Gambit #6 for Sale - First Appearance of Jean-Luc LeBeau - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Gambit (Marvel, 1999 series)
Issue: #6
Publication date: July 1999
Key date: 1999-07-00
On-sale date: 1999
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $1.99; 2.99 CAD
Pages: 36
Barcode: 75960604735200611
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Jean-Luc LeBeau - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Fontanelle - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Zoe Ishihara - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Steve Skroce; inks: Rob Hunter	Gambit, Remy LeBeau
1	Pig Pen Part 1: Muddy Waters	comic story	22	script: Steve Skroce, Fabian Nicieza; pencils: Steve Skroce; inks: Rob Hunter; colors: Shannon Blanchard; letters: Richard Starkings, Comicraft	Gambit, Candra, Fontanelle First, Zoe Ishihara First, Jean-Luc LeBeau First, Remy LeBeau, Ophelia Sarkissian, Viper
2	-	in-house column	0.75	script: Stan Lee
3	Bullpen Bits	comic story	0.25	script: Chris Giarrusso; pencils: Chris Giarrusso; inks: Chris Giarrusso; colors: Chris Giarrusso; letters: Chris Giarrusso	Clint Barton, Captain America, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Thor Odinson, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Thor
4	Dealer's Choice	letters page	1	letters: typeset

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 00928103187107

Where to read it

Collection	Year
X-Men: Gambit - The Complete Collection #1 ISBN 978-0-7851-9685-3	2016	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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