Marvel Comics have revealed another new solo X-Men series.
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Writer Chris Clermont and Artist Robert Gill are teaming up on Gambit: Wanted, a new 5-issue mini-series. This series will follow Gambit’s final adventure before joining the X-Men. The book’s full description reads:
“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!”
Chris Clermont had this to say about the new series:
“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.”
Robert Gill also had this to say:
“Getting the chance to work on a Gambit book with Chris was a complete surprise, and it continues to be a surreal experience. 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!”
Gambit: Wanted releases July 22nd.
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