Appearing in "The Man of Steal"
Featured Characters:
- Gambit (Remy LeBeau) (Main story and flashback) (Origin revealed)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Elysian Enterprises (First appearance)
- Sekmeht Conoway (First appearance)
- Anwar Anubar (First appearance)
- Elysian Guard (First appearance)
- Mariah Ellenthorpe (First appearance) (Leaves)
- Cosmo Stephanapoulus (First appearance) (Leaves)
- Jack Farley (First appearance) (Leaves)
- ⏴ X-Cutioner (Carl Denti) ⏵ (Joins)
- Fontanelle
Other Characters:
- Several unnamed employees
- Garbha-Hsien (Mentioned)
- Leonard Nimoy (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- New Son (Mentioned)
- Rogue (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) (Cameo)
- Colossus (Piotr Rasputin) (Cameo)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Cameo)
- Iceman (Bobby Drake) (Cameo)
- Beast (Dr. Hank McCoy) (Cameo)
- Jacob Gavin Sr. (Mentioned)
- Fred Duncan (Referenced)
- Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur) (Mentioned)
- Celestials (Mentioned)
- Mister Sinister (Nathaniel Essex) (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- China
- Garbha-Hsien's Temple
- Mount Wutai (Mentioned)
- France
- Antarctica (Mentioned)
- United States of America
- Croatia
- Velebit Mountains
- Elysian Enterprises Propulsion Research Facility (First appearance)
- Velebit Mountains
- China
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.