‘Rogue and Gambit’ Make X-Men Adventures Fun Again

Writer: Kelly Thompson / Artist: Pere Pérez / Marvel Comics “You want a hit? Give me a hour plus a pen and a pad”- Keith Murray

Let me set the mood so we can get into the thick of this. I love the X-Men. I have since I was a kid. It takes a lot for me to get into a series tho, it really depends on the creative team. Seeing that Kelly Thompson was going to be taking star-crossed X-Gene crossed (on-again-off-again) lovers Rogue and Gambit under her wing? That’s a something you gotta check out to see what she’s got planned. Lemme put you on real talk right quick. Thompson nails any character under her pen. She’s like a FBI profiler for comic book characters. She dives deep into dynamics between characters, speech patterns, cadence, and keeps everything convincing and believable. Once I saw that artwork that Pere Pérez was bringing to the table too? Yeah, it’s a fucking problem, man. I can already tell this is a creative team that is going to gel well together. Take it back to basics

I’m the first to throw up my X-Men pride (got it tatted on my chest so you know it’s real) and love of the characters but the titles have been hit or miss the past couple months. Within the first four pages Thompson and Pérez grab your attention by taking it back to basics. Cameos and putting in work in the Danger Room. We see Gambit being charmingly annoying or annoyingly charming to Storm as she’s running a Danger Room session. Gambit wants in once he sees Rogue is there and the entire scene i…