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Seriously, is Marvel trying to sabotage Gambit again? (spoilers for X-Men of Apocalypse Omega)

I truly don't understand this decision. I could see one writer making a terrible out of character choice with a character, but surely with there being two writers plus editors involved with this someone in the process would see how problematic this plot is in regards to Rogue and Gambit's character. Unless AoA Gambit immediately tells Rogue that he is a different version of Gambit, this takes away all of her consent and is beyond disturbing. Also, not in a million years would Gambit see Rogue and his other relationships(close to adopted kids!) as some kind of property that he can just let someone "borrow" for a while. I feel like I'm in some kind of bizarro land. I'm hoping Orlando can fix this, but just based on these pages I'm struggling to see how he possibly could. Hoping he sees and understands how messed up this is and takes steps in his mini to address what I feel are legitimate concerns. Honestly super bummed about all this because I've been wanting Gambit to get a current continuity solo series for forever.

u/ChangerTheFarseer — 5 days ago
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My top 10 favorite Gambit issues ever!

Following are my top 10 favorite issues with Gambit ever. I had a very tough time narrowing down the list since this is actual individual issues and not like story arcs or series, but it was a lot of fun too. May not always be "important" issues or even issues where he is the main star, but these are the ones that I personally enjoyed the most and many are the ones that helped make me a lifelong fan of the character.

  1. Gambit(1999) #5

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My favorite Gambit comic and one of my favorite comics ever period. Rogue is kidnapped by the X-Cutioner and Gambit goes to save her. They end up saving each other though. Really does a great job showing Gambit and Rogue's love for each other. Get some great introspection from X-Cutioner and insight into Gambit's character. Just an all around great issue. Amazing art by Steve Skroce too. He's one of my favorite artists.

Page from Gambit #5

  1. X-Men(1991) #1

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My first X-Men comic! I was captivated from the very beginning by Gambit's intro page. He looked so cool and him, Wolverine, and Psylocke seemed so badass. He became my favorite X-Man pretty much immediately. Enjoyed his entrance with Beast to the fight with Magneto too. Jim Lee's art was firing on all cylinders on every single page.

Page from X-Men #1

3 and 4. Uncanny X-Men #312 and Uncanny X-Men #313

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I was just unable to exclude either of these issues! Love everything about this two part Phalanx story. The art, the character work, and the action. I still love Joe Madureira's later style a lot, but for me the early X-Men and Deadpool issues he did were his peak! Loved Gambit's interactions with Storm and Yukio throughtout. Gambit was still relatively new to the team and still reforming himself and it was fun seeing Yukio(who had a history with him) take pokes at him. Gambit showed his true character is this two-parter and had a ton of great lines. Love the creative use of his power too with the anchor.

Page from Uncanny X-Men #312

Page from Uncanny X-Men #313

  1. X-Men(1991) #4

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The famous basketball game! I always thought that scene was so fun. Love all those Jim Lee comics, but issue one and this issue are my absolute favorites(#8 with the boysenberry pie incident is also a fave lol). Loved Wolverine, Beast, and Jubilee trying to tag along on Gambit and Rogue's date too. Jubilee was hilarious the whole issue.

Page from X-Men #4

  1. Gambit(1999) #1

Included the Pacheco because that was the cover I first got of it.

As I said Steve Skroce is one of my favorite artists and no one does action like him. This issue is jam-packed with action! Great page after great page. Love the scene towards the end where the panels show Rogue getting closer and closer when she was flying into save Gambit.

Page from Gambit(1999) #1

  1. Gambit(1993) #1

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Tons of his lore introduced in this series and this is my favorite issue of the series. Especially love the intro in the Danger Room with the commentary from Storm and Wolverine. Lots of iconic stuff.

Page from Gambit(1993) #1

  1. Rogue & Gambit(2018) #1

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Kelly Thompson definitely saved the Rogue and Gambit relationship and had two series that are among my all time favorites for the characters. Such a good and fun writer. Started the heavy lifting right in this issue and had some very fun interactions between the two.

Page from Rogue and Gambit #1

  1. Uncanny X-Men #267

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Love his first appearance comic too and one of my favorite memories is getting a copy of his first appearance around 1999 from a comic shop, but this is my favorite of the two intro issues for Gambit. Jim Lee and Whilce Portacio drew Gambit so well here and it had so many great scenes with Gambit and Stormy. Loved him fighting with a broom as well lol.

Page from Uncanny X-Men #267

  1. Gambit(2012) #8

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Enjoyed this whole series with the incredible Clay Mann art, and then I was only able to add one of the issues where he only had one page lol. Still, this issue may not be a fave for most people, but it's one of my favorite Gambit issues ever. Showed Gambit's true good and heroic nature and it was a lot of fun seeing him herd the students and fight a bunch of monsters. Also, one of the best examples in the comics IMO of the cartoon line "how often must a scoundrel prove himself a hero, before he believes it himself." with this included page near the end-

Page from Gambit #8.

Honorable mentions would include Rogue(1995) issues number #1 and #2 and Uncanny X-Men #361! Painful not being able to include so many great issues.

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