Comics The Official GAMBIT Discussion thread

[Neptune]

I hope that means Death Gambit will die and never ever ever ever come back.

 

[Brainiac 8]

Superman? Really? What's so appealing about Superman?

Personally, I love the ideals, the fact that he's an inspiration to other heroes, his rogues gallery is one of the greatest, and his main bad guy is one of the best villians in all comicdom. I also love the supporting cast, and the fact that his human persona is the actual disguise, while his public hero is his real persona. Also the Clark/Lois romance is one of the best around.

I always joke about it with my wife, that Marvel as a whole is my favorite of the comic companies, but my favorite superhero of all time is from DC. I just love Superman. t:


As far as Gambit goes, I really hope that Carey has a payoff for us, since it seems he is going somewhere with this Death side-story.

 

[Neptune]

Personally, I love the ideals, the fact that he's an inspiration to other heroes, his rogues gallery is one of the greatest, and his main bad guy is one of the best villians in all comicdom. I also love the supporting cast, and the fact that his human persona is the actual disguise, while his public hero is his real persona. Also the Clark/Lois romance is one of the best around.

Meh, the only Superman villain i like is Lex. I find Superman rather bland. His personality just doesn't interest me. Also, i think he's way too powerful and not relatable. However, his romance with Lois is interesting. The guy is probably the most powerful superhero, came from another planet and fought countless of supervillains. But he can't muster up the balls to woo the woman of his dreams.

If Gambit wanted Lois, they would be doing it on Clarks desk that same day.

 

[squeekness]

Meh, the only Superman villain i like is Lex. I find Superman rather bland. His personality just doesn't interest me. Also, i think he's way too powerful and not relatable. However, his romance with Lois is interesting. The guy is probably the most powerful superhero, came from another planet and fought countless of supervillains. But he can't muster up the balls to woo the woman of his dreams.

If Gambit wanted Lois, they would be doing it on Clarks desk that same day.

That is probably true.

 

[iamlegend]

From Legacy 230. It was one page only, but it was the only page worth reading in an otherwise boring tale :

It asks more questions than it answers. I am guessing Carey is trying to keep us non-ROMY people still interested. So for now yeah, he can keep stringing me along.

I've got the sneaking suspicion that somehow Sinister's going to be dragged back into this via Gambit's plot line.

 

[squeekness]

Sinister works for me if it keeps Gambit in the books.

 

[Brainiac 8]

I'm all for Sinister/Gambit interaction.

As long as it keeps Gambit from limbo, I'm happy.

Neptune@: Lex was who I was referring to as the best villian in comicdom. He's just this super smart guy, and has the stones to go up against one of the strongest heroes in the universe. Lex is awesome. He'd own the Marvel Universe so quick, it would make them all look like chumps.

 

[iamlegend]

I'm all for Sinister/Gambit interaction.

As long as it keeps Gambit from limbo, I'm happy.

Neptune@: Lex was who I was referring to as the best villian in comicdom. He's just this super smart guy, and has the stones to go up against one of the strongest heroes in the universe. Lex is awesome. He'd own the Marvel Universe so quick, it would make them all look like chumps.

I do, only because the writers completely pissed away a beautiful opportunity to really wrap up the Gambit/Sinister connection rather nicely in Messiah Complex.

That meaning, they could have had Gambit take out Sinister, free himself of him forever and move the hell on. Instead, Mystique steals the show (a Carey decision... naturally) and Gambit sits on the sidelines.

Did he eventually run into Sinister in Legacy? Yeah, but during that arc all he did was get beat up, get scared, and need Sebastian Shaw to save the day. Thanks again, Mike.

I just want to know why Sinister has always been so interested in Gambit (they've hinted it to the point where they really should just address it and move on), and to have Gambit smack Sinny in the face and forget he exists. The character really needs to move on from the ties that have kept him so stunted for years, and this is one of them.

 

[katie_girl09]

I dunno. I really like the Gambit-Sinister dynamic. I agree with you though. I often wonder why it is that Sinister is so obsessed with Gambit. I find their relationship much more interesting than the Sinister-Scott one.

 

[RomyFan]

Sinister works for me if it keeps Gambit in the books.

Agrees. I thought it was cute the way he worried about Rogue, when he found out she had gone to that nowhere place, to save that kid from that bone-eater guy (*runs away and hides from Romy haters*)

 

[squeekness]

Agrees. I thought it was cute the way he worried about Rogue, when he found out she had gone to that nowhere place, to save that kid from that bone-eater guy (*runs away and hides from Romy haters*)

It would be cute if it wasn't the only he ever does. He's so worried about her he has no life. He needs meds.

 

[Neptune]

He needs his balls back. Jeez, there are other women out there.

 

[iamlegend]

He needs his balls back. Jeez, there are other women out there.

His balls are dead and gone. Does Carey even know how to write a male character with balls?

Even Iceman (who he likes) is basically Mystique's ***** under Carey's command.

 

[EvilClareToo]

Has anyone read the Gambit story in Nation X #2? Can someone give me a summary of what happpens?

 

[insane polaris]

Is Sinister still Ms Sinister? I wonder how that would play out if Gambit met her.
They might get it on haha.

 

[squeekness]

Has anyone read the Gambit story in Nation X #2? Can someone give me a summary of what happpens?

Gambit decides to bail from the island and steals a boat to leave. When he gets to shore he sees that the guy who brings the supplies to the island is in trouble. In short he helps the guy out and brings the supplies back to the island, having changed his mind to stay. So in others words, not much happened at all.

 

[EvilClareToo]

Gambit decides to bail from the island and steals a boat to leave. When he gets to shore he sees that the guy who brings the supplies to the island is in trouble. In short he helps the guy out and brings the supplies back to the island, having changed his mind to stay. So in others words, not much happened at all.

Seriously, that's it?

It would have been much better if he left the island-I don't see things going well for Remy there.... boy, this is starting to sound like an episode of Lost!

 

[squeekness]

This pattern is very typical of these mixed story issues. You usually end up right back where you started becasue they don't want to disturb the continuity of the main books.

 

[OutcryX]

i would love for death gambit to be a way for sinister to be reborn, as long as the two can be separated. wasnt remy originally supposed to be a future host for sinister? kinda like sasuke on naruto is supposed to be a host for orochimaru? as long as Miss Sinister gets offed..its just so weird.

 

[iamlegend]

i would love for death gambit to be a way for sinister to be reborn, as long as the two can be separated. wasnt remy originally supposed to be a future host for sinister? kinda like sasuke on naruto is supposed to be a host for orochimaru? as long as Miss Sinister gets offed..its just so weird.

Gambit was a clone of Sinister that he was eventually going to migrate into in X-Men: The End, or some crap like that.

He APPEARED in the X-Men: Legacy book when Xavier and Sebastian Shaw found out that they could potentially be hosts for Sinister awhile back... but Gambit himself wasn't a potential host himself - he just kind of stumbled into the whole thing.

And of course, Claremont originally envisioned Gambit as the "good" persona created by a mentally deranged child, whereas Sinister was going to be revealed to be the "bad" half of the persona - thus making them two split personalities that had corporealized. (thankfully this didn't come to pass...)

But he hasn't (as far as I can recall) been revealed to be a host for Sinister in the 616 timeline yet. Sinister's made a lot of little references over the years that hint that he does share some deeper connection to Gambit than simple employer/employee. And Apocalypse dropped one teasing line during the BOA arc that suggested Gambit's heritage had secrets (and Carey's mentioned that he'd like to explore this before).

Long story short, I have no idea where they're going with this story. I just know it won't get very far very fast, since it's getting like 1-2 pages per issue tops.

 

[katie_girl09]

If Gambit's parentage gets explored, I certainly don't want Carey to do it.

 

[iamlegend]

If Gambit's parentage gets explored, I certainly don't want Carey to do it.

In an sad twist of irony, Carey's the only comic book writer that seems to want anything to do with Gambit right now, and even he uses him as little more than set up for Rogue.

 

[EvilClareToo]

I always hoped that Gambit's mysterious origins would be explored one day. I was intrigued when I heard that Jean Luc destroyed all files containing any information about Gambit's parentage, and Carey has dropped some hints. In Legacy #213 a Sinister posessed Xavier tells Gambit, "We used to be so close, like-father and son." It seems that they are going a similar route to X Men: The End as far as the Sinister/Gambit relationship.

I don't know if Carey will be the man to do it, though...Although he has given Gambit the most attention than any writer since the 90's (Claremont excluded), Remy is still pretty much just an important background figure. I give him kudos, though, for having Gambit being the one to be there for Professor X while everyone else turned their back on him.

 

[EvilClareToo]

I always hoped that Gambit's mysterious origins would be explored one day. I was intrigued when I heard that Jean Luc destroyed all files containing any information about Gambit's parentage, and Carey has dropped some hints. In Legacy #213 a Sinister posessed Xavier tells Gambit, "We used to be so close, like-father and son." It seems that they are going a similar route to X Men: The End as far as the Sinister/Gambit relationship.

I don't know if Carey will be the man to do it, though...Although he has given Gambit the most attention than any writer since the 90's (Claremont excluded), Remy is still pretty much just an important background figure. I give him kudos, though, for having Gambit being the one to be there for Professor X while everyone else turned their back on him.

 

[Havok83]

Im VERY frustrated at the lack of Gambit within the books. As someone who has only recently converted to being a fan of his, it sucks that it comes at a time where he's barely used.