Remy LeBeau / Gambit [X-Men]

Trench coat: He is practically never seen without his long brown or light brown trench coat, which adds visual dynamism to his movements and acrobatics.

The head protector (Cowl): He wears a kind of balaclava or black half-mask that covers his neck, jaw and the sides of his head, but leaves the top open so that his hair sticks out.

Combat suit: Underneath the trench coat, he wears a body-hugging suit consisting of a bright fuchsia pink or magenta torso (often with black line patterns) combined with dark blue or black pants and sleeves.

Fingerless gloves: He wears black gloves that leave his fingertips exposed. This is vital for his mutation, as he needs direct physical contact to charge objects with kinetic energy.
Metal Boots: Wear shiny silver armor boots and knee pads.

Weapons: Visually, he is always accompanied by his extendable combat staff (made of an adamantium alloy) and his deck of poker cards, which glow with a pink/purple aura when he charges them with energy.

Face: He is usually drawn with attractive features, a square jaw, a mischievous smile and, sometimes, with a few days' worth of beard growth.

Hair: Her hair is brown, abundant, and permanently disheveled.

Physical appearance: He has a tall, lean, and athletic build. He is officially 1.88 meters (6'2") tall and weighs around 81 kg (179 lbs). His body is genetically engineered to maintain superhuman agility, flexibility, and dexterity.

Mutant eyes: This is his most distinctive and striking physical feature. Gambit has completely black sclera (the part that is normally white in humans) and bright ruby-red irises. Because of this look, his parents abandoned him at birth, and the Thieves Guild nicknamed him "Le Diable Blanc" (The White Devil).

Gambit usually carries an extendable staff made of an Adamantium alloy, is highly trained in martial arts, and possesses the physical attributes of a body naturally suited for constant motion (possibly a side effect of his mutant powers), making him a superhumanly acrobatic individual. On numerous occasions, he has demonstrated the ability to persuade people using a form of light hypnosis, for which he must charge the individual's brain with kinetic energy. He appears to be able to evade attempts to read his mind or attack him psychically due to the ever-present potential energy charge within his body. This persuasive ability may not be a result of hypnosis, but rather a power based on empathy. It has been mentioned that this ability becomes less effective when people are aware of his presence.

In his youth, Gambit possessed the ability to control all forms of kinetic energy, allowing him to charge anything within his field of vision, charge organic matter, project energy blasts, defy gravity, heal wounds, mimic various energy types, and cool objects by reducing their kinetic energy. However, his inability to control this power led him to seek help from Sinister, who extracted the portion of his brain tissue responsible for the full manifestation of his mutant abilities. He then returned to Sinister while the latter was in Victorian England, and that portion of gray matter was reimplanted, restoring his powers to 100%, until they were consumed after a battle with the New Sun. It is unknown whether, when Sage "rebooted" his mutation, it could have reverted to its original power level.

As Death, the Horseman of the Apocalypse, Gambit has demonstrated the ability to transform inanimate objects into toxic substances. For example, he was able to turn breathable air into poisonous gases.

Gambit can charge inanimate objects with kinetic energy, giving them explosive power. One of his signature tricks is to throw playing cards (his favorite being the Queen of Hearts) at his opponents, charging each card with energy, turning it into a deadly projectile, and saying the phrase, "My name is Gambit, remember that well." Other tricks have included charging chewing gum while completely bound and charging the floor of an entire room with energy, causing it to explode with tremendous force. Gambit's most powerful attack consists of charging an entire deck of cards with energy and throwing it at his opponent. The energy released by the continuous explosion of the cards is so great that it can damage even the most powerful characters in Marvel Comics (for example, Gladiator was rendered unconscious by this attack). A more dangerous ability, a variant of this power, is that he can even make people explode. This was demonstrated in X-Men: Evolution, when he grabbed Toad and charged him with kinetic energy, threatening the Brotherhood that he would blow up Mystique's entire house if they did not obey him.

After wandering the world, he rescued a Storm rejuvenated to childhood, amnesiac and powerless, a creation of Nanny the Orphan Maker. The amnesiac young woman, who had returned to stealing to survive, later joined Gambit and eventually brought him back to the X-Men. Gambit fought alongside the X-Men, learning as much as he could about them without revealing details of his past, not even his real name. Only Wolverine harbored doubts about the Cajun, leading to a duel between them in the Danger Room. Gambit was able to triumph by using a robotic duplicate of Lady Deathstrike to distract Wolverine, while he took advantage of Wolverine's injuries inflicted by the Reavers.

When the five original X-Men rejoined the group, the X-Men were divided into teams, and Gambit became part of the Blue Team under Cyclops' leadership. He then began to take an interest in his teammate, Rogue, and started flirting with her despite her gruff manner and the obstacle of her uncontrollable power, which prevented anyone from touching her. Their relationship blossomed into love over time.

Many years after the comic's publication, it became obvious that Gambit harbored a dark secret. Sabretooth had hinted at this on numerous occasions during his stay at the X-Men mansion, prompting Rogue to demand he reveal everything he knew about Gambit's past. Sabretooth recounted how he and Gambit had first met in Paris years earlier, and how he had forced the Cajun to choose between saving his brother or his then-girlfriend. However, he did not reveal the secret. Rogue was so traumatized by absorbing Remy's memories in Israel at the end of the "Legion Quest" storyline that she ran away from the X-Men for a time.

After his exile from New Orleans, Gambit traveled the world and became a skilled thief, making many contacts (and also many enemies). During this time, Gambit discovered that he possessed an uncontrollable amount of energy coursing through his body, to the point that he could no longer withstand it. Desperate, Gambit turned to Mr. Sinister for help. Sinister modified Gambit's powers, making him significantly less powerful, but still able to control the considerable amount of energy within him. However, Sinister wanted to be repaid, so Gambit was put in charge of leading a mission for him. Gambit met with a group of mercenaries whom Sinister had named the Marauders. The group included the mutant Sabretooth as one of its members. Gambit's mission was to lead the Marauders into the tunnels beneath New York City where, unbeknownst to him, the objective was to eliminate the Morlocks. Gambit was unable to prevent the Marauders from murdering a considerable number of Morlocks, but he did manage to save one young girl. Her name was Sarah, and she would grow up to become Marrow, the leader of the mutant terrorist group Gene Nation. Gambit kept his role as leader of this mission a secret from his fellow X-Men for a long time, which greatly displeased them when they learned of these events.

Remy LeBeau, or Gambit, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was kidnapped from the hospital where he was born and raised by the Thieves Guild, then offered to the Antiquary as tribute. They referred to the boy as "Le Diable Blanc" ("The White Devil") and believed it was prophesied that he would unite the warring Thieves and Assassins Guilds. Soon after, Remy was placed in the care of a gang of street thieves who raised him and taught him the arts of theft. After living on the streets as an orphan, Remy attempted to pickpocket Jean-Luc LeBeau, then the patriarch of the Thieves Guild. Jean-Luc took the boy off the streets and adopted him into his family. In an attempt to reconcile the Thieves and Assassins Guilds, Remy married Bella Donna Boudreaux, the granddaughter of the head of the Assassins Guild. Unfortunately, Remy was challenged to a duel by Julien, Bella Donna's brother, after the wedding. In the duel, Gambit killed Julien, and was exiled from the city, ending his relationship with Bella Donna.