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Real Name
Remy Etienne LeBeau
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Alias
Gambit, Le Diable Blanc, Robert Lord, Death, Sir Antony Ellis
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First Appearance
Uncanny X-Men #266
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First Battle w/ team
Uncanny X-Men Annual #14
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Height
6 ft. 1 in.
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Weight
175 lbs.
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Eye Color
Red/Black
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Hair Color
Auburn/Brown
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Age
Late 20s/30s (by comics)
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Place of birth
New Orleans, Louisiana (assumed)
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Marital Status
Married Twice (1st - Bella Donna, 2nd - Rogue), Divorced Once
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Mutant Level
Alpha, Omega when at full strength
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Immediate Family
Jean-Luc LeBeau (Adopted father), Tante Mattie (Adopted Mother of sorts), Henri LeBeau (Deceased adopted Brother), Mercy LeBeau (Sister-in-Law).
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Known Languages
French, English, Bad-Japanese, Russian, Some Ancient Languages.
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Mutant Abilities
Charges an object with kinetic energy and releases this energy explosively on impact. Also has the ability to "charm" people, been hinted towards being more of an empathic ability. Has a natural ability to block telepaths, be it a side effect of his other powers or another that has not been disclosed. Some mild precog abilities, has visions when blinded, has dreams when not.
Exceptional Agility.
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Weapons
Bo Staff, Playing Cards, Modified Rifle with Charged Bullets
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AGE OF APOCALYPSE
Earth-295
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Gambit of this alternate universe was the leader of a group called the X-ternals. A band of theives that stole supplies needed from Apocalypse, causing Mudir Rictor to become obssesed over catching them. Gambit agreed to steal a shard of the M'Kraan Crystal for Magneto sending the group all over the universe to retreive and return the crystal. Though Gambit swore that he would never love again after Rogue chose Magneto over him, he fell in love with Lila Chaney, a member of his group. Later, with the retrieval of the crystal, the world was changed back to normal. In the 10th Anniversary series hes seemed to be joined with the X-men of that universe.
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MUTANT X
Earth-1298
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Mutant X's Gambit is very similar to 618 reality. Gambit grew up in the guild, married Bella Donna, and worked for Sinister. That is where the changes begin. Instead of the massacre, he and Bloodstorm (the vampiric Storm of that reality) stole two children for Sinister. When Sinister told him to kill the female child he refused. Gambit recieved a mortal wound and Storm saved him, turning him into a vampire. Gambit returned to his wife with the child, later named Raven. The Six approached him and a battle insued, killing Bella Donna. Gambit joined the Six and sent his child away for protection. Later he left with his child, leaving the Six for good.
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EXILES
Earth-616
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In Exiles, Gambit is of Earth-371. He was the team leader of Weapon X, the counterpart of the Exiles, having replaced Sabretooth. On his Earth he was married to that universe's Storm, who was killed. He ended up planet jumping with the Weapon X group, having a relationship with another version of Storm. His arm was taken during a mission by Hyperon and later Gambit was killed taking out Hyperon. His body was later found in a palace and returned to his planet for burial.
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ULTIMATE X-MEN
Earth-1610
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This Gambit appeared shortly in the alternate re-telling Ultimate series. He was a run-a-way, escaping an abusive father and an unknown theif that raised him to steal. After leaving the life he knew he became a street performer, living in an abandoned street train. When his powers went out of control he was taken in by Fenris. They wanted to use Gambit's powers to advance their "business". Gambit kidnapped the X-men's Rogue to become his partner in crime. After leaving Fenris' ranks, they worked together as theives until Juggernaut appeared wanting Rogue back as his partner. Remy was crushed in a building collapse during the battle with Juggernaut.
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NEW SUN/SON
Earth-9921
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In his reality, New Sun was raised with his full power. New Sun's kinetic charging powers had flared out of control, burning the world and killing everyone. As a result, the New Sun hunted down and killed versions of himself in other realities to ensure that they would not repeat his mistakes. He attempted to create a new world where everyone would eventually be transported to, using the real Gambit of this universe to do it. When he learned that his plan wasn’t possible, he reveled himself to Gambit then attempted to kill him. Gambit pushed all his power into New Sun, destroying him and burning out his own powers to regular levels.
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X-MEN FOREVER
Earth-161
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X-Men Forever's Gambit is part of Claremont's "re-telling" of the X-Men starting at X-Men #3, where he originally left the company. Right now Gambit's real name is known as Remy Picard, but enemies have mentioned the name LeBeau. He is till a theif but seems to be more of a father figure with Storm, who remains a child, and Kitty Pryde. He seems to be a little more discontent within the mansion and is thinking strongly of leaving but stays to keep Storm there so she can have help with her powers. His uniform has changed drastically as well. He has more of a James Bond look.
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INFINITY GAMBIT
Earth-616 (Doppleganger)
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The Infinity Gambit was one of the "clones" Magus from the Dimension of Manifestations created during the Infinity war. The doppleganger attempted to confront and kill the real Gambit and take his place, but boarded the wrong plane. He ended up in Los Angeles. There he ran into Nomad II. After a issue long battle across the airport, the Infinity Gambit ended up being blown up in a parachute laced with a bomb.
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THE END
Earth-41001
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In this telling of a possible future, Gambit was revealed to be the clone of Mister Sinister, created using his own DNA and that of Scott Summers. Sinister wished to destroy Apocalypse and to do so he needed a body that had not been subject to Apocalypse's altering. However, Apocalypse learned of Sinister's plan and had the child stolen and left it in the care of the Thieves Guild. He then joined the X-men and then the XSE. He had two children with the Rogue of that universe, Olivier and Rebekka LeBeau. He later sacraficied himself pretending to be Sinister to save the remaining X-Men.
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NEW EXILES
Earth-6706
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In the New Exiles series the newest team was sent to save a world that had been almost destroyed by the meteor shower. The same event on the present Earth changed the Fantastic Four into the super team they are but on this world it killed all of them but one, The Invisible Woman. She fell to the planet and into the sea where she was saved by Namor. They married and their first son was named Remy (of Remi), also known as Gambit. He has the power to swim underwater like Namor and has a mild form of super strength/invisiblity like his mother. He is also very blonde like her. He has come to be known as Fishbit in the fan world.
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AGE OF X
Earth-11326
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Age of X was another alternate universe that Marvel dreamed up. It shows a different way the X-Men's universe could change without the help of Professor X. In this universe the human race is not tolerant of the mutant race, creating an all out war between the two factors. Mutants are captured and put to death. Gambit is captured by the government and is on his way to his death when he blows the van and his captors up. He then joins forces with Magneto. His character background with the guilds is pretty much the same. One difference though is his use of an antique rifle. He is a sharp shooter and charges the bullets before firing.
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NOIR REMY
Earth-90214
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Remy is not known as Gambit in the Noir Universe, only as Remy or M. LeBeau. The Noir Universe is set in the 1940's and there are no mutants, just gangsters, detectives and everyone caught in the middle. Remy is one of the ones in the middle mainly. He is a night club owner that has a gambling house inside. He has an issue with the so called X-Men because one of them have come in and conned one of his dealers to help them steal money from his club.
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HOUSE OF M
Earth-58163
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Not much is said about Gambit's life in the House of M. He is a known thief and was caught in the middle of a heist. Racing down the road with a car full of cash they are intersected by Carol Danvers, also known as the city's savior, Ms. Marvel. Gambit attempted to get away after the car is crashed by Ms. Marvel, but is defeated and apprehended by the police.
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JLX WRAITH
Earth-9602
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Wraith is from the Amalgam Universe, a collaboration between Marvel Comics and DC Comics. Todd LeBeau, AKA Wraith, is the combination of Gambit and Obsidian from DC. In a New Orleans bar, Todd acquired some magic playing cards, which activated his metamutant abilities. With his newfound powers, Todd took the name of Wraith, and joined the Shadow Guild. Wraith has various shadow-based powers. Wraith can merge with his own shadow and possess the shadows of others. In his shadow form, he is stronger than in human form and can pass through solid objects and fly. He also has the ability to charge inanimate objects with kinetic energy.
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ZOMBIE GAMBIT
Earth-2149
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A zombie version of Gambit is part of the first run of Marvel Zombies and possibly the second, but that is yet to be seen. He is one of the dozens of super-powered zombies attacking Doctor Doom's castle trying to reach the unaffected humans inside. His zombie life is ended by Silver Surfer a short time into the series. Not much is said about his background in the Zombie universe since he was not a huge player in the story.
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LIL' GAMBIT
Earth-92131
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The X-Babies are a group of Mojo-manufactured child clones of the X-Men. Mojo had de-aged the X-Men into children early on in the Uncanny X-men series and after the exceptional ratings it produced he created the X-Babies to take place of the original X-men after their escape. Once Mojo began to lose power over the Mojo Universe, he "cancelled" the X-babies, including the X-baby Gambit. They fled to the real dimension to ask the real X-men to save them from death. Dazzler took them back to Mojo-verse, promising to protect them all.
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X-MEN MISFITS
Earth-TRN357
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X-Men Misfits is a re-telling of X-Men in Manga (Japanese Comic Books) form. It is told from Kitty Pryde's point of view. All the characters are young teenagers, just developing their powers. Kitty runs into young Remy in the kitchen when she decided she wants a midnight snack. She falls in love with Gambit's food instantly.
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X-FAIRY TALES
Earth-5311
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The Gambit in this one-shot alternate universe story, is a police detective in the South. His partner is this universe's Bishop. During an encounter with a young local girl named Anna, whom he was flirting with, he is cursed with a voodoo "love spell". It leads him into the middle of a huge mix up of voodoo priestess, this universe's Mystique and the Hellfire Club and the White Queen.
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SECRET WARS/EGYPTIA
Earth-51910
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Gambit from this world was involved in a plot to overthrow Baroness Khonshu of Egyptia and gathered with other mutants for a meeting. Eventually Wolverine arrives and leads Colossus, Shadowcat, and Nightcrawler into the desert. After going into the desert, the trio are tricked and converted in Werewolves for attempting to kill Khonshu.
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THE COLLECTOR
Earth-61610
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Gambit the Collector operated on the Battleworld, gathering unique items for his collection. On one occasion he and Kitty Pryde spend a night together in Higher Avalon.
OFFICER LEBEAU
Earth-32323

Officer LeBeau was a member of the Punishers, the police force of the Blue. He was in Steeltown when She-Hulk infiltrated the city when she was looking for Bullseye. He was one of the Punsihers who failed to catch her.

X-MEN '92 (ANIMATED)
Earth-92131

Gambit from this world is originally from the 1990's animated series that played on the FOX network. Because of Secret Wars, the world was once again visited in the X-Men '92 series that started as a mini-series, but due to it's popularity, became an ongoing series the following year.

COSMIC GHOST RIDER GAMBIT
Earth-18138

Gambit was one of the many heroes Cable brought back in time to kill Thanos as a baby so their dystopian future didn't come to pass. However, Gambit was killed shortly after by The Rider.

WORST X-MAN EVER
Earth-TRN656
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This Gambit was with the other members of the X-Men who responded when a Sentinel attacked their home and killed the parents of new student Bailey Hoskins. Later it was Gambit that sent Bailey closer to the edge, making him kill himself and all the X-Men in the party.
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WIZARD'S WILDCARD
N/A
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This Gambit was a hybrid dreamed up by Wizard Magazine. He was a mix of Gambit from the X-Men Universe and Grifter from the WildC.A.T. Universe. His real name was Remy Cash. He was part of the New Orleans Theives Guild, like Gambit. He was hired by the government to steal a vial of Gen X-Factor. During the heist he was exposed to the serum giving him incredible power, like Grifter. There was never really a comic behind the character. He only appeared in Wizard magazine.
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HAMBIT
Earth-8311
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Hambit is a pig version of Gambit that shows up in the Spider-Ham universe. A strange alternate universe that every character is a pig.
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  • Abandoned in a hospital at birth, most likely due to his eyes marking him a mutant.
  • Kidnapped from the hospital as a newborn baby by the Thieves Guild on order of the Antiquary.
  • Taken from the Antiquary by Jean-Luc Lebeau and put into the care of Fagan's Mob, a group of street kids turned thieves.
  • Ran into Vampires in the Metairie Cemetery.
  • Met the Witness in a cemetary and began visiting him on a normal basis.
  • Met Belladonna for the first time when he was eight, "saving" her from a guild trap. Hinted to be a set up.
  • Remy is caught by Jean-Luc when attempting to pick his pocket. Hinted to be another set up.
  • Caught stealing Mambo Mastiff's necklace while the man slept.
  • Crashed a stolen jet.
  • Broke into the Saints (football team in New Orleans) training camp with Etienne and Emil. Was slightly injured in the process.
  • Powers began to manifest.
  • Met up with The Pig during a thieves ceremony gone wrong. His cousin, Etienne Marceaux, was killed in the process of escaping the Pig's holdings. He also met Candra for the first time during the failed pinch.
  • Hired by Essex to collect his lab diary from the Weapon X facility. Gambit was caught, but escaped when Weapon X (Wolverine) escaped. Remy read the diary before returning with it and decided to destroy it.
  • Arrested in a small Louisiana town, staged a 'riot' and freed himself and 2 drunks.
  • Started 'dating' Genevieve Darceheaux as a con to get a jewel for the guild. She ended up getting killed by Sabretooth, who was hired to retrieve the jewel.
  • Married Belladonna in an arranged ceremony to unify the Guilds.
  • Killed Brother-in-law in self defense during a duel and was excommunicated and banished from New Orleans because of the Guild.
  • Spent time in London where he stole art and returned it to his rightful owner. Caught after being ratted on by Yukio. He turned the tables and got Yukio captured instead.
  • Became a bounty hunter/mercenary and worked with Spat and Grovel. Somewhere along the line Spat was hit by a force that was meant for Remy and her age was reversed, turning her into a child slowly.
  • "Worked" with Claire de Luc and Grey Crow at a diner. Not sure if this was just a front or what.
  • Spent time in a South American prison.
  • Power's went out of control, helped by Sinister in exchange for gathering a group of people that would later become the Marauders. He lead them to the tunnels where the Morlocks stayed and the Mutant Massacre took place. Remy attempted to stop the killing and was brutally injured by Sabretooth, but managed to escape with a child named Sarah (Marrow).
  • Saved Storm during the time she was turned into a 13 year old child by the Nanny. They ran through New Orleans as 'robin hood' like thieves until Nanny attacked again and Storm got her memories back.
  • Remy joined the X-men after following Storm home.
  • Went along with Wolverine on his trip to Japan that resulted in Mariko's death.
  • Fought Brood for first time, resulting in supposed death of his wife.
  • Brother was killed on the Mansion balcony by assassins.
  • Found wife to be alive. Stole elixir of life and saved her, after her memories were wiped away by Rogue.
  • Kissed by Rogue during the "wave" that hit before AOA. Putting him into a coma from the power drain.
  • Put on "trial" for his part in the Mutant Massacre by Erik the Red (Magneto) and left behind in Antarctica to freeze to death by Rogue.
  • Found a strange energy, "Green Mist Lady", that helped him survive the icy weather, later to take a place in his body. She turned out to be Mary Purcell.
  • Saved from freezing to death by the New Son, and alternate version of himself, and forced to work for him. Saving Jacob Gavin was his first mission and retrieve info from the High Evolutionary.
  • Saves Sekmeht Conoway during the heist of a temple, housing alien artifacts.
  • Mary "Green Mist Lady" Purcell is 'removed' from Remy's body and presumed dead.
  • Sent back in time by his guild to stop Candra. Gave Sinister his powers to shape shift. Had his powers restored to maximum to return. Made many investments in the past, making him very rich in the present.
  • His father, Jean-Luc, handed over power of the Thieves guild to Remy.
  • Became field leader of part of the X-men.
  • New Sun put a price on Remy's head, making every assassin and bounty hunter in the Marvel universe come after him...even the stupid ones. It resulted in the Unification of the Guilds.
  • Defeats the New Sun...the first time...with the help from Angel.
  • Finds out his father is hiding the information of his parents from him. Reason still unknown.
  • Officially voted in as the Unified Guild leader. 8 to 6 on the voting. Belladonna is second in command.
  • Defeated New Sun once and for all, burning out his powers back to Alpha level in the process.
  • Put on the wanted list for murdering Miles Warback. Later to find it was a setup.
  • Joins the X-treme team of the X-men
  • Becomes the power source to opening an alien portal. The process was stopped by Vargas thrusting a very large sword through his chest. He survived with Beast's help, but lost his mutant abilities due to the beam that went through him.
  • Regained his mutant abilities after Sage went in and "jumpstarted" them.
  • Lost his sight when a stray bullet hits one of his charged cards, sending a piece of it into his face.
  • Regained his sight when one of the students at Xavier's, whom was a healer, partial healed his eyes and Sage again "jumpstarted" his powers.
  • Made a 'dirty' videotape with Lili Penrose. Said to be better then Paris Hilton's. :)
  • Has an 'un-fling' with FOXX, who turns out to be Mystique in disguise.
  • With good intentions, Remy joins Apocalypse and becomes his horsemen, Death. Clouded by the change, even after Apocolypse defeat, Remy vows to rid himself of Rogue and the X-men. Teaming up with Sunfire, another horseman.
  • Sinister takes Gambit and Sunfire under his wing. Sinister turns Gambit back to his normal self. Gambit becomes a Marauder again.
  • Gambit returns the child to Professor X after it is revealed he was working with Mystique to double cross Sinister to get the child.
  • Gambit helps Xavier when the assassins are hired to take his life. Remy teams up with Shaw to accomplish this.
  • Xavier asks for Gambit's help again on a trip to Australia. They end up running into a creature called Danger.
  • Gambit returns to the X-Men.
  • During a mission to destroy the Omega machine, there is a fight with a mutant named Input. Remy's mind was triggered by Input's mental abilities allowing Death to reemerge, along with the power of "death cards". Gambit used the death card powers to attack Input but killed him by accident, since he did not have full control of the power.
  • Gambit was thrown into a misfit group to go to Limbo on a rescue mission. In the influence of Limbo evilness the Death persona within Gambit broke free and took over. Feeling he had found "home", Death proceeded to turn Dazzler and Northstar into his puppets and went on a mission to take over Limbo. His plan was foiled by Pixie and Lilandra magically forcing the Death persona out of Gambit's body, permenantly...or so they thought.
  • Storm, taking a leadership role in the X-Men again, serves Gambit with a "mission" to help X-23. Storm sensed that the troubled teen was spinning out of control and felt her old friend, Gambit could help her find her way again.
  • Gambit and X-23 run into Sinister while on the hunt for information about Laura's Mother.
  • Gambit and X-23 take on Daken in Madripoor with a little help from Tiger Tyger.
  • Gambit decides to move from the island home of the X-Men and follow Wolverine's team back to New York to remake the school for mutant children.
  • Joined up with Northstar, Wolverine, Iceman, and several others in the "Astonishing Team", doing jobs on the side of the regular day to day school work.
  • Decided to blow off some steam and steal from Mr. Cich. He steals a magical object that attaches itself to his chest. The artifact leads to a run in with Joelle, who was also looking for the item for unknown reasons. They work together to find the matching artifact.
  • Kidnapped by Mr. Cich and blackmailed into working a job for him for the replacement of the items Gambit destroyed in the heist.
  • Becomes knighted....by fraud, under an assumed name, Antony Ellis, while trying to steal Excalibur sword.
  • Works against and with Pete Wisdom to catch Mr. Cich.
  • Set up by rivel guild members, Gambit does a job inside the prison that happens to be holding Cich, who was ready for his arrival, offering other prisoners a million to kill Gambit. With the help of MI:13 and the Avengers the prison riot is ended, but not until Gambit is shot in the head by Cich. Gambit was saved by Excalibur.
  • Becomes the new leader of the Global Thieves Guild, taking his father, Jean Luc's place.
  • Goes on an undercover mission with Rogue to a suspicious therapy vacation spot for mutant couples.
  • Marries Rogue, Anna Marie, on a whim when another wedding falls out.
  • Moves to Krakoa and joins the Excalibur team.
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