Review:
Writer Kelly Thompson was nominated for an Eisner Best Writer Award in 2019 for her work on several titles, including this 5-issue limited series. It's easy to see why - this series blends romance, intrigue, deep character revelations and old-fashioned super-powered melees into a delightful read.
Rogue and Gambit have had an on-again-off-again flirtation and relationship over the years. They're forced to confront their pasts, their feelings, their present and future possibilities in an undercover assignment. Mutants keep disappearing in connection with a healing therapy retreat.
Their past is raw enough that no acting is needed to play the part of a dysfunctional couple. But as the retreat affects them, they discover anew their love for each other. But to save the day, they may have to sacrifice their growing happiness.
Pere Perez has fun with some innovative layouts as thy battle memories of the past. Lots of historic uniforms, lots of kissing and signs of affection or other emotions, and he brings them all across very naturally.
Teen+ is Marvel's default rating, it seems. In this collection, there is some minor sexual suggestion and intense relationship content, but otherwise these could be PG for its discretion in language, violence and other visuals.
Description:
Everybody's favorite X-couple is reunited! And boy, are they not happy about that... Kitty Pryde must send Rogue and Gambit on an undercover mission to fi nd a group of kidnapped mutants. What they discover on this mission will shock them. But will it also bring them closer together...? It's a high-stakes adventure caper that only the two hottest X-Men can deliver!
Collects: ROGUE & GAMBIT 1-5
Authors: Kelly Thompson
Artists: Pere Perez
Published By: Marvel
Published When: July 17 2018
Parental Rating: T+ officially, but closer to PG
ISBN: 978-1302911607
Pages: 112 pages
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