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- —Mariah Ellenthorpe
Appearing in "The Man of Steal"
Featured Characters:
- Gambit (Remy LeBeau) (Appears in flashback and main story) (Origin revealed)
Supporting Characters:
- Courier (Jacob Gavin Jr.)
- Jean-Luc LeBeau
- X-Men
Antagonists:
- Elysian Enterprises (First appearance)
- Sekmeht Conoway (First appearance)
- Anwar Anubar (First appearance)
- Elysian Guard (First appearance)
- Mariah Ellenthorpe (First appearance) (Leaves Team)
- Cosmo Stephanapoulus (First appearance) (Leaves Team)
- Jack Farley (First appearance) (Leaves Team)
X-Cutioner (Carl Denti) (Joins Team)
- Fontanelle (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Several unnamed employees
- Garbha-Hsien (Mentioned)
- Leonard Nimoy (Mentioned) (Topical reference)
- New Son (Mentioned)
- Candra (Mentioned)
- Thieves Guild (Only in flashback)
- Several unidentified members (Only in flashback)
- The Antiquary (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Fagan (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Assassins Guild (Only in flashback)
- Bella Donna Bourdreaux (Only in flashback)
- Several unidentified members (Only in flashback)
- Marius Boudreaux (Mentioned)
- Julien Boudreaux (Death) (Only in flashback)
- Marrow (Sarah) (Recap)
- Colossus (Peter Rasputin) (Recap)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Recap)
- Iceman (Bobby Drake) (Recap)
- Beast (Dr. Hank McCoy) (Recap)
- Jacob Gavin Sr. (Mentioned)
- Fred Duncan (Mentioned)
- Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur) (Mentioned)
- Mister Sinister (Nathaniel Essex) (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Mutants (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Celestials (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Earth
- Asia
- China
- Garbha-Hsien's Temple
- Mount Wutai (Mentioned)
- China
- Europe
- Antarctica (Mentioned)
- North America
- Asia
Items:
Vehicles:
- Celestial Ship (Mentioned)
- Anwar Anubar's plane
Events:
- Morlock Massacre (Mentioned)
- Operation: Zero Tolerance (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "The Man of Steal"
On top of his duties with the X-Men, Gambit begins running missions for the mysterious New Son; His first task involves stealing alien technology from ancient Chinese temples which brings him into direct conflict with the X-Cutioner and Elysian Enterprises.
Notes
An Authentix Edition of this issue was published. The Authentix Edition consists in the whole issue as penciled by Steve Skroce.Sample pages can be seen at Marvel.com store.