As anticipation builds for Gambit's return in X-Men '97, Marvel is giving the fan-favorite mutant another major spotlight with the launch of Gambit: Wanted, a five-issue limited series that revisits one of the most important chapters in Remy LeBeau's history.
Written by Chris Claremont, Gambit's co-creator, with artwork by Robert Gill, the series takes readers back to the period shortly after Gambit first joined the X-Men. Rather than introducing an entirely new status quo, the comic fills in a missing piece of his early adventures and explores the events that shaped his place within the team.
The story picks up after Gambit's journey alongside a de-aged Storm, who had lost her memories following the fall of the X-Men. During that adventure, Gambit rescued Ororo Munroe and the pair traveled together until her memories eventually returned. Once reunited with the remaining X-Men, Gambit parts ways with Ororo and heads back to his hometown of New Orleans.
His return, however, is far from a homecoming.
Expecting to reconnect with the Thieves Guild during Mardi Gras celebrations, Gambit instead finds that much has changed in his absence. His successor has led the Guild into dangerous territory, and the mutant thief quickly discovers that he is no longer welcomed with open arms.
As old loyalties are tested, Gambit is forced back into the criminal underworld he once left behind. The situation becomes even more dangerous when a classic Marvel villain, Bullseye, enters the picture, setting the stage for a high-stakes confrontation that could redefine Gambit's past.
Marvel describes Gambit: Wanted as an untold story set during the era when Gambit first earned his place among the X-Men, offering longtime readers a fresh look at one of the character's defining periods while remaining accessible to newer fans discovering him through X-Men '97.
With the animated series teasing Gambit's long-awaited return and the comics revisiting his earliest days as an X-Man, the timing could not be better for fans of Marvel's master thief. Gambit: Wanted revisits the period that made Remy LeBeau an X-Man, giving longtime readers a fresh look at his early days and newcomers from X-Men '97 a clear place to start.
