gambit - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 05 Jan 2025 12:26:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 gambit - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Love wins in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s What If … Galactus Transformed Gambit https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/05/what-if-galactus-transformed-gambit-preview/ Sun, 05 Jan 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51270 People are always asking, “What if … Galactus transformed Gambit?” But what they really should be asking is “What if … Gambit transformed Galactus?” Picture it: Gambit teaching the Devourer of Worlds to play No Limit Hold ‘Em, inviting him to ante up at a poker game on the Blue Area of the Moon with...

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]]> 51270 A Horny, Exclusive Jeff Dekal Variant For Rogue & Gambit #3 https://comicsxf.com/2023/02/24/a-horny-exclusive-jeff-dekal-variant-for-rogue-gambit-3/ Fri, 24 Feb 2023 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44905 As a boy born in 1991, my first, most vivid exposure to yearning was, of course, the relationship between Rogue & Gambit. It was nearly Evanglical in a way my parents would approve. These two are so dang horny for one another but to touch would destroy everything. Just like the youth pastor said… Anyway,...

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]]> 44905 Gambit #5 Doesn’t Stick the Landing, Mes Amis https://comicsxf.com/2022/11/18/gambit-5-doesnt-stick-the-landing/ Fri, 18 Nov 2022 17:12:03 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43934 Can Remy Lebeau save the woman he loves, and her mom, and his ward, young ‘Ro, from grotesque intergalactic bounty hunters? Will morally ambiguous space mercenary Bounty (that’s her name) turn out to be a letdown or a quicker picker-upper? Will Chris Claremont wrap up all his plot threads in this miniseries finale? Find out...

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]]> 43934 Thievery and Flirtation Galore in Gambit #4! https://comicsxf.com/2022/10/13/thievery-and-flirtation-galore-in-gambit-4/ Thu, 13 Oct 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43408 Theft on an old-school riverboat! Big flirty eyes! Red irises! Flying playing cards! Adorable ‘Ro hanging out with a powerful grandma! Yep, it’s Gambit #4, written by Chris Claremont, drawn by Sid Kotian, colors by Espen Grundetjern, letters by Tom Orzechowski VC’s Clayton Cowles, although you could have fooled me. Stephanie Burt: Austin, do you...

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]]> 43408 The Past Colors The Present In Gambit #2 https://comicsxf.com/2022/09/02/the-past-colors-the-present-in-gambit-2/ Fri, 02 Sep 2022 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42722 Remy LeBeau may not be able to keep a de-aged, pre-teen Ororo safe, but at least he can…. defend a hot farmer outside St. Louis from real estate developers? Gambit #2, written by Chris Claremont, drawn by Sid Kotian, colors by Espet Grundetjern, letters by Clayton Cowles. Stephanie: Stephanie, you really liked the first issue...

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]]> 42722 Chris Claremont plays the hits in the fun Gambit #1 https://comicsxf.com/2022/07/29/claremont-plays-the-hits-in-the-nostalgic-but-fun-gambit-1/ Fri, 29 Jul 2022 20:27:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42296 Who’s that kid who looks so much like Storm, and what is she doing in Cairo… Illinois? Also, Gambit is there. Chris Claremont returns to chronicle a lost adventure of the Rajin’ Cajun in Gambit #1, written by Chris Claremont, art by Sid Kotian, colors by Espen Grundetjern, letters by Clayton Cowles.  Austin Gorton: Marvel’s...

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]]> 42296 Mourn The Death Of Gambit In Our Exclusive Preview Of Knights Of X #4 https://comicsxf.com/2022/07/14/morn-the-death-of-gambit-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-knights-of-x-4/ Thu, 14 Jul 2022 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42044 Gambit is dead. “But” you say “mutants can’t die right?” Well, my child, that isn’t fully true in Otherworld where even a mutant can die and the resurrection protocols can only return a version of them that isn’t quite right. In the last issue of Tini Howard and Bob Quinn’s Knights Of X. Gambit lived...

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]]> 42044 Which Knight Will Fall In Our Exclusive Preview Of Knights Of X #3? https://comicsxf.com/2022/06/16/which-knight-will-fall-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-knights-of-x-3/ Thu, 16 Jun 2022 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41511 In Tini Howard and Bob Quinn’s Knights Of X we have ten mutants fighting for an Otherworld that hates and fears them. That’s a big cast but friend, it’s about to get smaller as one of the knights will die. Between the Furies (they kill superheroes) in the Crooked Market and the vampires masquerading in...

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]]> 41511 Sounds like Fury As Mad Jim Jaspers Is In Trouble in Knights of X #2. https://comicsxf.com/2022/06/02/sounds-like-fury-as-mad-jim-jaspers-is-in-trouble-in-knights-of-x-2/ Thu, 02 Jun 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41248 The Knights fan out into the provinces of Otherworld as Merlyn cracks down on the mutants, even mad Jim Jaspers in Knights of X #2, written by Tini Howard, drawn by Bob Quinn, colored by Erick Arciniega, and lettering by Ariana Maher. Karen Charm: Hi Nola! Sorry if our connection last time was a little...

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]]> 41248 10 Reasons Why Robert Pattinson is Playing the Wrong Superhero https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/15/10-reasons-why-robert-pattinson-is-playing-the-wrong-superhero/ Fri, 15 Oct 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34659 This weekend we will get another peek at Matt Reeve’s much anticipated–and much delayed–film, The Batman. The franchise reboot (which is now scheduled for March 2022) has been the source of endless speculation and discourse online, and while everyone seems genuinely excited for the film, I feel it is my duty to point out one...

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]]> 34659 Why, Will: An Election Day Message, Turtle Power, Casting ‘Smokey’ & More of Your Questions https://comicsxf.com/2020/10/29/why-will-an-election-day-message-turtle-power-casting-smokey-more-of-your-questions/ Thu, 29 Oct 2020 14:00:05 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9246 It’s Joe time. The Splash Here’s the deal: I could tell you that voting is a sacred democratic obligation, that so many before you have fought and died for the franchise that to simply pass on it as if it was some inconvenience is an insult to say the very least. But we are too...

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]]> 9246 One Final Mutant Prepares For Battle In X-MEN: RED! https://comicsxf.com/2018/01/02/one-final-mutant-prepares-battle-x-men-red/ Tue, 02 Jan 2018 20:25:24 +0000 http://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=3024 Press Release New York, NY—January 2, 2018—When Jean Grey leads her new team in the all-new series from Tom Taylor and Mahmud Asrar, she’ll be joined by a uniquely qualified strikeforce that includes heroes such as Namor, Nightcrawler, All-New Wolverine, her sister Gabby (Honey Badger), the Wakanda mutant Gentle, and a mysterious new character named...

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]]> 3024 Entry 082 – Gambit https://comicsxf.com/2017/08/03/entry-082-gambit/ Thu, 03 Aug 2017 12:30:45 +0000 http://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=2325 Name: Remy LeBeau Code Names: Gambit First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men Annual #14 (July ’90) Powers: Can charge objects with kinetic energy, southern charm Teams Affiliation: X-Men, Marauders, X-Factor, Horsemen About When I was 10 Sonic Adventure 2 Battle came out. That game introduced a dark brooding version of Sonic the Hedgehog creatively named Shadow the Hedgehog. He...

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]]> 2325 Which X-Men Vape? https://comicsxf.com/2017/07/08/which-x-men-vape/ Sat, 08 Jul 2017 20:50:47 +0000 http://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=2153 In our modern 2017 world, one question haunts all. “Do you vape bro?” Today I intend to answer this for the X-Men. Please note that my answers are definitive based on my experience as both a self-proclaimed X-Pert and a 2016 Reddit /r/comicbooks “/r/comicbooks Award” nominee (of which I was robbed). Professor X – He...

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