The Gambit Guild - Gambit Vs.
Submitted by Gambit Guild on Sat, 2005-10-01 11:34.
When X-Men fans get together, they often enjoy discussing which hero or villain would win in a fight. Gambit fans are no exception. For the purpose of those arguments, in this section, we chronicle Gambit's various victories and defeats at the hands of other Marvel characters.
Gambit matched up against Bandit in Gambit #11-12 (second series), where he was Belladonna's new boyfriend who was using her to gain control of the Guilds. Because Bandit is essentially the poor man's Gambit, Remy defeated him without much difficulty.
Although these two men have traditionally been enemies of Captain America, Gambit defeated both of them with ridiculous ease in Gambit #16 and later Gambit #18, after they tried to assasinate him and claim the bounty on his head.
Ignoring the infamous Boisenberry Pie incident of X-Men #8, Gambit and Bishop fought in X-Treme X-Men #43, when Bishop was mind-controlled by Bogan and made to attack to the X-Men. Although Gambit lacked his powers, he was easily able to beat Bishop using his bo-staff and his agility.
In Gambit #11, Gambit and Daredevil fought, as Matt believed that Remy was helping the Constrictor. They appeared to be evenly matched. Eventually, they worked out that they were on the same side, and the fight concluded amicably.
Gambit fought Hawkeye in the somewhat artificial setting of Contest of Champions II #5, and defeated him easily. Gambit's agility, accuracy and mutant ability to charge cards was more than a match for Hawkeye's archery.
In Uncanny X-Men #279, Gambit fought Jubilee, while they were both under the influence of Legion and the Shadow King. Unsurprisingly, he emerged victorious.
Gambit defeated a mind-controlled Nightcrawler in the Gambit/Bishop LS.
In the Gambit/Nightman LS, Gambit fought both Nightman and his feral doppelganger. He managed to defeat both of them fairly easily, although both versions of Nightman were severely weakened at the time.
Inexplicably, Professor Xavier came under Stryfe's mind control in the Gambit/Bishop Limited Series. Together with Beast and Nightcrawler, he attacked Gambit. Gambit threw charged cards at him, kicked him in the head, and defeated him without much difficulty.
Gambit fought a mind-controlled Rogue in Uncanny X-Men #285. Unsurprisingly, given her superstrength and her invulnerability, she defeated him without much difficulty.
The two X-Men fought again under very different circumstances in X-Men #45. In anger and frustration, Rogue threw parts of a theatre at Gambit, and then flew away from him. The fight ended in a highly emotional draw.
Gambit fought against Sabertooth in X-Men #38 after the X-Men captured Creed and tried to rehabilitate him. Although Creed was in partial restraints and therefore perhaps was not as capable of defending himself as usual, Gambit beat him.
Gambit sparred with Storm in X-Treme X-Men #32. This fight couldn't be considered representative as neither of them used their powers, but Gambit proved himself more than a match for her in hand-to-hand combat.
Gambit and Wolverine have battled on four occasions.
In Uncanny X-Men #273, Remy and Logan fought in the Danger Room and Gambit won by distracting his opponent with a simulation of Lady Deathstrike. Certain people argue that Gambit's victory should not count because he used trickery to accomplish it, but it could equally be argued that he was intelligent enough to know that he could not stand up to Logan in a physical fight and therefore had to find another way of winning. A comparison could be made with Batman's famous fight against Superman.
In Uncanny X-Men #280, when Legion and the Shadow King were in control of Muir Island and its inhabitants, Wolverine attacked Gambit and beat him. Similarly, in Victims #3, a crazed Logan defeated Gambit again.
Finally, in Contest of Champions II #4, Gambit and Wolverine had another bout, and Gambit emerged the victor, although he did have the possessed Rogue's assistance.
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