Gambit

A little disappointed Liu is not writing this but the basic premise sounds good. I am glad that they are sidestepping the Thieves Guild and Belladonna as they would definetely be rehashing old stories. Not so pumped either about Clay Mann.

yawnnnnnnnnn. next please.

What would drive Gambit to take over protecting Hell's Kitchen though?

Anyway, I'm super excited about this even though Clay Mann's art is just about the blandest in the biz. Hope he steps up his game for this.

So in for this. Asmus was the only thing I was liking about Generation Hope, so I'll definitely enjoy seeing more of his writing. Unlike others I'm a fan of Mann so the art is great to me.

While Gambit has matured and I like that and hope they still work with that and factor in X-23 and Cecilia into his supporting cast, I'm all for Gambit being the big thief again on the side. It's what he's good at and what he does, and it's been some time since he's done it. It's like Wolverine not going around slicing ninjas or Sabretooth or anything and anyone else, it's just part of the character. Back to the basics as was mentioned.

Also glad that they are sidestepping Belladonna and the Guilds, save that for perhaps later if there is a really good story reason to do it.

Yeah, um. I don't know. I like Mann's art. Maybe if Cecelia is in it. I guess.

1. So AvsX will end bad for Gambit, at least for his X-men membership.
2. Or has he got a secret X-mission collecting all those stuff from all over the Marvel universe?

I will pick this up for sure, but my only reservation with a Gambit solo series that takes him out of the X-Men is that if the solo book is cancelled he will end up in limbo again. Really his character has been on the sidelines since this happened in the early 2000s.

Yeah the Gambit stuff doesn't say spinning our of AvX. It's basically just like before, giving him stuff outside the X-Men. Like Logan. Hawkeye interviews say that AvX affects the title a bit, though I wouldn't say fully fully as the title debuts before the event is over.

Originally posted by UncannyScott While Gambit has matured and I like that and hope they still work with that and factor in X-23 and Cecilia into his supporting cast, I'm all for Gambit being the big thief again on the side. It's what he's good at and what he does, and it's been some time since he's done it. It's like Wolverine not going around slicing ninjas or Sabretooth or anything and anyone else, it's just part of the character. Back to the basics as was mentioned.

That's exactly why I don't read Wolverine or solo titles in general. You call it "Back to basics", I call it "reversion to the mean" (or "back to square one" perhaps). Boring to read the same kind of story over and over again, same battle, same winner. It's why I so dreaded WatX, but fortunately I was pleasantly surprised to discover the title was more of an evolution than a reversion (especially for Logan, Kitty, and Bobby).

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Glad to see he will be ditching the side-of-face-and-forehead-covering look that was oh so very 90s. Havok, you're next, buddy.

And confirmation that Gambit will be defined apart from Rogue and the XMen in general. Asmus called it "Indiana Jones meets Mission Impossible", Gambit will be thieving again.

Still not in my budget, but this sounds pretty good now. It's what I'd want a Gambit book to be, if I wanted a Gambit book. (which I don't, I want my X23 book back)

Edited by Xstryker - 20-Apr-2012 at 6:14pm

Like BC said going back to basics is not always just rehasing stuff. Sometimes it's coming back to what is the core of the character and moving forward at the same time. Like the example of the Wolverine solo BC brought up. While it took Wolverine back to some basics it also gave him emotions and human moments unlike previous runs and the regular use of Logan that was just "Grr *snikt* beer!".

Getting back to a basics with Gambit will allow for some growth. While I like some that Carey did with him, lately Gambit has been all about the triangle with Rogue and Magneto for the most part. Having him out being one of the best there is at what he does can be great for him. Build him back into a strong character after years of tearing him apart and always making him a traitor to the team or cheating on Rogue or whining about things.

But he is a comic book character lol...he's a card charginf cajun raised by a mystical thieves guild ( which is at war with an even more mystical assassin's guild) and has had god-like power and time-travelled.

This is superhero comics, their premise isnt real lol