Chris Claremont Plays His Cards Right With ‘Gambit: Wanted’

Chris Claremont is about to make a name for himself right here with his return to X-Men (again) for Gambit: Wanted, another retro series that explains what Gambit was up to right before he joined the team.

Featuring art by Robert Gill, the Marvel series will be set in New Orleans, and show Gambit not quite ready to leave his friends, until an anti-mutant threat is released in the Big Easy.

“I enjoy returning to Gambit because when I first created him, I never had much of a chance to build his backstory,” Claremont said via press release. “I gave him the dichotomy of being both a hero and a thief, a conflict that creates a fertile patch for stories. GAMBIT: WANTED is set when he first meets the X-Men, and gives me a chance to explore why he decided to give up his unfettered life doing as he wished in New Orleans, becoming bound to this group of heroes, dramatically changing his life’s course.”

Added Gill, “Getting the chance to work on a Gambit book with Chris was a complete surprise, and it continues to be a surreal experience. Chris’s name is iconic and one that surrounded my early days of reading comics. I’ve always thought Gambit was one of the coolest and mysterious X-Men characters, and despite more than eight years drawing comics for Marvel, I’ve almost never drawn him… until now!”

Gambit: Wanted #1 hits stores on July 22, 2026. Check out the synopsis, covers, two interior pages and solicit info below.

TARGET: REMY LEBEAU!

Get ready, mes amis, as Gambit, the mutant-thief-hero, travels back to his hometown for an explosive showdown! Set in the timeframe when Gambit returned Storm to what was left of the X-Men, discover how Gambit came to join the team for the first time – and the deadly trial that made it so! Someone’s got mutants in their crosshairs down in New Orleans… and when they hire Bullseye to target Gambit, hang on for the most kinetic showdown of the month!

GAMBIT: WANTED #1 (OF 5)

Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT

Art by ROBERT GILL

Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU

Wanted Variant Cover A by PHIL NOTO

Wanted Variant Cover B by PHIL NOTO

Foil Variant Cover by KRIS ANKA

Variant Cover by STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU

Virgin Variant Cover by STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU

Variant Cover by YASMINE PUTRI

Variant Cover by STEPHEN SEGOVIA

On Sale 7/22

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