Gambit fans rejoice! This past week Marvel Comics announced Xmen Origins: Gambit #1, will hit comic store shelves starting June 2009. The comic will follow the early years of Gambit’s history and touch on the many life changing events that have molded the “Ragin Cajun” into the anti-hero he is today. As “a special one-shot from writer Mike Carey and artist David Yardin”, collectors should definitely make preparations to secure an early copy, before the entire lot is sold out.


From Marvel.com

"This is really the story of how Gambit comes within the orbit of the X-Men, which in his case happens in a number of stages spread out across several years," Carey tells us of the special. "We start on his wedding day, and we finish on the day when he saves Storm's life in UNCANNY X-MEN #266.

"In between those two moments, we show his first encounter with Mister Sinister, his recruitment of the Marauders, his involvement in the Mutant Massacre and his saving of Marrow. Just listed like that, it might seem like the story ricochets around a lot, but actually there's a single theme throughout and everything ties together very tightly."

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