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Issue Details

Issue #12
Published January 2000
Cover Price 2.99 USD
Pages 60
Editing Pete Franco (Assistant); Mark Powers
Notes Double-Sized Issue; Issues #12-14 take place between X-Men #98 and Uncanny X-Men #379.

Cover Details - "Thief of Time !"

Characters Gambit; Doombots
Genre superhero
Pencils Steve Skroce
Inks Rodney Ramos
Colors Chris Sotomayor
Letters Typeset

16 page Gambit story "The Sunset Dawn Book 1 Chapter 1: The Time Trap"

Characters Gambit; GUESTS: Jean-Luc LeBeau; Courier [Jacob Gavin]; Sekmeht Conoway; Tantie Mattie; VILLAINS: Grigori Mengo; Stanislaus Mengo; Tithe Collector; Doombots; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Candra
Synopsis Gambit learns from his father that he is required by destiny to go back in time and face Candra in order to preserve the Thieves Guild; Gambit gets Latverian bad boys, the Mengo Brothers, to sneak him into Doom's castle so he can use the villain's time platform; Being hounded by Doombots the entire way, Gambit and Courier successfully use the platform and head back to the past.
Genre superhero
Script Fabian Nicieza
Pencils Steve Skroce (Layouts); Rodney Ramos
Inks Rodney Ramos
Colors Shannon Blanchard
Letters Troy Peteri [as Richard Starkings and Comicraft's Troy Peteri]

13 page Gambit story "The Sunset Dawn Book 1 Chapter 2: It Takes a Thief (or Perhaps a Dozen)"

Characters FEATURE: Gambit; GUESTS: Courier [Jacob Gavin]; Adam Worth; Jacques LeBeau; Jean-Luc LeBeau; Belize Marceaux; VILLAINS: Tithe Collector; Candra
Synopsis Gambit and Jacob arrive in the London of 1891; They track down legendary thief, Adam Worth, and ask him to lead them to the current Thieves Guild; Gambit catches up with the Thieves Guild leader, his grandfather Jacques LeBeau, in the lair of Nathanial Essex (known to most of us as Mr. Sinister); Jacques takes knowledge of Essex' work to Candra in hopes that she will return to her role as benefactress of the Guild; He also wants her to release his son, Jean Luc, whom she has been holding captive; Gambit and Jacob discreetly follow.
Genre superhero
Script Fabian Nicieza
Pencils Kaare Andrews
Inks Kaare Andrews
Colors Shannon Blanchard
Letters Troy Peteri [as Richard Starkings and Comicraft's Troy Peteri]
Notes Sven Larsen credited as research help for this segment; Adam Worth (1844-1902) is an actual historical figure and is reputed to be Arthur Conan Doyle's inspiration for Professor Moriarty; One of the last of the gentlemen thieves, he is probably most well known for stealing Gainsborough's painting "The Duchess of Devonshire" which he personally kept for 25 years before discreetly returning it to the Pinkertons; For more reading on the subject, please see "The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth Master Thief" by Ben Macintyre.

10 page Gambit story "The Sunset Dawn Book 1 Chapter 3: Cards on the Table (and a Few Up the Sleeve !)"

Characters Gambit; GUESTS: Jacques LeBeau; Jean-Luc LeBeau; Belize Marceaux; Adam Worth; VILLAINS: Tithe Collector; Candra
Synopsis Candra sends Jacques LeBeau and his Guild to New York to track down Nathanial Essex for her; Gambit saves Jean-Luc (his father as a child) from Candra and prepares to chase the Guild to New York in hopes of reaching Essex first.
Genre superhero
Script Fabian Nicieza
Pencils Charles Adlard
Inks Charles Adlard
Colors Shannon Blanchard
Letters Troy Peteri [as Richard Starkings and Comicraft's Troy Peteri]

1 page Gambit promo (ad from the publisher) "Dealer's Choice"

Genre superhero
Script Mark Powers
Pencils Kevin Maguire
Inks Kevin Maguire
Colors Digital Broome
Letters Troy Peteri [as Richard Starkings and Comicraft's Troy Peteri]
Notes Preview copy and cover art for issues #13 and 14; Replaces letters page.

8 page Spider-Man story "Fast Lane Part 2: Feel the Rush"

Characters Spider-Man; VILLAIN: Mysterio
Genre superhero
Script Glenn Herdling
Pencils Gregg Schigiel
Inks Richard Case
Colors Paul Mounts
Letters Chris Dickey
Editing Michael Stewart; Steve Behling
Notes Anti-Drug Story inserted into a number of comics.