Gambit (Marvel)
Gambit is a male comic superhero who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Remy Etienne LeBeau
The New Orleans Thieves Guild was later visited by a man named Mr. Essex who wanted to hire the young Remy LeBeau for an assignment. This involved recovering his diary containing his research notes that had been confiscated and held in a facility in Canada. Essex insisted that he wanted Remy for the job despite he boy being a bit too young with Jean-Luc LeBea agreeing to the paid assignment. This saw Remy going to the Weapon X facility where he managed to sneak in and recover the Diary of Nathaniel Essex. Whilst there, he was shocked to find in the government installation people being subjected to illegal experiments with him accidentally alerting the guards to his presence. They looked to detain him but then Weapon X manage to escape from containment allowing Remy to escape in the chaos. Whilst outside, he decided to examine the diary and was horrified at the experiments contained within it. Convinced at the evil of this work, Remy decided to destroy the diary and returned home claiming that he found no such book in the installation in Canada. Mr. Essex decided to take the boy at his word and paid the Thieves Guild for their service whilst taking an interest in the skill of the young Remy LeBeau. (Weapon X: First Class v1 #3)
X-Men
Mr and Mrs X
He and Rogue later attended the marriage of Kitty Pryde and Colossus only to see Kitty decide to not go forward with the wedding on the day. During a discussion amongst the X-Men, Remy decided that he could not live a life parted from Rogue and proposed to her at that moment. Thus, it was decided to use the venue and set up for the marriage between Remy and Anna Marie leading to them becoming a formally married couple. (X-Men: Gold v2 #30) After the wedding was held, the pair went into space for their honeymoon when Kitty Pryde informed them of an urgent mission and requested their aid leading to the married couple going on the assignment. (Mr. and Mrs. X v1 #1)
House of X
Overview
Personality and attributes
It was said that he had an angel's smile and the red eyes of a devil. It was for this reason that he came to be known as Le Diable Blanc or the white devil. (Gambit v3 #1) He was once transformed into one of the Horsemen of Apocalypse where he took the identity of Death. (X-Men v2 #184)
He was able to use his charm to talk and make people listen to him with them being almost unable to help themselves as he bound them in a web of words. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #266)
It was said that he was Jean-Luc LeBeau's favourite son and the pride of the New Orleans Thieves Guild. His father had taught him that the first rule of being a thief was to be prepared for anything. (Weapon X: First Class v1 #3)
Powers and abilities
Such was his speed that he could flip out a throwing spike from his sleeves faster than the eye could follow and in the same motion throw it. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #266)
He could charge a small hand-held spike with enough energy to explode with the force of a cannon-shell. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #266)
After making a deal with Apocalypse, Gambit was transformed into the Horsemen of Apocalypse known as Death whereby he was given new powers. In this form, he was able to transmute substances from one form into another form such as poison. In one occasion, he threatened to turn all the air in the lung of a person into noxious gas. (X-Men v2 #185)
Notes
- Gambit was created by Chris Claremont, Mike Collins, and Jim Lee where he made a cameo appearance in Uncanny X-Men Annual v1 #1990 (July, 1990) before fully making his first debut in Uncanny X-Men v1 #266 (August, 1990).
Alternate Versions
- In Gambit v3 #7 (1999), an alternate version of Gambit was shown who became the New Sun that was native to Earth-9921.
In other media
Television
- In X-Men, Gambit appeared in the 1990s animated television series where he was initially voiced by actor Chris Potter with him later replaced by actor Tony Daniels.
- In X-Men: Evolution, Gambit appeared as a minor antagonist in the animated television series where he was voiced by actor Alessandro Juliani.
- In Wolverine and the X-Men, Gambit appeared as a minor antagonist in the animated television series with his first appearance in the episode "Thieves Gambit" where he was voiced by actor Phil LaMarr.
Films
- In X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Remy LeBeau appeared in the live-action film where he was portrayed by actor Taylor Kitsch.
Video games
- In Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, Gambit appeared as a playable character in the video game where he was voiced by actor Michael Dunn.
- In X-Men: Destiny, Gambit appeared in the setting of the video game where he was voiced by actor Phil LaMarr.
Appearances
- Uncanny X-Men v1: (1990)
- Gambit v1:
- Gambit v2:
- Gambit v3:
- All-New X-Factor v1:
- Astonishing X-Men:
- X-Men: Red v1:
- Rogue and Gambit v1:
- Mr. and Mrs. X v1:
- Excalibur:
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