a shirt similar to Havok's containment suit, to contain it. Stryfe admits he wanted to use the Bete Noir to destroy the world, but says it's just his nature, like Remy is a scoundrel-hero, Cable a reluctant messiah, and Bishop a law-enforcer. None of them can change. Cable is unconvinced and raises his gun, but just then the Bete Noir erupts from Bishop's chest.

Gambit & Bishop: Sons of the Atom #6 - What Goes 'Round Comes 'Round
Importance Rating: 7.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Georges Jeanty Writer(s): Scott Lobdell Release Date: July 2001 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: None. Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: The Bete Noir erupts from Bishop’s chest, but Styfe and Cable contain it in a TK field. Bishop in contact with the evil energy knows its plan to kill everyone on earth and asks Gambit to kill him, to prevent it from getting free. Stryfe has another option, he absorbs the Bete Noir into himself and after apologizing for all his deeds dies of the power overload. Both threats dealt with, Cable leaves. Bishop and Gambit want to check on the Witness, but he has already departed.

Gambit: From The Marvel Vault - Untitled
Importance Rating: 10.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): George Tuska Writer(s): Scott Lobdell Release Date: October 2011 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: From the Marvel Vault Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: X-Man Gambit joins the Champions to take down the Mental Organism Designed Only For Killing! From those halcyon days gone by when the Champions were L.A.'s premier super-team comes this amazing assemblage featuring: Ghost Rider, the Black Widow, Angel, Remy LeBeau and the demi-god Hercules! The Champions are in a desperate race to stop the malevolent MODOK from coming into possession of the Scroll of Vishota. With such a parchment in your control, world domination is but moments away. Looks as if the ragin' Cajun showed up just in time!

Gambit and the X-Ternals #1 - Some Of Us Looking To The Stars
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Tony Daniel Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: March 1995 Variant Covers: A. Ultimate Edition Variant. Has gold foil cover. B. Second Print Edition Variant. Cover has orange where original is white and barcode states that it is an "X-Tra Edition". Trade Prints: X-Men: The Complete Age of Apocalypse Epic: Book 2 and Gambit and the X-ternals Ultimate Edition Fun Facts: Gambit is also in an advertisement for X-men fruit snacks in the center of the comic and one for phone cards in the back. Title Logic: "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars" is a quote from Oscar Wilde. -
Comic Summary: Jubilee is in trouble with the Infinites. Luckily, some of her teammates within the X-Ternals show up to save the day. They take the goods she stole and bring them back to camp to give out to the needy. Much to their surprise Magneto, the leader of the X-Men, is there with Gambit. He takes the team to one of Apocalypse’s secret chambers in the Morlock Tunnels. He tells them they need to steal a piece of the M’Kraan crystal to be able to put right what went wrong. The Madri track them there and they battle. Lily Cheney, who thought she was human, learns the truth about her mutant powers and is able to manifest them. During the process, Rictor with his Infinites shows up. Lila transports the team to outer space, where the M’Kraan crystal is located. However Rictor makes it through the teleportation portal as well. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net)

Gambit and the X-Ternals #2 - Where No External Has Gone Before!
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Tony Daniel Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: April 1995 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: X-Men: The Complete Age of Apocalypse Epic: Book 2 and Gambit and the X-ternals Ultimate Edition Fun Facts: Title Logic: The title is a play on the popular quote from the original Star Trek opening credits, "Where no man has gone before." This quote was used again as a title for Uncanny X-Men #343. -
Comic Summary: The X-Ternals find themselves on an alien planet and are immediately approached by the Imperial Guard. After a quick battle where both Starbolt and Gladiator are knocked for a loop, the X-Ternals head into the jungle to escape. They are able to hide from the Imperial Guard but are snagged by the plants and vines. A Shi’Ar / Mephistoid hybrid named Jonath comes along with his crew and releases them. He proceeds to tell them the recent history of the Shi’ar empire. Emperor D’Ken has forcefully wrested control over the empire, forcing his older sister Deathbird into exile. D’Ken’s mad quest for power caused him to tamper with the M’Kraan crystal and the expanding nexus is now endangering the entire universe. More and more frequently the crystal sends out waves of energy that cause the eradication of all reality for brief glimpses. Meanwhile Rictor, who followed the mutants through Lila’s teleportation gate, has surrendered to the Imperial Guard and makes a deal with them. He has a tracking device planted on one of them and will help to hunt them down if he can deliver the X-Ternals back to earth as his captives. Gladiator agrees and soon the Imperial Guard and Rictor crash in on the X-Ternals and their new friend. Unfortunately for everyone, the crystal wave starts enveloping the planet. Shortly after, almost everyone is crystallized. Luckily, the X-Ternals are beamed up to a ship piloted by the Starjammers, led by Deathbird. She explains that the crystal wanted to show them that it is not a mere piece of rock and that not only earth’s fate is in the hands of the mutants but that of the entire universe. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net)

Gambit and the X-Ternals #3 - To the Limits of Infinity
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Salvador Larroca Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: May 1995 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit and the X-ternals Ultimate Edition Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: The X-Ternals and Starjammers make it to their destination, the planet where the M’Kraan crystal is located. While the Starjammers try to distract the Shi’Ar fleet, Deathbird accompanies the X-Ternals to the planet‘s surface. Guido, Jubilee, and Sunspot take on D’Ken’s army, while Gambit, Lila and Deathbird head off to look for the crystal. They find less resistance then expected and quickly arrive in front of the giant crystal leaving Gambit and Lila puzzled how to steal something that big. Deathbird explains that one shard is as much as the entire crystal – after all it contains infinity. While they wonder how top cut off a piece, Lila gets pulled inside the structure. Gambit and Deathbird follow and meet a creature by the name of Jahf. He introduces himself as the M’Kraan’s guardian. He brings the odd couple to Lila and D’Ken, both frozen in front of the pink sphere that contains the neutron sun that makes up the crystal‘s essence. Deathbird wants to use the situation to her advantage and tries to kill her brother, but ends up in stasis as well. Jahf explains to Gambit that it’s up to him to save the universe, or actually all universes. Because of Xavier‘s death, Jean Grey never received the proper training and Phoenix never repaired the crystal. With this nexus place left open, matter drafts into the structures anti-matter galaxy, and in a cascading effect every single reality will get consumed. To prevent this, Gambit needs to get a crystal shard, get back to earth and help to send Bishop back in time. However in order to gain a piece, he needs to sacrifice something. Outside the “Blinks” keep occurring as the three X-Ternals are fighting the Shi’Ar forces including Rictor and Gladiator. ‘Berto changes color with every “Blink”, absorbing more and more of the released energy until he glows bright white. Another "Blink“ turns all of the Shi’Ar to glass, and knowing that he has reached his absorption limit, Sunspot order Guido, Jubilee and Rictor into the crystal too. There the witness Gambit whispering Rogue’s name as he hits the sphere and is granted the desired M’Kraan fragment. The team’s ready to head back to Earth, but Sunspot remains behind as he can’t contain the destructive energies much longer. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net)

Gambit and the X-Ternals #4 - The Maze
Importance Rating: 9.5 out of 10
Penciler(s): Salvador Larroca Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza Release Date: June 1995 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Gambit and the X-ternals Ultimate Edition Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: The X-Ternals have returned from Shi’Ar space, but Rictor is still on their trails. Gambit orders his team to split up and predicting that Rictor will go after him and Lila, he gives the crystal shard to Jubilee and Guido to bring it to Magneto. On their way towards the mansion through the Morlock tunnels, they run into Nanny and baby Charles, and surprisingly Guido destroys the robot that could have led the way. Turns out that Guido turned traitor after being caught a few months earlier and had a bug implanted in him, that would kill him if he removed it or told anyone about it. Guido takes both the crystal and the baby, leaving Jubilee behind in tears. Meanwhile, Gambit and Lila are luring Rictor away, but when he lets out that he has a means to track Guido and Jubilee, Gambit decides they should turn around and keep them from getting to the X-Men mansion. In the main access tunnel, they run into Guido, and Rictor and chaos ensues. As the tunnels cave in, Gambit can either rescue Lila, or the crystal and baby Charles. Gambit chooses his love, and they both end up being toppled by debris. Rictor makes it out alive and goes directly to Apocalypse, hoping for a promotion when he learns of the X-Ternals fate. Yet Apocalypse is angry and kills Rictor for not realizing the importance of both the child, Magneto‘s son, and the crystal. However Guido brings Apocalypse both prizes and in return is promised freedom with Lila. When the X-Men Dazzler and Exodus search the tunnels for the child, they dig out Lila and Gambit and head off with them for the mansion. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net)

Generation X #49 - Trophies
Importance Rating: 2.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Terry Dodson Writer(s): Jay Faerber Release Date: March 1999 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: None. Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Maggott has settled into the school and plays a basketball game with Chamber, Synch and Skin. He later gets introduced to the girls, and is impressed by Paige’s beauty. They later leave and go shopping. Later in the woods, the kids are ambushed by a hunter who calls himself the Slaughter! He shoots Eany and Meany, Maggott’s slugs, and wants to keep them as trophies. Maggott feels their pain, and doesn’t feel so good. The Slaughter quickly defeats the kids using his advanced weapons and after tying them up escapes with the slugs. Synch synches Maggott’s powers in order to free themselves, and together they go after the Slaughter. Eany and Meany recover and break free from the Slaughter, and eat his guns. Maggott tries to finish the battle, but the Slaughter escapes, mentioning that there are many more trophies out there for him to get, including maybe some mutants. Two hours later, Banshee has repaired the security system, which the Slaughter had broken through using Asgardian machines. Maggott can’t live with the fact that the Slaughter might hurt someone, and decides to leave and track the Slaughter down. He takes goodbye from the group, and departs, promising he’ll be back some day. At the same time, Emma visits her older sister, Adrienne, and asks her to loan some money. At first, Adrienne refuses but, after using her powers and learning about Generation X, she agrees to help out, but only under one condition. Emma agrees, and takes her sister to the school, where she introduces her as… the new headmistress! (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net)

Generation X: Collector's Preview #1 -
Importance Rating: 3.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Various Writer(s): Various Release Date: October 1994 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: None. Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Preview to the then upcoming Generation X title. Information on the characters and all the writers at Marvel at the time. There is also information about the X-Men toyline, movie and upcoming X-Men related titles.

Genext #2 - Datenight Runaways, Part 2
Importance Rating: 2.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Patrick Scherberger Writer(s): Chris Claremont Release Date: August 2008 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Genext Fun Facts: Gambit is the father of Oliver Raven, the main character of this series. -
Comic Summary: Teammates No-Name and Pavel Rasputin are having an argument about his not taking his education seriously enough. Along the line, they begin to realize their feelings for each other. However, as they are getting closer, No-Name gets a mysterious phonecall and disappears. The others follow her and find her being threatened by a Shockwave Rider. The kids fight the Shockwave Rider and his teammates who flee when law enforcement officials come. Later, both the kids and the grown-ups wonder what is going on with No-Name of whom they have little to no background. Pavel gives No-Name a picture as a gift, which only makes her cry.

Genext #5 - Call Us GeNext!
Importance Rating: 2.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Patrick Scherberger Writer(s): Chris Claremont Release Date: November 2008 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Genext Fun Facts: Gambit is the father of Oliver Raven, the main character of this series. -
Comic Summary: For an unknown reason, Shadow X demands No-Name and quickly clobber the youngsters. They are only saved by the interference of the Genoshan mutant Wicked who demands Shadow X leave with No-Name but leave the others alive. While unconscious, Oli is contacted by his telepathic girlfriend, Megan Summers, who wakes him up. Later, after the kids find Shadow X, Black Marvel tries to mentally interrogate No-Name but the girl makes it appear that she has possessed Jenna while the other kids attack Shadow X. Together, they actually manage to win as a team. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net)

Genext United #4 - Passage to India, Part 4: Family Reunion
Importance Rating: 5.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Jonboy Meyers Writer(s): Chris Claremont Release Date: October 2009 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Genext United Fun Facts: Gambit is the father of Oliver Raven, the main character of this series. -
Comic Summary: While Beast, Skanda and Sati are Kalima’s prisoners and are being tortured by the evil goddess, her Ravarati search in vain for the members of GeNext. Thanks to Sati’s powers, the young heroes have been recast in the lives of young Indians with no memories of their past. Oli is a delivery boy who is accosted by two strangers – strangers who force him to remember his true identity, as they are his father, Gambit, and his sister, Ray. While Oli regains his memory and powers his form stays the same. He asks the two of them to find Kalima while he goes to find the rest of the team. He confronts them and they join him, one after the other. The only exception is No Name, who is starting to make a name for herself as a Bollywood dancer but ultimately she too comes. Finally, they find Megan, who is an Untouchable beggar girl and beat a Ravarati that found them. Now all together, they decide to go confront Kalima. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net)

Genext United #5 - Passage to India, Part 5: Shall All Come Home Again?
Importance Rating: 5.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Jonboy Meyers Writer(s): Chris Claremont Release Date: December 2009 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Genext United Fun Facts: Gambit is the father of Oliver Raven, the main character of this series. -
Comic Summary: The members of GeNext learn from gambit that Kalima has taken over the Indian city Jaisalmar. They split up and together with Ray maange to free the others and confront Kalima. No-Name uses a bluff to get the evil goddess to leave Sophie’s body and disappear. Shakti calls the gods Lakshimi and Ganesh, who reverses the kids’ transformation into indian youngsters – with one notable exception: No-Name keeps her new body as she was always longing for a new beginning. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net)

Ghost Rider, Volume 2 #26 - Blood Feud!, Part 2
Importance Rating: 8.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Ron Wagner Writer(s): Howard Mackie Release Date: June 1992 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: X-Men & Ghost Rider: Brood Trouble in the Big Easy Fun Facts: The story started in X-Men #8 and continues in X-Men #9 before being concluded in the next issue of Ghost Rider #27. This issue features the first time we see interaction between Gambit and The Brood and Ghost Rider. -
Comic Summary: Since his human host Dan Ketch has been wounded and he can feel him dying through their psychic link, Ghost Rider has come to New Orleans, looking for John Blaze. He believes that the former Ghost Rider will be able to help him and Dan. Searching for him, he comes across a black clawed figure calling itself an Assasin and he recently killed lots of memmbers of the Thieves Guild. Ghost Rider vows vengeance for the innocent and chases after him into a church. A stairway leads downwards to a Brood nest, they have been taking over almost the entire Assasins Guild, and sensing the vast power in Ghost Rider they want to imlpant him a Brood egg too. He tries to fight but is outnumbered and can’t help himself as the Brood Queen approaches. Meanwhile the X-Men’s Blue team arrives in New Orleans too, alerted by Gambit’s wife Bella Donna of the feus between the rivaling Guilds have cost many lives. Soon they find the trail of the recently killed and enter the church too. They fight the Brood, and Cyclops explains that they are alien parasites, as not all members present are familiar with them. Once they have taken over a host body, there is no other solution than death. The X-Men do well, but suddenly they have to face the Ghost Rider, who already is growing Brood tentacles out of his body. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net)

Ghost Rider, Volume 2 #27 - Part 4: Vengeance. Pure and Simple.
Importance Rating: 8.5 out of 10
Penciler(s): Ron Wagner Writer(s): Howard Mackie Release Date: July 1992 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: X-Men & Ghost Rider: Brood Trouble in the Big Easy Fun Facts: The story started in X-Men #8 and continues from Ghost Rider #26 and X-Men #9 before being concluded in this issue. This issue features the first time we see interaction between Gambit and Julien Boudreaux. -
Comic Summary: The X-Men and the Ghost Rider search the catacombs for the missing Guild children and finally find them stuck in organic Brood material. Gambit, Logan and Ghost Rider walk off to kill the Brood Queen, while the others try to get the kids to saftey. Both teams gets attacked by Brood, but both teams fight their way through. The Brood Queen wants revenge for her dead children and tries to kuill the Guild children in return, but Ghost Rider swings his chain around her neck and drags her behind his bike through the catacombs up to the surface. There he deafets the Brood Queen, and a second time when she rises again when the X-Men and the children come out of the catacombs too. Alerted by a clairvoyant friend, John Blaze knows that the Ghost Rider needs him. He arrives right as the Brood Queen rises a third time and helps with his special gun to sever her head. The X-Men use their powers to make sure that the remaining bones get disintegrated. Ghost Rider and John Blaze depart, talking about how to rescue Ghost Rider’s human host Dan Ketch. The X-Men know that one opponent is still on the loose, a half Brood transformed member of the Assasin Guild, who killed many Thief Guild members. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net)

Ghost Rider, Volume 2 #29 - Part 4: Vengeance. Pure and Simple.
Importance Rating: 2.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Andy Kubert Writer(s): Howard Mackie Release Date: September 1992 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: None. Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Agent-X, Turk and Snare are super powered security operatives working for Penner Associates. Displeased with the way they are being treated (and paid) they decide to rebel and attack Penner. An innocent woman is killed which draws the wrath of Ghost Rider. Wolverine and Beast, who happen to be following GR, join in the fray along with Blaze. In the end, the three villains are defeated and Ghost Rider and Blaze continue to search for a way to save Dan.

Ghost Rider, Volume 2 #67 - Brood Feud, Part 1: A Gathering
Importance Rating: 7.5 out of 10
Penciler(s): Salvador Larroca Writer(s): Howard Mackie Release Date: November 1995 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: None. Fun Facts: This is a continuation of the storyline from three years before in the first Brood crossover between Ghost Rider and X-Men, Ghost Rider 26-27 and X-Men 8-9. Though this series is a continuation, it does not have any X-Men comics involved this time. -
Comic Summary: The brood attacks police officers in New York city, claiming to be searching for Gambit and Ghost Rider to avenge the death of their queen. In Brooklyn the Ghost Rider meets with a mysterious stranger that claims to be able to help him hit crime at its heart. He also knows information on Anton Hellgate. On leaving the meeting the Brood, that has not taken the place of the police they killed, find Ghost Rider. In Westchester Gambit takes a night ride on his Harley to clear his mind. He runs up on what seems to be an elderly couple, but changes into the Brood. Both Gambit and Ghost Rider battle it out with the Brood only to meet in the middle and claim they have work to do.

Ghost Rider, Volume 2 #68 - Brood Feud, Part 2: A Hunting
Importance Rating: 7.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Salvador Larroca Writer(s): Howard Mackie Release Date: December 1995 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: None. Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: The Brood feud continues and Wolverine joins in. All three head out on their motorcycles to search for the Queen. They find a man in a building that tells them the Brood are hiding in the mailroom. When they confront the Queen she has taken a police officier, Stacy, hostage. She is a friend of Ghost Riders so he trades himself for her life. In the chaos of the transformation Gambit and Wolverine destroy the Brood Queen.

Giant-Size Little Marvel A vs X #1 - Secret Wars
Importance Rating: 2.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Skottie Young Writer(s): Skottie Young Release Date: 2017 Variant Covers: A. Antman Variant B. Standard Variant C. Action Figure Variant D. Standard Variant E. Pascal Campion Newbury Comics Exclusive Variant Trade Prints: Giant-Size Little Marvel AvsX Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: The toughest, funniest, craziest and most adorable Marvel heroes THROW DOWN. - Featuring all your favorites including Cyclops, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Wolverine! They're all there, just shorter! - Skottie Young brings out the big guns in the series fans have been waiting for!

Giant-Size Little Marvel A vs X #2 - Secret Wars
Importance Rating: 1.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Skottie Young Writer(s): Skottie Young Release Date: 2017 Variant Covers: A. Nick Bradshaw Variant Trade Prints: Giant-Size Little Marvel AvsX Fun Facts: Gambit only appears on the front cover of the variant edition, not in the comic. -
Comic Summary: Our heroes may be little, but boy are they fierce! The land of Marville brings you the best of Marvel as they face-off in a battle of the fittest, in a slightly smaller package. - Super-powered dodgeball, high-tech hideouts and eye-puns a plenty, Marvel's most adorable heroes aren't pulling any punches in this larger-than-life, fun-size adventure.

Giant-Size Little Marvel A vs X #4 - Secret Wars
Importance Rating: 2.5 out of 10
Penciler(s): Skottie Young Writer(s): Skottie Young Release Date: 2017 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Giant-Size Little Marvel AvsX Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Avengers vs. X-Men vs. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY!? • Marvel's most mini heroes are pulling out all their toys to compete for the ultimate honor - whose crew is coolest! • It's a bombastic backyard brawl like you've never seen before!

Giant-Size Wolverine #1 - House of Blood and Sorrow
Importance Rating: 3.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): David Aja Writer(s): David Lapham Release Date: December 2006 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: None. Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Wolverine has been injured before, but never like this. Blasted with 5,000 rounds of machine gun shells and lifted to the edge of earth's atmosphere by a giant robot, Wolverine was 85,000 feet in the air when he finally disabled the killing machine. Now, after a horrendous descent and fiery crash into a rural Nebraska cornfield, he lies at the edge of death, lapsing in and out of a coma as his body desperately tries to heal. And that's when things really get bad. The men who sent the robot to destroy Wolverine have come to finish the job. The townsfolk who witnessed the crash have gathered up a mob to hunt down and destroy the alien that's landed. And Wolverine's fate just might rest in the hands of the strange little girl who first found him in that dark cornfield. A strange little girl with an affinity for taking care of odd creatures, and whose family holds a deep, dark secret hidden from the light of day... House of Blood and Sorrow is an all new 34-page chilling story just in time for Halloween!

Giant Size Mini Marvels featuring Spidey #1 - Untitled
Importance Rating: 3.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Chris Giarrusso Writer(s): Chris Giarrusso Release Date: 2002 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Mini Marvels Ultimate Collection Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Exploding from the panels of the Bullpen Bits comic strip, here come the Mini-Marvels in their very own full- length comedy-packed comic book adventure! ? THE STORY: When J. Jonah Jameson sends Spidey on an important paperboy mission, the wee wall-crawler better deliver... or else! Guest stars abound in this all-new 28-page funnybook feature story, including Marvel.com's own animated movie-star, Hawkeye! Plus, a collection of the original Bullpen Bits comic strips that started it all! That's 48 pages of Mini-Marvel Mayhem by "Crazy" Chris Giarrusso!

Giant-Size Little Marvels Infinity Comic #5 - Game Night Part 1
Importance Rating: 4.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Dax Gordine Writer(s): Skottie Young Release Date: September 2021 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: None. Fun Facts: This comic is only available online in digital form. -
Comic Summary: Adventures in a Game night featuring the Little Marvels.

Giant-Size Little Marvels Infinity Comic #6 - Game Night Part 2
Importance Rating: 4.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Dax Gordine Writer(s): Skottie Young Release Date: October 2021 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: None. Fun Facts: This comic is only available online in digital form. -
Comic Summary: Adventures in a Game night featuring the Little Marvels.

Giant Sized Gambit - Heart of Thieves, Dreams Die, Nation Rising, Nature of Evil
Importance Rating: 9.5 out of 10
Penciler(s): Andy Kubert, Ron Garney, Joe Madureira, Bryan Hitch Writer(s): Fabian Nicieza, Scott Lobdell Release Date: December 1998 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Fun Facts: Contains reprints of X-Men #33, X-Men #41, Uncanny X-Men #323 and Uncanny X-Men #326. -
Comic Summary: Gambit sits on the roof of the Institute, feeling chained to the past and fearful of the future. Storm joins him and her answers to Remy’s questions about the nature of a person go nowhere to allay his sense of pessimism. In San Francisco, Beast and Professor Xavier attempt to play down the possible threat that the Legacy Virus has brought with it. Audience member Renee Majcomb is sceptical and it falls to Dr. Valerie Cooper to put a government slant on the argument by insisting that, at this point, there is insufficient scientific information available to determine whether it is a threat. At the Institute, Boomer begins to doubt Sabretooth’s sincerity but Gambit has no doubts, and tries to torture him with holographic images of the people Creed has killed. When he goes too far, Storm steps in and warns him off. After the conference in San Francisco, Hank finds Professor Xavier in a contemplative mood and they discuss Sabretooth and his possible rehabilitation. Hank makes the point that Creed has committed many crimes and it is in his nature to kill. They couldn’t change him, and they shouldn’t let Sabretooth change them. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net)

Girl Comics, Volume 2 #3 - Untitled
Importance Rating: 1.5 out of 10
Penciler(s): June Brigman, Adriana Melo, Jo Chen, Mariah Benes, Sho Murase, Molly Crabapple, Stephanie Hans Writer(s): Louise Simonson, Ann Nocenti, Lea Hernandez, Colleen Coover, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Carla McNeil Release Date: September 2010 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: Girls Comics Hardcover Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: The final issue is here, and you won’t want to miss out on the event of the year comes as these acclaimed creators take on everything from Marvel romance to Marvel horror! Join the celebration with veteran creators of both classic Marvel and indie comics, including Adventures with Wolverine and Jubilee, Daredevil and Elektra, Amora the Enchantress and Shadowcat's 21st birthday.

Great Lakes Avengers, The #4 - Untitled
Importance Rating: 2.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Jacob Chabot Writer(s): Zac Gorman Release Date: March 2017 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: The Great Lakes Avengers and The Great Lakes Avengers Hard Cover Fun Facts: Gambit only appears in a text message. -
Comic Summary: It's a bottle episode! Things get tense inside GLA HQ after the team holds a local politician (and super villain) hostage despite being forbidden from all super hero-related activities. Featuring special guest star Ant-Man (if you squint really hard and pretend that maybe he's just so small that you can't see him, and also he doesn't talk for some reason)!

Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 4 #146 - The Evil Has Landed
Importance Rating: 1.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Marcus To Writer(s): Gerry Duggan Release Date: November 2017 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: None. Fun Facts: Gambit is not in the storyline or cover. This is the only comic that features the Gambit Marvel Value Stamp. It is not in any variants of this comic, only the standard release, featured here. -
Comic Summary: On the Brotherhood of Raptors' main ship, the Imperator asks his small council, the 13 Talons, what are their current operations against the newly reconstituted Nova Corps. The leader of the 13, Talonar, says that their spies have been collecting sensitive data about them: the Novas have been rebuilding strongholds all across the galaxy, but their headquarters are positioned within a large asteroid between the Shi'ar and the Terran systems, who they informally call "The Rock". Here, the Nova Corps get their fundings from donations and the minings from the asteroid itself. The overall morale of the troops is weak, though, and the leaders are too weak to change the current state of affairs. On top of that, the Raptors' infiltrates are ready to destroy the Corps from the inside.

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