Gambit, Vol. 1 #1 - Tithing
Importance Rating: 10.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Lee Weeks Writer(s): Howard Mackie Release Date: December 1993 Marvel Digital: No 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. - Trade Availability: 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.
Variant Information: 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.

Gambit, Vol. 1 #2 - Honor Amongst Thieves
Importance Rating: 10.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Lee Weeks Writer(s): Howard Mackie Release Date: January 1994 Marvel Digital: No 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. - Trade Availability: Gambit and Gambit Classic Volume 1 - Fun Facts: This issue features the first time we see interaction between Gambit and Candra. It is not the first time that Gambit met Candra by time line. In later issues they will flashback to Remy 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.
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Gambit, Vol. 1 #3 - The Benefactress
Importance Rating: 10.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Lee Weeks Writer(s): Howard Mackie Release Date: February 1994 Marvel Digital: No 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! - Trade Availability: 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 Remy and Candra in Paris. At the time, Remy did not know she was the benefactress of the Guilds.
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Gambit, Vol. 1 #4 - Thief of Time
Importance Rating: 10.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Lee Weeks Writer(s): Howard Mackie Release Date: March 1994 Marvel Digital: No 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. - Trade Availability: Gambit and Gambit Classic Volume 1 - Fun Facts: None.
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Gambit, Vol. 2 #1 - Falling Star
Importance Rating: 7.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Klaus Janson Writer(s): Howard Mackie Release Date: September 1997 Marvel Digital: No 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. - Trade Availability: None. - Fun Facts: This is the first appearance of Oliver Stoker, Anielle, Katrina (Black Kat) and Brother Marcelo. This issue features the first time we see interaction between Gambit and Anielle.
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Gambit, Vol. 2 #2 - Shadow Rise
Importance Rating: 8.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Klaus Janson Writer(s): Terry Kavanagh Release Date: October 1997 Marvel Digital: No 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! - Trade Availability: None. - Fun Facts: This issue is the last issue Brother Macelo appears in. He dies during battle with Sybil.
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Gambit, Vol. 2 #3 - True Colors
Importance Rating: 8.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Klaus Janson Writer(s): Terry Kavanagh Release Date: November 1997 Marvel Digital: No 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! - Trade Availability: None. - Fun Facts: Gambit uses the alias Monsieur Templar to fly to Paris.
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Gambit, Vol. 2 #4 - Heaven's Promise
Importance Rating: 7.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Klaus Janson Writer(s): Terry Kavanagh Release Date: December 1997 Marvel Digital: No 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. - Trade Availability: None. - Fun Facts: This issue is the last issue for Anielle/Haneal and Stoker. Anielle/Haneal 'dies' taking out Stoker.
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Wolverine / Gambit: Victims #1 - In Harm's Way
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Tim Sale Writer(s): Jeph Loeb Release Date: September 1995 Marvel Digital: No Comic Summary: Five women have been murdered on the streets of London. One of them was Detective Alexandra Davies, someone Gambit used to know. As the populace grows frightened with the murders, they soon start comparing the events to the legendary butcher, Jack the Ripper. After ending a Danger Room simulation, Gambit starts thinking about his life before he met Rogue, and the people he knew before it. He thinks it’s about time he visited one or two. On the plane to London, he reads about the murders, and that of his friend. He breaks into the local police station to find out more, but is interrupted by an officer. After successfully escaping, Gambit visits Alexandra’s parents, but they becomes suspicious after Gambit tells them he’s an old friend of their daughter’s, and them not recalling Remy’s name. Gambit drives away, and later checks out the city at night. There, he is arrested by the police, and the same officer who caught him in his office earlier. Suspecting Gambit is behind the murders, the police want to arrest him. But, when a scream is heard nearby, they all rush into action to save the woman. Stunned, Gambit recognizes the killer: it’s his own teammate, Wolverine?!? Logan claims he doesn’t know what he’s doing in London, or why there’s blood on his claws. And, he also can’t promise he’s got nothing to do with all the dead women. The police have had enough, and are ready to arrest both mutants now. As these events play themselves out, elsewhere, a mysterious person observes the mutants on his monitors and laughs at them. - Trade Availability: Wolverine/Gambit Victims (2 printings) and Wolverine/Gambit Victims Hardcover - Fun Facts: This issue is the first appearance of Alexandra Davies.
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Wolverine / Gambit: Victims #2 - In Deep
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Tim Sale Writer(s): Joph Loeb Release Date: October 1995 Marvel Digital: No Comic Summary: Wolverine and Gambit are surrounded by the C.I.D. and other London police officers. Gaining some unexpected help in the form of Martinique Jason, an apparent agent working for Interpol and Nick Fury. As the three use Martinique’s car hoping to escape the officers, Logan realizes there’s only one way out. He drives the car off a bridge! The officers all believe that nobody could survive such a fall, but Inspector Andrews thinks otherwise. He orders everyone to dredge the river, refusing to leave before he has found the car, the bodies, or both. Gambit and Wolverine emerge in some alley, but only to find Martinique… dead? With Logan holding his claws out, Gambit immediately suspects his teammate. Logan defends he didn’t kill Martinique, or any of the other women. Logan also believes somebody is messing with his senses. Gambit suggests they investigate, and blows a hole in the wall behind them, so they can walk through it. They fall into a sewer, where after beating a rough current, the two X-Men emerge back at the same spot they started from? And, Martinique’s body is gone?! Logan has had enough of this game. Meanwhile, somewhere else, a mysterious foe tells Martinique to join him and watch the show, and also says her daddy would have been proud of her right now. Martinique thanks her companion, Arcade, for the compliment, admitting he’s right about what he said about her father. Somebody had to carry on the twisted tradition of Mastermind! - Trade Availability: Wolverine/Gambit Victims (2 printings) and Wolverine/Gambit Victims Hardcover - Fun Facts: This is the first appearance of Mastermind II, the daughter of Mastermind.
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Wolverine / Gambit: Victims #3 - No Way Out
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Tim Sale Writer(s): Jeph Loeb Release Date: November 1995 Marvel Digital: No Comic Summary: Gambit remembers how he met officer Alexandra Davis years ago in London. After being caught trying to steal a painting, Gambit offered Alexandra to give him his freedom back if he helps her catch a bigger fish, someone responsible for nine other thefts in London. Alexandra went along with it and, after half a day of waiting, she and Detective Davis were given a note to come that night to Pier 27 at 5 A.M. Doing this, the two officers, with the aid of Gambit, successfully apprehended Yukio, who originally tipped Alexandra about Gambit. Arresting Yukio, both Alexandra and Davis were promoted by their superiors. Gambit offered to continue to work with the force, but Alexandra didn’t want to hear about it, thinking of the Cajun as a dangerous man. They shared a final kiss goodbye and, today, Remy is desperate to find her killer, still suspecting Wolverine is behind it. Arcade and his associate, Martinique Jason, the daughter of the original Mastermind, triumph at their victory, ready to begin with phase two. They set up a scene for Wolverine, sending him to Japan for a happy night with his beloved Mariko. Immediately suspecting something is wrong, Logan goes outside to check it out. He is attacked by Gambit and tells him to get away from him, now he still can. Ignoring the warning, Logan and Gambit continue to fight each other, until Logan stabs through the Cajun’s chest with his claws! - Trade Availability: Wolverine/Gambit Victims (2 printings) and Wolverine/Gambit Victims Hardcover - Fun Facts: This issue features the first time we see interaction between Gambit and Alexandra Davies.
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Wolverine / Gambit: Victims #4 - A Woman Scorned
Importance Rating: 8.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Tim Sale Writer(s): Jeph Loeb Release Date: December 1995 Marvel Digital: No Comic Summary: Arcade fantasizes how he’ll send out his androids to captive Wolverine. Mastermind, not having completely closed her psi-link with Arcade, senses this odd sensation and asks him what it was all about. Arcade lies about it, causing Martinique to doubt if she can trust her partner. She reminds him that she only agreed to help out because Arcade told her Wolverine killed his assistant, Miss Locke. Arcade tells Martinique to look at his now-destroyed face: Wolverine slashed through it after he was finished with Locke. That is all the proof she needs. Meanwhile, Wolverine realizes that he and Gambit have been played with, and aren’t really in Japan. He wakes a sleeping Gambit up, correcting that he didn’t really kill him earlier. Gambit blows a hole in the wall behind them, and they walk through it. After destroying Arcade’s Wolverine look-a-like androids, the two X-Men meet up with the villain behind all this: Arcade and Miss Locke. With Martinique not gaining the truth out of Arcade’s mouth, she uses her psi-powers to enter his mind, and links Gambit and Wolverine as well. Due to this, they discover that Arcade killed Locke himself so he could set all this up. Martinique hates the fact she was used, and leaves a tormented Arcade behind. She disappears into fog, admitting she’ll have to live with the murders she helped commit for the rest of her live. Mysteriously enough, Wolverine and Gambit wake up on a bench and meet up with Inspector Andrews, who arrests Arcade for his crimes. He lets Wolverine and Gambit go. After visiting Alexandra’s grave, the two X-Men head back home to Xavier’s. Arcade is locked up in a London mental institution, where he has nightmares about Miss Locke operating an elevator. - Trade Availability: Wolverine/Gambit Victims (2 printings) and Wolverine/Gambit Victims Hardcover - Fun Facts: This issue features the first time we see interaction between Gambit and Arcade.
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Nightman / Gambit #1 - Shedding Skin
Importance Rating: 6.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Dietrich Smith Writer(s): David Quinn Release Date: March 1996 Marvel Digital: No Comic Summary: Gambit is left at the mansion alone on guard duty. His boring night is inturrupted by Candra, begging him to venture with her to another dimension known as the Ultraverse. He refuses her proposition. A noise outisde the mansion interrupts thier arguement and he goes to investigate. Gambit finds a very ill Nightman on the front lawn and attacks him as an unknown trespasser. The fight continues until Gambit realizes that nightman is too ill for the battle. He drags the unconcious Nightman inside and tends to his wounds. Elsewhere, Rhiannon, watches over her Doppleganger of Nightman. She realizes that the two Nightmans will deteriate because the one has escaped to the Marvelverse and two Nightman's cannot exist at the same time. She sends the doppleganger Nightman after Gambit and the real Nightman. To gain strength herself she sacrafices to captives inside her castle. She uses the power to transport to the X-mansion in the Marvelverse. She confronts Gambit and says she is friends with the ill Nightman and is there to tend to him. In New Orleans, Candra tends to the other Nightman. She asks him what he was singing in the shower. He says he was not singing. Candra says she will help him with his quest to find what he is looking for. - Trade Availability: None. - Fun Facts: This is the first time Remy had interaction with Nightman and Rhiannon.
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Nightman / Gambit #2 - Wilder Hearts
Importance Rating: 7.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Dietrich Smith Writer(s): David Quinn Release Date: April 1996 Marvel Digital: No Comic Summary: Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon. - Trade Availability: None. - Fun Facts: None.
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Nightman / Gambit #3 - One of You
Importance Rating: 7.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Dietruch Smith Writer(s): David Quinn Release Date: May 1996 Marvel Digital: No Comic Summary: Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon Coming Soon. - Trade Availability: None. - Fun Facts: Gambit also appears in a NERDs advertisement in the center of the comic.
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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 Marvel Digital: No 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. - Trade Availability: - Fun Facts: For some reason in Bishop's dream, Gambit uses a gun instead of his powers, even though Gambit never uses guns.
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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 Marvel Digital: No 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. - Trade Availability: - Fun Facts: None.
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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 Marvel Digital: No 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. - Trade Availability: - 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.
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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 Marvel Digital: No 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. - Trade Availability: - Fun Facts: None.
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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 Marvel Digital: No 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. - Trade Availability: - Fun Facts: None.
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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 Marvel Digital: No 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. - Trade Availability: - Fun Facts: None.
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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 Marvel Digital: No 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. - Trade Availability: - Fun Facts: None.
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