''Gambit'' is a 12-issue comic book series published by

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between September 2004 and June 2005. Created by writer

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and artist

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, it is the second ongoing series (and the fourth

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) starring the popular

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character Remy LeBeau / Gambit, following the

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as he runs afoul of every criminal and cutthroat in

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, in particular his ex-wife Bella Donna Boudreaux.

Publication history

The series collected as ''Astonishing X-Men: Gambit'' (and initially published as ''Gambit''), which lasted 12 issues, ran from September 2004 to June 2005 (

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August 2005), written by

and drawn by

. In March 2019, the series was republished as a single

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under the new name ''Gambit: Thieves' World'', also collecting material from material from ''

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'' vol. 2 #3.

Plot

Having left the

, the

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Remy LeBeau returns to the

underworld from whence he came, where his skills and mastery as a thief are unquestioned. However, when the dead leave their graves and overrun the city streets, Gambit is the only one who can save the city from a

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, while facing down two women, both heartbroken, angry, and demanding his head on a platter, and infiltrating the heavily-fortified home of his former team.

Characters

* Remy LeBeau / Gambit – a card-wielding

who was adopted by the Thieves Guild. * Bella Donna Boudreaux – the new head of the Thieves' and Assassins' Guilds and Remy's ex-wife.

Prints

Issues

Collected editions

References

External links

''Gambit''
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