Author: Robert Diehl
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Index to Gambit including Gambit ı93 LS, Rogue ı95 LS, Wolverine/Gambit: Victims ı95 LS, Gambit ı95 LS, Gambit & Bishop ı01 LS Version 1.4, last modified November 6, 2001 by Robert Diehl (rfdiehl@yahoo.com) Issue: Gambit 1 Date: Dec-93 Story: Tithing (22 pages) Feature Characters: Remy LeBeau (Gambit), Rogue Regular Characters: Jean-Luc and his son Henri LeBeau Guest Stars: Wolverine, Storm, Prof. Xavier Villains: The Tithe Collector, Candra, Gideon, Assassins Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie Pencils: Lee Weeks Inks: Klaus Janson Colors: Steve Buccellato Letters: Richard Starkings Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Every seven years, the Tithe Collector comes. The Assassinsı Guild declares war on the Thievesı Guild, to get ³the life² as well as ³the power.² Remy and Rogue work out in the Danger Room, but their relationship is the real danger. Remy catches his brother Henri sneaking into the mansion; Remy has to go back for the tithing. Henri tells him about the war, and that his brother-in-law Julien isnıt dead (Candra resurrected him, see iss. 3). An arrow comes through the window; the Assassins have killed Henri. Remy goes off alone to handle it and finds Julien. Remy easily defeats him, he throws himself on a sword but says heıs not dying, and Remyıs wife Bella Donna is alive, and teleports away with his henchmen. Rogue insists on going with Remy to New Orleans. Issue: Gambit 2 Date: Jan-94 Story: Honor Amongst Thieves (22 pages) Feature Characters: Gambit, Rogue Regular Characters: Marius and his daughter Bella Donna Boudreaux, Jean-Luc LeBeau Guest Stars: Villains: The Tithe Collector, Candra, Gideon, Julien Boudreaux, Pierre Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie Pencils: Lee Weeks Inks: Klaus Janson Colors: Steve Buccellato Letters: Richard Starkings Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Remy goes to the Boudreaux house and finds Bella Donna, in a coma but alive (thought dead since X-Men II:9). The Assassins attack him; his father-in-law Marius challenges him to a duel and bests him; Marius orders his men to attack, but Rogue breaks it up. Marius lets Remy take Belle Donna, so he can give her the Elixir of Life. Julien, now an ³abomination² without honor, kills his way to his father and attacks him. He plans to rule a new Assassinsı Guild with his sister. The tithe takes place: the Thievesı Guild trades tribute for the Elixir. Remy bursts in and demands some, but it is forbidden to give it to an outsider. Pierre and Julien ally and attack the Tithe Collector, but he gets away. The ancient pact with Candra is broken. Remy tells how he was an orphan, stole Jean-Lucıs wallet, and was adopted. Issue: Gambit 3 Date: Feb-94 Story: The Benefactress (22 pages) Feature Characters: Gambit, Rogue Regular Characters: Bella Donna, Tante Mattie (Baptiste), Jean-Luc LeBeau Guest Stars: Villains: Candra, the Tithe Collector, Julien Boudreaux Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie Pencils: Lee Weeks Inks: Klaus Janson Colors: Steve Buccellato Letters: Richard Starkings Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Remy goes to Candraıs club in Paris and is quickly shown the door by the guards. They pull guns; he explodes things. That gets Candraıs attention: she sends the Tithe Collector to collect him. When he meets Candra he realizes he has hmm met her before. She set up the guilds centuries ago, but is finished with them. She has Jean-Luc and says if Remy kills him, he can have the elixir, but he blows up at the suggestion. Remy has left Bella Donna in Louisiana with Rogue and the healer Tante Matte. Rogue is tempted to steal Bella Donnaıs memories but stops herself; Bella Donna grabs her hand; she sees her life with Remy. Julien arrives and attacks Candra and the Tithe Collector; Remy defends her, and she sends Julien sailing out a window. Candra lets Remy go, since he protected her; he has stolen the last vial of elixir. She sends the Tithe Collector to have him killed. Issue: Gambit 4 Date: Mar-9 Story: Thief of Time (23 pages) Feature Characters: Gambit, Rogue Regular Characters: Jean-Luc LeBeau, Bella Donna, Tante Mattie, Marius Guest Stars: Villains: Julien Boudreaux, Pierre, the Tithe Collector, Candra Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie Pencils: Lee Weeks, Jason Gorder Inks: Klaus Janson Colors: Steve Buccellato Letters: Richard Starkings Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Julien goes to a church to meet Pierre; Remy follows. Each has one of the 3 vials of elixir; Remy takes all, but Julien says he is addicted to the elixir and near death. Jean-Luc says this happens sometimes, and the guild lets them die. The Tithe Collector has got both guilds to attack Remy. Bella Donna is having fits since touching Rogue, who is transfixed by the memory of kissing Remy. Remy fights through the guilds to her; he finds the Tithe Collector already has them and threatens to kill them. Remy charges his coat and pushes him out a window, then mixes the elixir. Julien bursts in, tries to get it, and spills it. Remy nearly kills him; Marius shows up and shoots him dead with arrows. Candra shows up and says the Assassins can renew the pact if they kill Remy. Marius refuses, tired of her manipulation, and she leaves. Jean-Luc tells him to leave and never come back. Before he does, he gathers a few drops of the spilled elixir and administers them to Bella Donna. She revives, but has no memories. Remy suicidally propositions Rogue; she flies off. Remy walks the streets of New Orleans alone. Issue: Rogue 1 Date: Jan-95 Story: An Affair to Remember (23 pages) Feature Characters: Rogue, Remy LeBeau (Gambit) Regular Characters: Cody (Robbins) Guest Stars: Storm Villains: Candra, Teddy, Bella Donna Boudreaux and the Assassins including, Questa, Gris-Gris, Fifolet, Singer Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie Pencils: Mike Wieringo Inks: Terry Austin Colors: Dana Moreshead, Mike Thomas Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editor: Lisa Patrick Group Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Rogue plays tag with two jets, then flies down to Harryıs Hideaway, where she is accosted by two drunks, whom Remy scares off. Cody has been in a coma ever since Rogue kissed him, when her powers first manifested. She visits him, in a sanatorium in Mississippi, and Remy follows. Candra attends Marius Boudreauxıs funeral and suggests to Bella Donna, new leader of the Assassins, that they ally against Remy and Rogue. Fifolet and the Assassins attack Rogue when she arrives. Bella Donna has taken Cody as revenge for Rogue taking her memories when she was in a coma (Gambit I:3). She plans to attack Remy, too. Issue: Rogue 2 Date: Feb-95 Story: Choices (23 pages) Feature Characters: Rogue, Gambit Regular Characters: Tante Mattie, Cody Guest Stars: Carol Danvers (Ms. Marvel, in flashback) Villains: Candra, the Tithe Collector, Bella Donna and Assassins including Gris-Gris Other Characters: Leez Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie Pencils: Mike Wieringo Inks: Terry Austin Colors: Dana Moreshead Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editor: Lisa Patrick Group Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Bella Donna wants Tante Mattie to take care of Cody, but she wonıt obey. She allies with Candra to eliminate the Thievesı Guild. Rogue goes to save Cody; Tante Mattie comes to her in a vision and tells her to save Remy first before Candraıs assassins get to him. He is attacked on the road, and Rogue arrives in time to help him fight them off. Gris-Gris points at Remy, then disappears. Rogue spends the night in Remyıs arms, camping in the woods, then flies off to New Orleans to confront the Assassins. Remy follows. Issue: Rogue 3 Date: Mar-95 Story: The Gauntlet (23 pages) Feature Characters: Rogue, Gambit Regular Characters: Tante Mattie, Cody Guest Stars: Villains: Candra, Bella Donna and Assassins including Fifolet, Gris-Gris, Questa Other Characters: Lapin Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie Pencils: Mike Wieringo Inks: Terry Austin Colors: Dana Moreshead Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editor: Lisa Patrick Group Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: The Assassins attack Rogue in New Orleans with the powers they got from Candra, and she beats them off and enters Candraıs mansion. Remyıs cousin Lapin warns him not to enter the city, but he ignores the danger. Fifolet captures him. Gris-Gris uses voodoo powder on Rogue, and he and Fifolet attack her. She easily throws them down. Questa, a shape-shifter, appears as Remy, Cody, and Carol Danvers, but Rogue belts her. Candra takes away Rogue and Bella Donnaıs powers and lets them fight. Rogue gets stabbed. Issue: Rogue 4 Date: Apr-95 Story: Back to Life (22 pages) Feature Characters: Rogue, Gambit Regular Characters: Tante Mattie, Cody Guest Stars: Villains: Candra, Bella Donna Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie Pencils: Mike Wieringo Inks: Terry Austin Colors: Dana Moreshead Separations: Digital Chameleon Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editor: Lisa Patrick Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Rogue bleeds for the first time in years but continues to fight Bella Donna. She runs off, ironically not enjoying the absence of her powers, and tries to stop the bleeding. Bella Donna chases her and cuts her glove. Rogue tells her to stop blaming her for her problems and warns her that her powers are starting to come back. Remy gets himself free, but Candra restrains him. Rogue has overcome Bella Donna and insists Candra release Remy. She does, and then expels Cody through the roof. Rogue still canıt fly; Candra offers to take her powers away forever, but Rogue chooses to fight her instead. She throws off her TK-restraints, knocking her out, and swoops up to catch Cody mid-air. Tante Mattie lets her speak to Codyıs mind; he remembers himself as a boy, tells her he has no regrets, and dies. Issue: Wolverine/Gambit: Victims 1 Date: Sep-95 Story: In Harmıs Way (22 pages) Feature Characters: Remy LeBeau (Gambit), Logan (Wolverine) Regular Characters: Inspector Andrews Guest Stars: Villains: Arcade Other Characters: Det. Alexandra Davies Credits: Writer & Art: Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale Colors: Gregory Wright, Chameleon Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: In three months in 1888, Jack the Ripper killed 6 women, and was never caught. A hundred years later, a similar killer is on the loose. Remy works out in the Danger Room, then flies to London to investigatehe knew Davies. He breaks into the police files, then goes her family. He is nearly captured by the police, who think he may be the Ripper, but a woman screams, and he runs off to find a bloodstained Logan. He has been feral lately (since losing his adamantium, X-Men II:25), and he canıt explain how he got there or if he killed the women. Arcade, from the shadows, laughs at them. Issue: Wolverine/Gambit: Victims 2 Date: Oct-95 Story: In Deep (21 pages) Feature Characters: Gambit, Wolverine Regular Characters: Inspector Andrews Guest Stars: Villains: Arcade, Mastermind II (Martinique Jason) Other Characters: Credits: Writer & Art: Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale Colors: Gregory Wright, Chameleon Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Jason arrives with a small red car and a big gun to help Remy and Logan escape the police. She says Nick Fury sent her. Logan slashes a double-decker bus in Piccadilly, knocking it over, and Jason plunges them into the Thames to effect their escape. Remy and Logan find themselves in a sewer, standing over Jasonıs corpse. Remy accuses Logan, who says he canıt trust his senses. They plunge into the current, but find themselves back where they started, and Jason is now alive. Logan slashes her throat open: she is a robot. Arcade talks to the real Jason, who is Mastermindıs daughter and has taken his name. Issue: Wolverine/Gambit: Victims 3 Date: Nov-95 Story: No Way Out (20 pages) Feature Characters: Gambit, Wolverine Regular Characters: Inspector Andrews Guest Stars: Yukio (in flashback) Villains: Arcade, Mastermind II Other Characters: Alexandra Davies, Mariko (both in flashback) Credits: Writer & Art: Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale Colors: Gregory Wright Separations: Malibu Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Mastermind gives them illusions based on their memories: Davies had caught Remy stealing a painting that had originally been stolen by the Nazis; she lets him get away, returns the favor by letting her catch Yukio, who had set him up. He vows to catch Daviesı killer. Logan loved Mariko and sees himself married to her. He smells something and goes to investigate. Remy attacks him, but Logan refuses to go back to the real world and slashes him. Issue: Wolverine/Gambit: Victims 4 Date: Dec-95 Story: A Woman Scorned (24 pages) Feature Characters: Gambit, Wolverine Regular Characters: Inspector Andrews Guest Stars: Villains: Arcade, Mastermind II Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Art: Tim Sale Colors: Gregory Wright Separations: Malibuıs Hues Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Mastermind had agreed to help Arcade because he said Logan killed his assistant Locke. Logan wakes Remy, who charges the robot and blows them out of their holding cell. He has figured out it is Arcade, and they fight their way through Wolverine robots to him. Mastermind disappears; Logan threatens to kill Arcade for messing with his mind, but Remy convinces him to let him go. Mastermind stops him, angry at having been manipulated, and opens his mind to the X-Men: he killed Locke, couldnıt accept that he did, so made up the Logan-the-Ripper scenario as a cover. She disappears; Remy and Logan return to the States; Andrews has Arcade committed. Issue: Gambit I:1 Date: Dec-95 Story: Falling Star (22 pages) Feature Characters: Remy LeBeau (Gambit) Regular Characters: Tante Mattie Baptiste, Marcelo, Sister Katrina, Anielle Guest Stars: Villains: Oliver Stoker, Ramone Other Characters: Fr. Miguel Bonavita Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie Art: Klaus Janson Colors: Christie Scheele Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editor: Kelly Corvese Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Bonavita, Tante Mattie, and Stoker see a falling star; each commissions someone to retrieve it. Remy is stealing a stolen cross from a museum, when Tante Mattie appears to him in a vision and interrupts. He gets away from the police, and Tante Mattie says itıs Godıs will for him to help her. Remy is in a crowd that watches as a beautiful naked woman emerges onto Miami Beach. He gives her his coat (and his heart); she doesnıt speak, and he rushes off with her when gangsters attack. She disappears; he gets shot and drops into the surf. He sees Tante Mattie, and the woman. Issue: Gambit I:2 Date: Oct-97 Story: Shadow Rise (22 pages) Feature Characters: Gambit Regular Characters: Tante Mattie Baptiste, Anielle, Marcelo, Sister Katrina Guest Stars: Villains: Sybil, Oliver Stoker and Wormwood Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Terry Kavanagh, Howard Mackie Art: Klaus Janson Colors: Christie Scheele Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft, KF Editor: Kelly Corvese Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Remy drowns; he imagines himself standing on his own grave and being attacked by corpses. Marcelo and Katrina pull him out of the water and tend to his wounds. Marcelo asks him where the fallen ³angel² is; he doesnıt answer, and Marcelo is disgusted by his lack of faith. Katrina is of the Grigori, supposedly descended from fallen angels, and Tante Mattie is of their order. Remy says the fallen one is Anielle, and Marcelo says that is Hanael, the prince of the choir of virtues. He sees that Remy has slept with Katrina and is outraged. Sibyl burst in with zombie lackeys; she claims to be a fallen angel. She has Katrina and demands Anielle. Marcelo gets shot and killed in the ensuing fight; Sibyl gets away; the zombies dissolve. Remy tracks Anielle; he can hear her song in his head; Sibyl follows. They hide in a church, where Katrina has donned her nunıs robes; Stoker shows up. Issue: Gambit I:3 Date: Nov-97 Story: True Colors (24 pages) Feature Characters: Gambit Regular Characters: Anielle, Sister Katrina Guest Stars: Villains: Sybil, Oliver Stoker and Wormwood, Martin Other Characters: Liz Credits: Writer: Terry Kavanagh, Howard Mackie Pencils: Klaus Janson Inks: Bill Sienkiewicz Colors: Christie Scheele Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editor: Kelly Corvese Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Stoker enters the church with his dog Cerberus and his deformed, dwarfish companion Wormwood. Katrina tells Remy to get Anielle to Rome and sets the church on fire. Remy and Anielle run out; Sibyl attacks; Remy blasts off her bat wings and runs into the Everglades. Stoker attacks Katrina in the burning church and tells her a third force, neither good nor evil, was assembling. He tempts her to evil by offering her Marcelo; she says heıs lying. Remy uses the alias S. Templar to fly with Anielle to Paris, ³borrows² a rental car to Bern, the takes the train to Rome. The spider-like ³luciferge² swarms in their car; Remy goes up to the roof, where Sibyl and Cerberus are waiting. Issue: Gambit I:4 Date: Dec-97 Story: Heavenıs Promise (23 pages) Feature Characters: Gambit Regular Characters: Anielle, Tante Mattie Guest Stars: Villains: Sybil, Oliver Stoker and Wormwood, Katrina (Black Kat) Other Characters: Fr. Miguel Bonavita Credits: Writer: Terry Kavanagh, Howard Mackie Pencils: Klaus Janson Inks: Bill Sienkiewicz Colors: Christie Scheele Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editor: Kelly Corvese Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Sibyl spits locusts at Remy and says she has switched the track so the train will crash. He throws a card at the switch box, and the train goes back on course. Cerberus and Sibyl overwhelm Remy; Anielle finally fights, saying ³I am the light² and dispels Sibyl with light. She and Remy sneak into St. Peterıs, where Stoker and his minions attack. He has turned Katrina into Black Kat, taking Sibylıs place. He offers to trade her for Anielle; Remy is down to his last card and hesitates. Anielle makes the decision: she disappears with Stoker. Bonavita says she was probably an angel created for one task, which is now done. Katrina is saved but no longer a nun; Wormwood rides off on Cerberus; Tante Mattie denies all knowledge; Remy returns the stolen cross (iss. 1) to the Sistine chapel.
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