Gambit (comics) - Publication History

Publication History

Gambit's first full appearance was in Uncanny X-Men #266, although he had a small cameo in X-Men Annual #14, which was released a few weeks earlier. The character joined the X-Men and appeared in almost every issue of Uncanny X-Men until the team was split into two strike forces in Uncanny X-Men #281; Gambit joined the X-Men "Blue" Team and co-starred in the adjectiveless X-Men title for a number of years. When Storm created a splinter group to hunt for Destiny's diaries in the pages of X-treme X-Men, Gambit joined her in issue #5 and co-starred for the remainder of the series. Gambit has starred or co-starred in four mini-series - Gambit Volumes One (released in 1993) and Two (released in 1997), explored the character's mysterious past and his ties to the New Orleans Thieves' Guild; Wolverine/Gambit: Victims, which teamed the two popular X-Men on a mystery involving what appears to be a modern-day Jack the Ripper; and Gambit and Bishop, which was advertised as a sequel to the character's first series and involves the two X-Men in Stryfe's return.

Gambit has starred in three ongoing series. The first lasted twenty-five issues and two annuals; it ran from February 1999 to February 2001. The second lasted twelve issues and ran from November 2004 to August 2005. The third series has been published monthly since August 2012.

Additionally, Gambit & the X-Ternals, published in 1995, featured a group of renegade mutants led by Gambit who has been living on the edge of law during the Age of Apocalypse. In 2009, Gambit's past was explored in the one-shot X-Men Origins: Gambit. In 2010, the one-shot "Curse of the Mutants: Storm & Gambit" was released. In June 2011, he began co-starring in X-Men: Legacy.