Le Diable Blanc - Charge Accounts

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This anchor was charged to destroy a large group of Phalanx that stood below. They were busy with Yukio at the time who was staling the creature so that Gambit and Storm could do their work above. Gambit charged the massive anchor and Storm hit the chain with lightning, breaking it away from the ship and sending down on top of the Phalanx.

Source: Uncanny X-men #313

During the capture of a small group of the X-team by Beldame, Storm attacks her. She only manages to get a small piece of armor torn away from the villain before she is re-captured. She manages to get the piece to Gambit in which he charges to escape and release the others.

Source: X-men #104

Jumping back in time with his On-Going series companion, Courier, Gambit finds himself rescuing his teenage father from Candra. Candra, the Benefactress of the New Orleans' Guild at the time, was holding the young Jean Luc and his cousin to blackmail the Thieves Guild. Gambit rescued him, needing him for his mission in time. He used the ball bearings to make his escape.

Source: Gambit On-Going #12

Gambit used these balls when the X-team went into space. Not much was said about them but it is assumed that they are better equipt to use in deep space then his normal playing cards. Somehow they manage to defy the lack of gravity and the laws of space. Not sure if that was by design or lack of knowledge on the writer's side.

Source: X-men #170

Fed up with the onslaught of assassins attacking him when a million dollar contract was put out on his life, Gambit took out his anger with his new re-found powers on Bartoc and his companion. Bartoc's mustache was charged and "removed" from Bartoc's face when they chased Gambit onto the mansion grounds.

Source: Gambit On-Going #16

Gambit charged up a whole rack of basketballs in a local "Bullseye", a knock off of Target, when the brainwashed employees attempted to stop Remy and his teammates from rescuing Jean Grey. At the time the reality around them was being manipulated and Jean was the only one that could stop it.

Source: X-men Annual 1997

Even though the rules of the game was to not use any powers, when Gambit made a slam dunk he was accused of cheating. Wolverine decided to use his claws to deflect Gambit's next shot. That voided the non-power rule and Remy decided to make it interesting by charging the ball and throwing it at his teammate.

Source: X-men #4

During a Danger Room session with Marrow a mistake resulted in one of Sara's bones going into Gambit's chest. Normally it would have been a mortal wound, but Gambit was still carrying around his green friend inside of him and she helped him by charging the bone so that it could be removed without harm.

Source: Gambit On-Going Annual 1999

Tricking Lila Penrose to look at a very cursed tarot card that caused her face to melt and her eyes to disappear was not enough to stop the wicked woman. Gambit had to knock her over the head with a nearby book that he charged up for good measure.

Source: Gambit On-Going 2 #6

When Bishop first appeared on the scene he claimed that Gambit was the man known as The Witness from his time period. The man who was known to turn on the X-men and kill them all. Theis started a huge fight at the afternoon's picnic. During the arguement Gambit decided that the near by Bosenberry pie seamed like a good weapon even though his aim was a little off.

Source: X-men #8

This is actually more common then most, very similar to the spikes. This is Gambit's back up weapon, his bo staff. On occasion he will charge the staff, lodging it into someone or something to explode. A lot of the time this attack will injure him as well, being that close to the explosion.

Source: Uncanny X-men #385

Gambit stole this bowling ball from a poor bowler walking down the street with the bump and switch technic. He used it to create a distraction so he could break into a mansion full of people. He rolled the charge ball toward gas cans causing a very loud explosion.

Source: Gambit On-Going 2 #3

Gambit ran into this HUGE thug in New Orleans. Finding himself a little out weighed by his foe he went for the braces inside the unnamed man's mouth. The braces were blown from the thugs mouth distracting him long enough for Remy to move on.

Source: Gambit On-Going #25

Gambit used his newly restored powers to release Bella Donna and himself from a collapsed building. He sent the building upward, exploding it into the air so that it would not harm anyone or anything in it's destruction. He had to be carried hime after this one.

Source: Gambit On-Going #19

Gambit again used his newly restored powers to blow up a building only this time it was just the front balcony. He saved a crowd from the falling chunk that was hit by the attacking ego spore by charging it while airborne.

Source: Gambit On-Going #22

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After having his normal powers and sanity returned to him during the X4 mini-series, Gambit charged a vehicle and passed it over The Thing to throw at the Brood.

Source: X4 #5

Gambit played a joke on Wolverine while part of the team hung out, actually checked up on Gambit, on the boat dock. Remy gave Logan the cigar, which was a Cuban that Gambit got from Courier. While lighting the cigar for him, Remy left a timed charge on the cigar and blew it up in his teammates face.

Source: Gambit On-Going #1

This is from the Ultimate X-men world but it is surprising he has not done it in the regular storylines. During a heated battle with Wolverine, Gambit found himself pinned between the ground and Wolverine's claws. Gambit grabbed the claws and charged them. He threatened to do the same to the rest of Wolverine's skeleton and the older man backed down.

Source: Ultimate X-men #50

When Gambit returned to New Orleans to rescue his estranged wife from death he got into a heap of trouble with his brother-in-law and the Assassin's Guild. The Tithe Collector, Candra's right hand man, made a bad move and mistook Remy's intentions as groveling. He was actual getting at the Collector's coat, charging it then kicking the man out the window. It obviously did not kill the Tithe Collector though, he appears again in later issues.

Source: Gambit Limited Series I #4

On a whim...and under drugs...Storm decided going out on a date with Shaw was a good idea. After a night under the stars and a proposition to join him, Storm came to her senses but was too late to escape. Gambit was one of her teammates that showed up to rescue her. In the battle he threw a coin at on of Shaw's minions, which she caught.

Source: X-men Annual #3

In the Ultimate world, Gambit stole a crystal in Las Vegas. On his way to sell the crystal he was attacked by Juggernaut. At the current time Juggernaut was only a REALLY large man with really good armor. Without anything else to charge, Gambit uses the crystal, throwing it directly at the helmet of Juggernaut. The explosion super charged the armor and Juggernaut making him the ultra strong.

Source: Ultimate X-men Annual #1

Gambit in battle without any cards or other weapons goes for the next best thing, debris. He takes out Andreas von Strucker with the charged debris.

Source: X-men #7

This was technically not Gambit, but the Infinity Gambit. After being stopped in a airport he attacks teh polic officiers with anything he can find. Including a diamond ring he pulls offf a bystander. The fight gets Nomad's attention and the battle between the two begins, ending in Infinity Gambit's life.

Source: Nomad #7

Gambit did not mean to charge the boat dock on the X-Mansion property, it was an accident. At the time his powers had been restored to full power by Sinister and he did not have full control over them. He would randomly charge objects around him when stressed or upset.

Source: Gambit On-Going #16

Gambit used this cute little Spider-Man doll as a weapon against Cable during his time with the Marauders. Mainly it was for distraction purposes so that Sunfire, his partner in crime, could sneak in an attack against Cable. It backfired on the duo though since Cable just activated the self destruct.

This issue was part of a crossover the spanned the X-titles. The Ego Spores were part of an alien race attacking the Earth. The battle spilled over into New Orleans. Gambit and the other Guild members fought off the slimy creatures, trying to save the city and the people in it. Frustrated by the slow destruction of the spores, Gambit used his newly restored powers to charge and blow up the tenticles of the Ego Spore, making a very big mess.

Source: Gambit On-Going #23

This one was part of the Ultimate world. After finding a lost girl he follows her to where her mother was brutally murdered. He takes her in only to have her kidnapped in the middle of the night. He decides to go after her, leaving very few people alive in the process. After battling it out with the head honcho of the gang, Flat Head, he charges the man face and leaves him to die. He manages to rescue the girl and get he to safety.

Source: Ultimate X-men #14

This is actually a total parody comic and it does not even feature Gambit in the so called story, but he is on the cover with a new weapon...charged frisbees. The whole comic is a parody of the Age of Apocalypse crossover and the cover is a parody of the first issue.

Source: Marvel Riot #1

The charged gas line was actually done in Gambit's past when he was a teenager. He and his cousin, Emil, were captured by The Pig and they needed a distraction to escape. He didn't have much experience with his powers at that point so the explosion was a little more then expected. It got the job done though.

Source: Gambit On-Going #6

Walking in on Gris Gris, Bella Donna's right hand man, making fun of his cousin, Emil, Gambit decides to break it up in an odd way. He blows up the beads in Gris Gris' dreadlocks, leaving him practically bald.

Source: Gambit On-Going #21

Finding himself captured by The X-cutioner and covered in a substance that allows no movement he uses the only thing avalable...chewing gum. He charged the gum with his tongue and spit it in the X-cutioners face.

Source: Gambit On-Going #1

This was technically not Gambit, but the Infinity Gambit. After Gambit arrived in Los Angeles, Nomad goes on a search and destroy mission. Midst the battle Gambit charges Nomad's leather jacket, giving him the upper hand for a short moment.

Source: Nomad #7

Gambit and Jubilee observe Xavier mentally controlling Gladiator into torturing Deathbird. They decide to work together to take down the very powerful Gladiator. Jubilee scattered her power blasts in the air and Gambit used his playing card to charge the power blasts creating a VERY large explosion.

Source: Uncanny X-men #276

This happened in the Ultimate world. Under attack from the Juggernaut, Gambit managed to leap over the monster and get behind him. He charged the armor across Juggernaut's chest. It ridded him of the chest armor, but did not stop him.

Source: Ultimate X-men Annual #1

Running from a couple dozen assassins out for his life, Gambit ran out of steam fighting Bullseye. After a fight in an alley Bullseye managed to get a knife in Gambit's chest. Luckily, Gambit's powers were at full force and he charged the knife, partially healing the wound. It gave him enough time to get back to the Guild's house and heal up completely.

Source: Gambit On-Going #17

Gambit gets involved in a local gang war and comes across some gunmen who have been drowned while out on a job. Looking for the man who is doing the crimes, Remy sees Hydro-Man drowning a helpless gunman in his liquid hands. Gambit grabs a lamp from a nearby table and hurls it at the villain.

Source: X-men Unlimited #18

After the X-men find out that there is terrorist activity in teh New York subway tunnels the team goes underground to investigate. Gambit notices an attacker about to strike Marrow. Remy reaches to his inside jacket pocket, only to realize that his pack of cards has been stolen by the pickpocket he dealt with earlier. Thinking quickly he grabs his Metrocard, destroying another attacker�s machine gun upon impact.

Source: X-men Unlimited #22

Courier impersonates Xavier and meets with Denti in the Pentagon, when he does not return Fontanelle calls Remy. 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 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.

Source: Gambit On-Going #21

Returning to New Orleans to save his estranged wife Gambit angers more then one person, mainly Marius, his father in law. Marius throws Gambit a sword, ordering him to pick it up. They fight verbally and physically. Finally, Gambit knocks Marius to the floor and charges his necklace, making the older man listen to his demands and threats.

Source: Gambit Limited Series I #2

Gambit finds himself under the Examiner's tortures when he is accused of murdering the Examiner's boss. Needles are placed along Remy's spine to stop his mutant abilities and movement. Once the needle stopping his abilities was removed he used them to destroy the rest of the needles in his back allowing him to move and escape.

Source: X-treme X-men #6

While Gambit awaits his fate from the Unified Guild, Rax attacks him in New Orleans. Rax attacks Remy, who at the time was field leader of the X-men, thinking his death will raise him in the Neo ranks. First he tries to attack with a bow that Remy charges and destroys.

Source: Gambit On-Going #22

When the New Sun reappears on the current Earth he plans to kill Gambit. After being pulled into the New Sun's old dimension they fight without the fear of killing or hurting anyone. Gambit pumps all of his current power into the New Sun, overloading him and burning out his own powers.

Source: Gambit On-Going #24

Gambit has fought the Phalanx many times. Most of those times he has charged objects that have been thrown at it, but in #343 he actually charged the Phalanx itself. The team was in space fighting against the Phalanx. To save his teammates he charged the arm of the Phalanx to make it release it's prey.

Source: Uncanny X-men #343

After the Assassin's Guild comes to Salam Center to kill his brother, Gambit follows them to an abandoned warehouse. When he arrives he finds the warehouse has a steel-reinforced door. Gambit uses his mutant power to charge a pick, which blows the lock off the door.

Source: Gambit Limited Series I #1

Gambit travelled back to New Orleans for the first time after his exile to save his estranged wife. After he had done just that he reflected on his life in the Theives' Guild, realizing it was never meant to be. To prove the point to himself he pitches his wedding image out the window with a bang.

Source: Gambit Limited Series I #4

This onewas actually done in Gambit's past when he was a teenager. He and his cousin, Emil, were captured by The Pig and they needed a way to escape. He charged the wall to give him and the other captured children to get out of the room they were kept in.

Source: Gambit On-Going #5

This is one of the first things we got saw Gambit charge in the comics. Gambit and young version of Storm were both attempting to steal the same paintings in the same mansion and ran into trouble. He charged a plate to help save a Storm from the hounds. After that he followed her to the X-men.

Source: Uncanny X-men #266

In New Orleans, Gambit visits Mr. Green, who has a job for him. CIA agents attack Gambit in his suite. Despite having no cards on him, Remy manages to take on the armed agents by charging chips, each valued at ten thousand dollars each.

Source: X-men Unlimited II #3

Gambit wants revenge against Orlean Cooper and Jack Jessup for killing his good friend, Dan Downs. He recruits Wolverine to help him with his plan to fool Orlean's henchmen into thinking all the X-men were in town, not just Wolvering and himself. They attack a bar first that is known as a hang out for the men. Remy charges up the pool balls to make a point.

Source: Gambit On-Going II #5

Gambit made a very short appearance in teh Moon Knight Spector world to pass on some information and get some for Cyclops. When he arrived at the Moon Knight's mansion there was a wearwolf. He grabbed some pool balls to defend himself.

Source: Moon Knight Spector #52

Gambit finds Anielle on a beach in New Orleans. Gambit keeps talking and the woman moves closer to his mouth, wanting to kiss Remy. They are disturbed by a shot, which was aimed at Remy. Gambit picks up some sand from the beach and charges it up, and throws it at the guards out to get them.

Source: Gambit Limited Series II #1

On the train, Gambit and Anielle try to escape from all the people attemptig to capture them. All of a sudden they are attacked by locusts. Gambit charges the silverware on the table and throws it at the swarm only for it to multiple.

Source: Gambit Limited Series II #3

On the way to help Ghost Rider with the Brood again he runs into several people that have been possessed by the aliens. Two being an elderly couple that he passes in traffic and the police that appear shortly after. Gambit jumps the police car, grabbing the siren lights as he passes to use as weapons.

Source: Ghost Rider #67

Gambit found himself at a disadvantage when he ended up fighting Hydroman in the open sea. Finding no other way of escape he charged the speedboat that he was currently riding in. he charged from the stearing wheel out and then jumped in the water as it exploded.

Source: X-men Unlimited #18

The charged spike is something you see in more then just his first appearance. He uses it throughout his history, mainly in the beginning. Through the first several comics he used them just as much as cards. Also, in the Age of Apocalypse, Exiles and other alternate realities he tends to favor them to cards.

Source: Uncanny X-men #266

During Gambit's return to New Orleans to save Bella Donna he stirred up a lot of trouble. In a battle between practically everyone in the Thieves' and Assassin's Guild, Gambit grabs a near by statue and charges it, using it against Julien and his henchmen. Stopping them from taking Bella Donna or killing his father.

Source: Gambit Limited Series #3

While being used as a power source by Khan to allow Khan's army to arrive on the planet Earth, Remy was stuck in a temple without much ability to do anything about it. Gambit manages to charge a small stone. He gets it loose from the forcefield around him and once it hits the temple pillar it stops the invasion.

Source: X-treme X-men #15

Bishop, Beast and Gambit go to investigate a strange mutation phenomenon happening in the subway tunnels below New York City only to find that Sinister has sent a mutating plague towards the city. Finding no other way to stop the subway train, Gambit charges the entire train so that Bishop can suck in the power and use it to stop the subway before entering the city.

Source: X-men #52

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In the Exiles universe, Hyperion continues his self glorification destroying anyone who could stand against him. In the fight to stop him, Hyperion goes in to finish off Blink, she opens a portal in front of her and one behind Hyperion. Hyperion�s blast ends up hitting himself in the back which ends up crippling him. Gambit takes care of the rest and kills Hyperion and sacrifices himself in the process by charging up Illyana�s sword and stabbing Hyperion with it.

Source: Exiles #45

Gambit charges this tow line during a high speed chase/fight with X-cutioner. He uses the charged line to strike back at the X-cutioner's vehicle, using it like a fuse and causing some damage, but not enough to stop his capture.

Source: Gambit On-Going #1

In the Ultimate world, Gambit helps a young girl seek justice for her murdered mother, in the prosess hs gains some strong enemies, so he must part ways with the girl for her safety. Remy distracts her, to stop her crying, and asks whether she´d like to fly with her umbrella. He tells her to close her eyes, think herself light, charges up her umbrella and up she goes. The girls sinks down again and asks whether they can do it again, but he´s already gone.

Source: Ultimate X-men #14

Gambit leads the Unified Guild of Thieves and Assassins against the threat of Ego in New Orleans. The meet up with Heth�sa, who uses them to go back in time to kill himself instead of letting himself run away from a prison riot. Gambit follows Heth�sa, knowing that if the man does not live then they would never retrieve the information on Ego. After charging the weapons in the riot, Gambit prevents Heth�sa from killing his past self and, instead, helps the man decide to make amends by fighting now.

Source: Gambit On-Going #23

After having trouble controlling his powers Gambit takes a walk out onto the docks of the Mansion where he runs into Batroc and Zaran that are there to kill him for the bounty on his head. Gambit charges Zaran's knife and easily dismisses them both.

Source: Gambit On-Going #16

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