Join the Gambit Spotters: Meg, Vonnie, Riley and Liv as they visit the ghosts of Logan’s past… in Japan! This episode has everything – cash cabs, poorly aged character naming, magical color changing boots, unpermitted support beam removal and basically every female character Wolverine has dated. It’s wild. Also – smash or pass headsock or no headsock edition!
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Comics referenced:
Altbit AU spin off - Earth-34922 (12/1991) What If…? #34
Type: Ongoing
Issue Title: “What if Spiderman Fought the Trapster” - Gambit is in the third story, “what if wolverine hibernated”
Cover Date: February 1992
Actual Release: December 1991
Part of Event: None
Writer(s): John Rozum
Penciller(s): David Cullen
Inker(s): Andrew Pepoy
Colorist(s): Tom Vincent
Gambit Appearance: Minimal. He’s on 2 panels. But he has dialogue
Variant status: The variant lives!
04/1992 Wolverine (1988) #53 The Crunch Conundrum
Type: Ongoing (solo)
Issue Title: “The Chimerical Mystery Tour!”
Cover Date: April 1992
Actual Release: February 1992
Part of Event: The Crunch Conundrum
Writer(s): Larry Hama
Penciller(s): Marc Silvestri
Inker(s): Dan Green, Hilary Barta, Klaus Janson
Colorist(s): Joe Rosas, Kevin Tinsley, Marie Javins
Gambit Appearance: Limited
06/1992 Wolverine (1988) #55
Type: Ongoing (solo)
Issue Title: “Thirty Slashes Over Tokyo”
Cover Date: June 1992
Actual Release: April 1992
Part of Event: none
Writer(s): Larry Hama
Penciller(s): Marc Silvestri
Inker(s): Dan Green
Colorist(s):Steve Buccellato
Gambit Appearance: Significant
7/1992 Wolverine (1988) #56
Type: Ongoing Solo
Issue Title: “We Got Cylla, Can Mothra Be Far Behind?”
Cover Date: July 1992
Actual Release: May 1992
Part of Event: none
Writer(s): Lary Hama
Penciller(s): Marc Silvestri
Inker(s): Dan Green
Colorist(s): Steve Buccellato
Gambit Appearance: Significant
7/1992 Wolverine (1988) #57
Type: Ongoing
Issue Title: “Death in the Family”
Cover Date: July 1992
Actual Release: May 1992
Part of Event: none
Writer(s): Larry Hama
Penciller(s): Marc Silvestri
Inker(s): Dan Green, Al Milgrom, Joe Rubinstein
Colorist(s): Steve Buccellato
Gambit Appearance: Supporting
11/1992 Wolverine (1988) #60
Type: Ongoing
Issue Title: “Counting Coup”
Cover Date: November 1992
Actual Release: July 1992
Part of Event: none
Writer(s): Larry Hama
Penciller(s): Dave Hoover
Inker(s): Keith Williams
Colorist(s): Larry Stroman, Dan Green, Tom Orzechowski
Gambit Appearance: Supporting
Charge De Card:
Marvel Rivals Hellfire Gambit Skin – available in game PS5 or PC
Comic Spotting:
April 29 Uncanny X-Men (2024) #27: Main cover, group variant, solo variant with a virgin!
May 6 Jubilee Deadly reunion #1- Gambit is in unlettered previews for this!
May 6th X-Men: Age Of Revelation - World Of Revelation collecting World of Revelation (2025) #1, Unbreakable X-Men (2025) #1-3, Undeadpool (2025) #1-3, Omega Kids (2025) #1-3, X-Vengers (2025) #1-3, Sinister’s Six (2025) #1-3, X-Men: Age of Revelation Finale (2025) #1
May 13 Uncanny X-Men #28, gambit is on main cover and variants by Paco Medina and Federico Sabbatini
May 19th X-Men: The Trial Of Gambit Omnibus is on sale, May 20th for UK
Actor Spotting:
Alessandro Juliani : May 8 -10, 2026 Anime Town: Pensacola in Pensacola FL
May 22-24, 2026 - London, UK, MCM London
Phil LaMarr : May 2-3 Comic Con Liverpool
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