Gambit

Gambit (1993) #1-4

by Howard Mackie, Lee Weeks (Penciler), Klaus Janson (Inker)

The time of the Tithing has come again. The time for both Thieves and Assassins to pay tribute to the immortal Candra. The time for the Guilds to receive their ancient birthrights--the Assassins' gift of Power; the Thieve's Elixir of Life.

Collects Gambit (1993) #1-4

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, X Men, Marvel, Superheroes, Comic Book, Graphic Novels Comics

96 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1995

About the author

Howard Mackie is an American comic book editor and writer. He has worked almost exclusively for Marvel Comics.

Reviews

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gambit heads to New Orleans after his brother is murdered. There his past catches up to him and he gets embroiled is a power struggle between the Thieves and Assassins Guilds. Rogue tags along and accidentally steals some of Bella Donna's memories. The plot is convoluted and motivations sometimes don't make sense. Lee Weeks provides artwork reminiscent of Joe Kubert.


The Good: You do get a look into Gambit's history.

The Bad: These plots are not so good today.

The Ugly: The Externals are just straight up dumb.

[Tawfek · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 there was something missing i dont know what it was but i think it might be the emotions i didnt feel any strong emotion from any character

[James DeSantis · Rating 2 out of 5]

On my mission to write up my next video on Gambit and what comics to read I decided to try this one...that was...not good. Solid art but nonsensical story.

[Emily G · Rating 5 out of 5]

I fell in love with Remy Etienne LeBeau, better known as Gambit, watching the old X-Men cartoon in the 90s and they are currently rerunning it on telly at the moment.

One of the episodes deals with a part of Gambit's back-story, but virtually everything in it is wrong, so I had to return to the comfort of this graphic novel that I have read many times over the years to put it all right again in my head!

Remy is called back to New Orleans in order to help with the tithing to an immortal mutant, as known as an external, named Candra. During this time we find out why Remy left and more importantly, who he had left behind. Also Gambit and Rogue's blossoming romance takes a more serious turn :-)!

The het relationships in the X-Men I am drawn to are definitely the tragic ones, like Gambit and Rogue (due to Rogue's powers they can't touch) or Logan and Jean Grey (where Jean is in love with and loyal to Scott).

This is a bit of an aside, and my score would be 4.5 stars because of it, but it does upset me that Gambit's eyes are wrong through most of this adventure. His eyes are black with red irises, not blue! Please don't even get me started on the fact that his trademark eyes don't even make an appearance in the Wolverine movie...!

[L. C. Julia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Is Gambit the coolest X-men? Yes, yes he is.

[Angela · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gambit goes home. You learn a lot about his background and why he is who he is.

[Chris Fluit · Rating 5 out of 5]

This mini-series is one of the reasons I'm a Gambit fan. It was great to read it again after several years.

[• Meldie • · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me encanta leer y volver a leer esta miniserie de Gambit desde que la conseguí hace algunos años. Es lo primero que leí sobre el personaje después de terminar de ver la serie animada de los 90 al completo. La edición española tiene unas portadas preciosas y el primer número tiene un relieve dorado chulísimo ✨

El contenido, tanto la trama como el dibujo son muy de los 90 pero se le perdona porque es Gambit puro y duro: aquí está el por qué es como es y por qué hace lo que hace. 💜

[Sam Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am truly surprised with how much I enjoyed this mini. There's A LOT packed into these few issues, quite different from the writing of today, but I really enjoyed this style, especially with being able to read it panel by panel online. I enjoy Mackie's writing of Remy and being able to explore his initial playboy persona he had going on. Excited to read more of Gambit's appearances in the future!

[Logan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve been reading comic books from the 1960s through the 1990s lately, but this has been the best stretch of books I’ve encountered so far (I’m still very new to comics, though, so I’m sure there are better ones to come). Gambit isn’t in my top five X-Men (maybe not even the top ten?), but I enjoyed this standalone story that gave him a spotlight. I do wish there had been more action, though.

[Matt · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5

Solid miniseries that offers some interesting developments from Gambit's past. The artwork, courtesy of Lee Weeks and Klaus Jansen, is nothing short of amazing. Their work here evokes Tim Sale, but with a '90s Marvel sheen.

[Raul Reyes · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5/3
I was confused for most of the comic so the search for how to begin reading gambit continues, apart from that the comic was pretty boring since it was just going to the m same handful places in search of a vial

[Carling Shirley · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sadly this is rather dated. In its time it would have been good but the 80s/90s esthetic is very distracting. Gambits hair has a life of its own haha.

[nat ☾ · Rating 4 out of 5]

no thoughts just gambit

[Oliver Hodson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty fun book in an upturned boobs, unnecessary romance, clawed nonsensical villain kind of a way. I would have liked to see a bit more behind the scenes of the rivalry of thieves and assassins, but what we did get was interesting and fun. Gambit is an interesting character and i have always liked his relationship with rogue, although the repression is turned up to 11 with her intercept of his ex wife's memories. Let the love flow, or get a bodysuit and let the love flow you guys!

[M · Rating 2 out of 5]

A trip back to the 90s with fan-favorite Gambit in his original limited series, this volume looks at the rivarlry between the Thieves and Assassins - and the time of tithing that threatens their very way of life. Not the best X-Men story, but it was the 90s - you get what you get!

[Logan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book to tell you what Gambit's back story is. In this book Gambit is part of the X-men, but he is called back to New Orleans to settle a score from his past. This a nice action, deep story book and it's a great book to learn about Gambits Origin story! Highly Recommend it.

[Dash Williams · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was the 90s, and this graphic novel suffers from all the afflictions that doomed many great premises.

[Peter · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars. Just okay.

[Keith · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this one, since it goes back to my early days in comics, and we learn a lot about Remy's background. Great stuff if you're a 90's style comics fan.

[Erik · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a very '90s comic, especially in the art. But it's fun and fills in some of Gambit's backstory

[Robert Kirwan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a fantastic X-book!! I thoroughly enjoyed it!!! Great insight into Gambit and a fantastic bit of continuity for him and Rogue!!

You really got a feel for the character and I think, this is the first time that I've seen and enjoyed Gambit's character and motivations portrayed so well!!

The artwork is stunning, in an era where I haven't been a fan to be quite honest!! This was definitely refreshing and is a quick, fun and enjoyable read!! I'm looking forward to reading more of the Cajun from X-Men!!

The only downsides I have are the plot points that seem super specific and just a tad coincidental. If you can get over those points then it really doesn't detract too much from the overall story. It just seems that, as with all X-Men stories, the plot points are coincidentally reversible but hey, I suppose that is the comic business for ya 😂