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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: Marvel
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 Gambit (Remy LeBeau)
(lead character)
hero
CBR Scale: S Cajun Catholic
Horsemen of Apocalypse; The Marauders...  Marvel 954
New Men New Men supporting character group
CBR Scale: D uplifted animals
[hidden race] Marvel 39
Empire State University Empire State University
(details) 
supporting character group
  [college/university] Marvel 173
bacteria bacteria
(details) 
supporting character group real/historical person
CBR Scale: D N.A.
[animal species] Royal Society of London 2
Femme Mysterieuse Femme Mysterieuse (Joelle) supporting character
CBR Scale: S religious
[granted immortality; sought way to end life] Marvel 9
Fence Fence (Fenton Selleck) supporting character
  [baker; computer hacker...] Marvel 12
unnamed professor unnamed professor supporting character scientist
  [trapped in the Forever City] Marvel 2
Jackson Jackson supporting character
  black; Empire State University
[part of ESU archeology team Gambit rescued in Forever City]
Marvel 1
Neko Neko supporting character
  Empire State University
[blonde; on archeology team Gambit rescued in Forever City]
Marvel 1
A.I.M. A.I.M.
(cameo)
villain group
CBR Scale: S Scientism
[terrorist] Marvel 390
Piledriver Piledriver (Brian Calusky)
(cameo)
villain
  Hood's Army; The Masters of Evil...  Marvel 137
Thunderball Thunderball (Eliot Franklin)
(cameo)
villain scientist
  black; Hood's Army...  Marvel 151
Tiger Shark Tiger Shark (Todd Arliss)
(cameo)
villain
  Deep Six; Hood's Army...  Marvel 112
Batroc the Leaper Batroc the Leaper (Georges Batroc)
(cameo)
villain
  Batroc's Brigade; Doom's Brigade...  Marvel 129
Puff Adder Puff Adder (Gordon Fraley)
(cameo)
villain hero
  Initiative; Serpent Society...  Marvel 33
Mr. Fantastic Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)
(mentioned) 
hero scientist
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist
Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  Marvel 4,661
The Beast The Beast (Hank McCoy)
(mentioned) 
hero scientist
CBR Scale: ICBR Scale: S Episcopalian; agnostic
Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Marvel 5,233
Wolverine Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)
(mentioned) 
hero
CBR Scale: S raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker
Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  Marvel 10,615
S.H.I.E.L.D. S.H.I.E.L.D.
(mentioned) 
supporting character group
  [government agency; intelligence agency...] Marvel 1,188
High Evolutionary High Evolutionary (Herbert Edgar Wyndham)
(mentioned) 
villain
CBR Scale: M Transhumanist
Animutants (founder); Knights of Wundagore (founder)...  Marvel 108
Bonnie Parker Bonnie Parker
(mentioned) 
villain real/historical person
  [outlaw of "Bonnie and Clyde" fame] DC 28
Clyde Barrow Clyde Barrow
(mentioned) 
villain real/historical person
  [outlaw of "Bonnie and Clyde" fame] DC 27
alligators alligators
(mentioned) 
supporting character villain group real/historical person
CBR Scale: I N.A.
[animal species] John Danter 3
Barack Obama Barack Obama
(mentioned) 
supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S United Church of Christ (formerly Trinity UCC); eclectic upbringing (incl. Muslim/atheist/Marxist/Catholic/United Church of Christ)
[politician; attorney...] IDW Publishing Marvel, etc. 352
The Fantastic Four The Fantastic Four
(mentioned) 
hero group
  [1st app: The Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #1 (Nov. 1961)] Marvel 100
Thieves Guild Thieves Guild
(mentioned) 
supporting character group
CBR Scale: S Catholic; Thieves Guild
[thief] Marvel 26
MI-13 MI-13
(mentioned) 
supporting character group
  [paranormal/superhuman agency; successor to Black Air] Marvel 66
Borya Cich Borya Cich
(mentioned) 
villain
  [arms dealer for super-villains] Marvel 7
Guatemalan Dragon Gods Guatemalan Dragon Gods
(mentioned) 
villain group deity
CBR Scale: D alien dragon gods
[Gambit encountered them in Guatemalan temple] Marvel 2