Visionary writer Chris Claremont returns with another revelatory retro series set during his incredible run of Uncanny X-Men, this time revisiting one of his most beloved�and mysterious�co-creations, GAMBIT. Teaming up with acclaimed artist Robert Gill (Dungeons of Doom, X-Force), Claremont will shed light on Gambit�s final adventure before he officially took his place among the X-Men. Back in New Orleans after meeting the team, Gambit isn�t ready to leave his old life and friends behind, but when an anti-mutant threat is unleashed across his city, the choice may be taken out of his hands! The deck is stacked with new enemies alongside fan-favorite villains in this surprising tale that adds new depth to Gambit�s fateful decision to join the X-Men!
TARGET: REMY LEBEAU!
Get ready, mes amis, as Gambit, the mutant-thief-hero, travels back to his hometown for an explosive showdown! Set in the timeframe when Gambit returned Storm to what was left of the X-Men, discover how Gambit came to join the team for the first time � and the deadly trial that made it so! Someone�s got mutants in their crosshairs down in New Orleans� and when they hire Bullseye to target Gambit, hang on for the most kinetic showdown of the month!
GAMBIT: WANTED is the latest retro series that sees Chris Claremont fill in gaps and flesh out stories from his legendary, decades-long work on the X-Men franchise, following hit series like Wolverine and Kitty Pryde, X-Treme X-Men, and 2022�s Gambit series. On what motivated him to revisit the Ragin� Cajun again, Claremont said, �I enjoy returning to Gambit because when I first created him, I never had much of a chance to build his backstory. I gave him the dichotomy of being both a hero and a thief, a conflict that creates a fertile patch for stories. GAMBIT: WANTED is set when he first meets the X-Men, and gives me a chance to explore why he decided to give up his unfettered life doing as he wished in New Orleans, becoming bound to this group of heroes, dramatically changing his life�s course.�
�Getting the chance to work on a Gambit book with Chris was a complete surprise, and it continues to be a surreal experience,� Gill said. �Chris’s name is iconic and one that surrounded my early days of reading comics. I’ve always thought Gambit was one of the coolest and mysterious X-Men characters, and despite more than eight years drawing comics for Marvel, I’ve almost never drawn him� until now!�
Check out Leinil Francis Yu�s main cover along with special Wanted Poster style variant covers by Phil Noto. Plus, get a first look at interior artwork by Robert Gill. Preorder GAMBIT: WANTED #1 at your local comic shop today!
GAMBIT: WANTED #1 (OF 5)
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT
Art by ROBERT GILL
Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
Wanted Variant Cover A by PHIL NOTO
Wanted Variant Cover B by PHIL NOTO
Foil Variant Cover by KRIS ANKA
Variant Cover by STANLEY �ARTGERM� LAU
Virgin Variant Cover by STANLEY �ARTGERM� LAU
Variant Cover by YASMINE PUTRI
Variant Cover by STEPHEN SEGOVIA
On Sale 7/22
Um, that cover’s by ANDY Kubert.
Also, any idea where the art is from? It looks familiar, but I can’t place it. Probably a pin up in an annual…
Is it just me, or does Cyclops look REALLY young on the Daniel cover?
I’m with most everyone else on this: intrigued but skeptical. The team is interesting I guess, the art should be good, but I’ve never read anything by Jed McKay.
On 4/18/2024 at 10:47 AM, since83 said:
Love the team. But a bit annoyed to see McKay taking thw helm. I always kinda like his take, but it never seems to really end up doing anything for me. His Moon Knight run started out interesting and he used some good villains. But now he, maybe, killed Marc. Introduced some meh characters that im supposed to like, but don’t really care about. Idk, overall pretty lame. I should have been devastated by one of my top 5 faves “dying”, but i felt nothing due to the writing. He doesn’t seem to understand pace, or conversations. Same with his Avengers. Team dynamic is pretty bland, story looks huge and exciting on paper, but reads boring. I don’t like the artist on the either, so that doesn’t help. Both titles had been the first few titles I read after I get my pull forever, but since he came on they have stacked up a bit. I’ve been reading X Men and Spidey right away lately. So of course they just put Jed on to make it big, but it’s gonna promise a lot and pay off a little.
This is the problem I have with the current Marvel landscape. All of the books feel incredibly boring and uninspired. The majority of the artwork (which is a HUGE part of this hobby for me) varies between mediocre and terrible. This may not be a popular opinion, but I miss the Dark Reign era. I miss Bendis. Say what you will about him, but Marvel Comics were NEVER boring when he was in charge of the Avengers franchise. The writers and artists were firing on all cylinders during this era, and the next Wednesday couldn’t come quick enough. Every event from Avengers Disassembled, right up till Age of Ultron kept you on the edge of your seat. It really was a golden era. Everything since then has fallen flat. Marvel just feels like a shell of its former self.
Love the team. But a bit annoyed to see McKay taking thw helm. I always kinda like his take, but it never seems to really end up doing anything for me. His Moon Knight run started out interesting and he used some good villains. But now he, maybe, killed Marc. Introduced some meh characters that im supposed to like, but don’t really care about. Idk, overall pretty lame. I should have been devastated by one of my top 5 faves “dying”, but i felt nothing due to the writing. He doesn’t seem to understand pace, or conversations. Same with his Avengers. Team dynamic is pretty bland, story looks huge and exciting on paper, but reads boring. I don’t like the artist on the either, so that doesn’t help. Both titles had been the first few titles I read after I get my pull forever, but since he came on they have stacked up a bit. I’ve been reading X Men and Spidey right away lately. So of course they just put Jed on to make it big, but it’s gonna promise a lot and pay off a little.
Still not keen on this reactionary run. Marvel just love to keep mutantkind down.
I’m wondering why most of the teams (X-Force, Cyclops’ X-Men, Emma’s X-Men) have multiple telepaths? Are there more dangerous psychic enemies out there?
And yet the Uncanny team has none. Not to mention, Wolvie’s team is mostly physical/stealth. No psychics, only one short range teleporter, and not even a “smart” character for science-y questions.
What’s with Beast’s eyes? Looking so goth!
I’m on the fence on this, but I hope it’s good.
It sounds great! I really like the characters and teams and the art looks amazing. The thing that makes this seem like it’s doomed to bomb is the writing teams. It’s just the same boring repetitive people they’ve always ever used on every other failed series. Simply juggling these same clowns around to different books does absolutely nothing. It just means they’re putting the same people self inserting and pushing their own idealism behind a loose story bunch of convoluted dialog and some very pretty art. I want it to be true that they really want to bring the X-Men back to its roots but they’ve done nothing to make it happen but simply shuffling the deck.
The last two ream reveals have been a little underwhelming imo, but this one….awesome! Juggernaught and Beast! I already have this team, minus Temper, set up in my livingroom! Pumped for this series!
Temper? Is that Indie’s new codename?
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