

He eventually knocks Gambit off the stairs and explains what he is doing in New Orleans, who he was, and why he wanted to go to the Island. To compensate for this, Logan unleashed his claws and started chopping down the metal structure. Gambit soon retreats to the top of the fire exit of a nearby building. While Victor escapes, Logan attacks Gambit and breaks his staff. As they are fighting, Gambit climbs to the top of the casino and leaps down, hitting the ground with a staff charged with kinetic energy, creating a shock wave knocking both Logan and Victor to the ground. Logan is ready to take his revenge, but Gambit tries to interrupt, to which Logan elbows him in the face. Logan then finds Victor ( Sabretooth) extracting DNA from John Wraith, who he had recently killed. Not wanting to return to the Island, he attacks Logan with several playing cards charged with kinetic energy, blasting Logan through the wall and into an alleyway. He initially assumes Logan was going to take him back to The Island because Logan had called him "Gambit", a nickname given to him by the guards. Gambit is next seen in his hometown of New Orleans. After two years of imprisonment, Gambit finally managed to escape and kept a low profile. The guards at The Island gave him the name "Gambit" because he kept taking their money in poker games. Gambit made his live-action debut in the 2009 film X-Men Origins: Wolverine, portrayed by Taylor Kitsch.Biography Original Timeline X-Men Origins: Wolverineĭuring the late 1970s, Remy LeBeau was captured by William Stryker and taken to Three Mile Island.
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He has been featured in several animated series and video games based on the X-Men.
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Gambit was ranked 65th on IGN's "Top 100 Comic Book Heroes of All Time" stating that "Gambit is just the sort of tortured soul that X-readers love, and his continued presence in the TV and movie spinoffs cements his status as one of the greats," and in 2013, ComicsAlliance ranked Gambit as #4 on their list of the "50 Sexiest Male Characters in Comics". Gambit has also had two miniseries and starred prominently in Gambit & the X-Ternals, the X-Force replacement title during the Age of Apocalypse. As of 2013, there have been three attempts at an ongoing title starring the character. Since his debut, Gambit has appeared in several solo series. Gambit remains fiercely proud of his Louisiana heritage and speaks in a Cajun accent. Often portrayed as a "ladies' man," Gambit has shown a more vulnerable side of himself over the years, especially when it comes to Rogue. This was exacerbated when Gambit's connections to villain Mister Sinister were revealed, although some of his team members accept that Gambit honestly seeks redemption. There was consistently a source of stress between him and his on-again, off-again love interest and eventual wife Rogue. Given his history, few X-Men trusted Gambit when he joined the group. He was part of a thieves' guild before becoming a member of the X-Men. Gambit is known to charge playing cards and other objects with kinetic energy, using them as explosive projectiles. He is also incredibly knowledgeable and skilled in card throwing, hand-to-hand combat, and the use of a bō staff. Gambit has the ability to mentally create, control, and manipulate pure kinetic energy to his desire.

Gambit belongs to a subspecies of humans called mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities. Drawn by artist Mike Collins, Gambit made his first appearances in The Uncanny X-Men Annual #14 (July 1990) and The Uncanny X-Men #266 (Aug. The character was created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Jim Lee. Gambit ( Remy Etienne LeBeau) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the X-Men.
