Podcast The Classy Comics Podcast

We take a look at Gambit's first appearance and his first mini-series preceded by a completely pointless comic with a flying alien.Affiliate link included.Transcript follows:Find out about Gambit's first comic book appearances as we take a look at Gambit Classic: Volume One straight ahead.Gambit Classic: Volume One was the book that I'd hoped to get for my inter-library loan request last year, and I talked about the book I got instead on our second and third episodes. This book collects Gambit's earliest appearance on Uncanny X-Men, and then his first mini-series. He appeared in Issue 266 of The Uncanny X-Men. So, of course this book collects Issues 265 to 267.Issue 265 is one I really could have done without reading. After the initial appearances in 266 and 267, Marvel put a page of exposition to explain his entire tenure with the X-Men over two year prior to the mini-series. It seems like the relevant parts of Issue 265 could have just as easily been summarized. The relevant part is that at this time Storm