Gambit (vol. 5) #8 (Mar. 2013):
“Forever Endeavor”
by James Asmus, David Baldeon, Pasqual Ferry, Clay Mann, etc.

Gambit (vol. 5) #8

Title: “Forever Endeavor”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Mar. 2013

Publisher:
Written by: James Asmus
Art by: David Baldeon, Pasqual Ferry, Clay Mann, Scott Hanna, Jordi Tarragona

29 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Gambit (Remy LeBeau) (lead character)	Cajun Catholic	Horsemen of Apocalypse; The Marauders...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; X-Ternals; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		954
New Men	uplifted animals	[hidden race]		39
Empire State University (details)  An ESU archeology team is featured prominently in this issue.		[college/university]		173
bacteria (details)  In Forever City, Gambit deals with hyper-evolved bacteria (among other threats).	N.A.	[animal species]	Royal Society of London	2
Femme Mysterieuse (Joelle)	religious	[granted immortality; sought way to end life]		9
Fence (Fenton Selleck)		[baker; computer hacker...]		12
unnamed professor		[trapped in the Forever City]		2
Jackson		black; Empire State University [part of ESU archeology team Gambit rescued in Forever City]		1
Neko		Empire State University [blonde; on archeology team Gambit rescued in Forever City]		1
A.I.M. (cameo)	Scientism	[terrorist]		390
Piledriver (Brian Calusky) (cameo)		Hood's Army; The Masters of Evil...  Wrecking Crew		137
Thunderball (Eliot Franklin) (cameo)		black; Hood's Army...  The Masters of Evil; Wrecking Crew		151
Tiger Shark (Todd Arliss) (cameo)		Deep Six; Hood's Army...  Initiative; The Masters of Evil; The Offenders		112
Batroc the Leaper (Georges Batroc) (cameo)		Batroc's Brigade; Doom's Brigade...  Initiative; The Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts Army		129
Puff Adder (Gordon Fraley) (cameo)		Initiative; Serpent Society...  Serpent Squad; The Masters of Evil		33
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (mentioned)  Going to Forever City to rescue an ESU archeology team, Gambit wore a special suit designed by Mr. Fantastic of the Fantastic Four, a suit that negates the place's unique evolutionary energies. [more]	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
The Beast (Hank McCoy) (mentioned)  After Gambit rescues an ESU archeology team trapped in Forever City, he tells the professor leading the team that he will contact his scientist friend Hank McCoy to have him sort things out here.	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (mentioned)  ESU student (to Gambit): "Geez. I guess Wolverine’s the COOL one." Gambit finds claw marks which look like Wolverine's claw marks, only much larger.	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  First Flight; Secret Defenders; Team X; The Avengers; The Canadian Army; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		10,615
S.H.I.E.L.D. (mentioned)  Gambit tells Fence that if he finds Joelle, he should get SHIELD to lock her up in that Negative Zone prison.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
High Evolutionary (Herbert Edgar Wyndham) (mentioned)  This issue takes place largely in Forever City, which was built by High Evolutionary. Multiple references to him; a statue of him is seen.	Transhumanist	Animutants (founder); Knights of Wundagore (founder)...  New Immortals (founder); New Men (founder); Sensors (founder); The Godpack (founder)		108
Bonnie Parker (mentioned)  Fence tells Gambit that Joelle she could be Bonnie to his Clyde.		[outlaw of "Bonnie and Clyde" fame]		28
Clyde Barrow (mentioned)  Fence tells Gambit that Joelle she could be Bonnie to his Clyde.		[outlaw of "Bonnie and Clyde" fame]		27
alligators (mentioned)  Gambit says that he has been wrestling alligators since before he could write his name, and that this feels like going home.	N.A.	[animal species]	John Danter	3
Barack Obama (mentioned)  Gambit tells Fence that if he finds Joelle, he should get SHIELD to lock her up in that Negative Zone prison. Fence says he's pretty sure Obama shut that down.	United Church of Christ (formerly Trinity UCC); eclectic upbringing (incl. Muslim/atheist/Marxist/Catholic/United Church of Christ)	[politician; attorney...]	, etc.	352
The Fantastic Four (mentioned)  When Gambit went to Forever City to rescue an ESU archeology team, he wore a special suit designed by Mr. Fantastic of the Fantastic Four, a suit that negates the place's unique evolutionary energies.		[1st app: The Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #1 (Nov. 1961)]		100
Thieves Guild (mentioned)  Gambit notes that being raised in the Thieves Guild did not exactly make for a normal childhood.	Catholic; Thieves Guild	[thief]		26
MI-13 (mentioned)  Fence points out to Gambit that he had his run of Cich's and MI-13's vaults, but that he came away from both empty-handed in the end.		[paranormal/superhuman agency; successor to Black Air]		66
Borya Cich (mentioned)  Multiple references to Cich, as Gambit rescues an archeology that was funded by Cich.		[arms dealer for super-villains]		7
Guatemalan Dragon Gods (mentioned)  Talking to Fence, Gambit recalls how Joelle nearly unleashed a bunch of aien dragons.	alien dragon gods	[Gambit encountered them in Guatemalan temple]		2

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