Believe It Or Not, Gambit Of 'X-Men' Was Almost Bisexual

Beloved card thrower Gambit from Marvel's world of X-Men almost came out as bisexual a few years ago, according to CBR writer Brian Cronin's recent "Comic Legends" column, who reported that comic writer James Asmus thought of the idea but it fell through the cracks by the big bossmen.

Gambit's unveiling was set to arrive during his 2012 solo series when Asmus was going to unleash a story about the character seducing another man on one of his missions. "It's true that I was interested in revealing Gambit to be bisexual in our series," Asmus admitted. "With us first seeing him seduce a man on one of his missions, and soon thereafter meeting a member of the thieves guild Gambit previously had a more significant relationship with in his pre-X-Men debut."

Unfortunately, Asmus didn't get the idea of Remy coming out of the closet past "the first part" of pitching. Still, it's worth noting that Asmus' editor on the series, Daniel Ketcham, is openly gay and even suggested that the idea might not have been entirely logical for the story arc.

"Though the memory is hazy (I pitched a LOT of different ideas for that book) I don't think [Dan] was keen on the idea just from a practical/story standpoint. And as I mentioned, I had lots of different concepts I was happy to explore—so in fairness, the 'No' wasn't something I fought against," he continued. "And in hindsight, maybe that pitch was too half-baked."

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