Hey, i was never into Marvel Comics, but last year i saw XMEN Origins, and in the movie it featured Gambit, he looked really cool and his powers are nice, my question is, is he fun character to read? i mean is he boring or is he a character that's not generic and not your typical XMEN mutant? and is he worth buying his comics for? and overall is his character interesting? is he powerful or not?, thanks.

Gambit is much cooler in the comics than in that terrible Wolverine movie. He is one of the most complicated X-Men, and one of my favorite mutants. I think you should definitely read more Gambit

Gambit is a fun character to read because he's a rogue element in the X-Men.  He has a mysterious side & never seems to play 100% by the X-Men's rules.   
 
On the down side there's the on-again / off-again relationship with Rogue which writers constantly seem to drag out... And because he's been so mysterious, he's had his history warped so much to include some deadly involvement with Mr Sinister & the Marauders.  
 
In my personal opinion, his solo stories aren't so good.  His mini series & cancelled on-going series were awful.  However, there are still many great stories to read in the team books (Uncanny X-Men in the late 80's, X-Men in the 90's & X-Men: Legacy more recently).

That's right. His solo books were never good. So those are not the ones you should be looking for.

Gambit is one of the most interesting characters in the X-men franchise IMO 

So is he's character fun or what? and is he powerful??

" So is he's character fun or what? and is he powerful?? "

" @ownsin said:

" So is he's character fun or what? and is he powerful?? "

I wouldn't say he's famous for being fun or powerful.  He's a great character who has funny moments, but he's not really a comedic character.  His powers can be pretty impressive... but there are others who are far more powerful.  He's popular.  Lots of girls crush on Gambit.  I have a non-comic reading friend who admitted it to me.  Guys love him because he's a dirty fighter, mysterious & a ladies man. "

Bump!

aha i see is there any other interesting characters like Gambit or similar to him?

Gambit is one of the characters that ushered in the dark age of comics. He's a walking sack of clichés, as though the writers decided to take every possible aspect of the "mysterious", "romantic", "roguish" anti-hero and force it into one character. This has the unfortunate downside of making most females love the character in a rather Twilighty fashion, most heterosexual males resent him, and anybody with a brain between their ears wince whenever he says anything in that atrociously poorly-researched Cajun accent they've been trying to give him. He's vice-ridden, promiscuous, and generally sleazy.
 
Oh, and he's a complete jerk. If there was justice in the MU he'd be locked up for all the horrible things he's done, but the popularity of the character prevents them from considering it. They keep forgiving him in order to put him back in the team books, because he sells.

" @ownsin: 
He isn't necessarily uninteresting, but I personally find him very annoying. Besides his clichéd demeanor and awful accent, he's a nasty person and a horrible role model. "

" @ownsin: In terms of the X-men, or Marvel in general? "

Thanks Pumpkin, but i want more inputs from other users to make up my mind on Gambit!

what are some of the bad things he done to the x-men?

Bump!