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Gambit: The Complete Collection #2
X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection, Vol. 2
The Cajun rages on! Join Gambit on a time-tossed trip to the 19th century, and discover how the Thieves' Guild was shaped by Candra...and Mr. Sinister! Back in the present, Remy needs help - and Rogue flies to his aid! Thanks to Gambit's evolving powers, he can finally greet her with a kiss - but as his abilities get more unstable, any thoughts of romance will be short-lived. Gambit's destiny looms as he takes leadership of the Guild - assuming he can survive an Assassination Game against deadly villains like Bullseye, Constrictor, Zaran, Deadpool...and Archangel? And what are X-Cutioner and Ego the Living Planet doing here?! Gambit will finally discover the secret of his mysterious patron, the New Son - but is he hero or villain, and what will Gambit have to sacrifice to triumph?
Collects Gambit (1999) #12-25, Gambit Annual 2000
Collects Gambit (1999) #12-25, Gambit Annual 2000
408 pages, Paperback
First published December 11, 2018
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About the author
Fabian Nicieza
2,025 books425 followersFabian Nicieza is a writer and editor who is best known as the co-creator of DEADPOOL and for his work on Marvel titles such as X-Men, X-Force, New Warriors, and Robin.
His first novel, the Edgar Award-nominated SUBURBAN DICKS, a sarcastic murder mystery, is on sale now from Putnam Books.
The Dicks will return in THE SELF-MADE WIDOW, coming June 21st.
His first novel, the Edgar Award-nominated SUBURBAN DICKS, a sarcastic murder mystery, is on sale now from Putnam Books.
The Dicks will return in THE SELF-MADE WIDOW, coming June 21st.
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November 9, 2021
Gems include Remy reunites w/ the Mengo brothers to sneak into Castle Doom, Sinister captures Courier, Sinister does a Jules Verne reference, Rogue takes over the book, Francophone on Francophone violence between Remy & Batroc, Remy v. Bullseye, Remy v. Crossbones, Remy v. Warren, Remy's adopted dad reunites w/ Dr. Strange, & Remy v. Mystique, but the New Sun Saga, it ain't great, folks
February 13, 2022
Fabian Nicieza and Yannick Paquette deliver an extremely late 90s comic book, with all that entails. It's got time travel, evil doppelgangers, ancient prophecies, secondary mutations, excessive T&A, Mister Sinister, Belladonna, and obscure side characters. It is fun to see Gambit do his Gambit thing, but the stakes are considerably lowered when he has the powers of Mikhail Rasputin, so I'm glad to see that get put back in the box. I do appreciate that Nicieza tries to retroactively justify the nonsense of the first two arcs of this series, but that doesn't make me roll my eyes any less at Courier, who gets exactly one good line in 12 issues of being a major character.
July 28, 2019
This volume has a massive dip in quality I'm sad to say. The writing is much more clunky and convoluted and it relies way too heavily on exposition to tell the story which is often very repetitious. The art isn't much better unfortunately. Though I love Yannick Paquette's work later in his career I'm not sure his work in Gambit holds up very well. I still had a big old nostalgia kick from reading this series as I loved it when I was a teen but I'm not sure new readers would enjoy it. At all. Maybe stop with vol 1.
May 12, 2019
Gambit done right.
April 21, 2019
Years after the first half of Gambit’s 1999-2000 comic run was published, we get the rest of the volume as Gambit travels back in time to 1891 because he already did and in the process of fulfilling history gets his powers amped up.
When he returns, he deals with his relationship with Rogue which has always been starcrossed, but now because of his enhanced powers, they can kiss without her absorbing them, but there are other problems and I like that’s dealt with in a very grown up and thoughtful manner.
This leads to the next phase of the book where Gambit becomes leader of the Thieves Guild and also gets two contracts put on his life: one by the Assassins Guild, and one by New Son which is open to any assassin out there, and so Remy being hunted down by nearly every big assassin in the Marvel Universe at the same time.
This leads to an Annual that finally reveals what New Son is up to and who he is, and it’s actually quite clever. Most of the rest of the book builds towards a final confrontation with New Son and is mostly okay. We learn his plan for Remy at the end and it is…underwhelming. Probably the most disappointing part of this is the stupidity of New Son’s plans in light of his stated goal.
The book wraps with a single issue that introduces a new team with Scott Lobdell and Joe Pruett writing. The story involves Gamit having to repay a childhood debt to a mobster and solve the problem of his daughter’ stolen heart. It’s entertaining, even if the art’s a bit off, and sets the tone for a further series featuring Gambit and Bishop.
The book has some disappointing features, most notably New Son’s plan, and the way the forced gender change of Courier is done as I don’t understand why it was done or what they were going for. Still, I do like this book. There’s some great character and some fantastic worldbuilding regarding the Assassins and Thieves guilds.
When he returns, he deals with his relationship with Rogue which has always been starcrossed, but now because of his enhanced powers, they can kiss without her absorbing them, but there are other problems and I like that’s dealt with in a very grown up and thoughtful manner.
This leads to the next phase of the book where Gambit becomes leader of the Thieves Guild and also gets two contracts put on his life: one by the Assassins Guild, and one by New Son which is open to any assassin out there, and so Remy being hunted down by nearly every big assassin in the Marvel Universe at the same time.
This leads to an Annual that finally reveals what New Son is up to and who he is, and it’s actually quite clever. Most of the rest of the book builds towards a final confrontation with New Son and is mostly okay. We learn his plan for Remy at the end and it is…underwhelming. Probably the most disappointing part of this is the stupidity of New Son’s plans in light of his stated goal.
The book wraps with a single issue that introduces a new team with Scott Lobdell and Joe Pruett writing. The story involves Gamit having to repay a childhood debt to a mobster and solve the problem of his daughter’ stolen heart. It’s entertaining, even if the art’s a bit off, and sets the tone for a further series featuring Gambit and Bishop.
The book has some disappointing features, most notably New Son’s plan, and the way the forced gender change of Courier is done as I don’t understand why it was done or what they were going for. Still, I do like this book. There’s some great character and some fantastic worldbuilding regarding the Assassins and Thieves guilds.
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