Gambit kinda but not really shows up in X-Men Legends #10.
the events take place during X-Men 1991 #34, the issue where Gambit, Psylocke, Beast, and Rogue break into Sinister’s lab to find Threnody. Hearken back like 20 years our time…. Sinister is hosting a dinner party with Amanda Mueller, Xavier, Magneto (why, is he a scientist?), Beast, and Moira. Note that there are six guests, and Magneto would be a vegetable at this time. They’re gathered together to talk human/mutant relations, but they only have 3 hours to do it. Why? You’ll find out. During the conversation, Sinister, with Mueller’s cryptic remarks has a eureka moment of some kind where he realizes the future isn’t human or mutant, but homo-unitus (something like that). The surprise is revealed that everyone is a clone and they’re set to self-destruct (because deep-dive, remember how Sinister’s clones used to come in pairs) including Sinister who seems to develop a conscience and sends his genius revelation about homo-unitis through what I’m guessing is his version of The Cloud. Y’know, to save all life on earth. Meanwhile in the background, it’s revealed the X-Men are blowing up sh!t in Sinister’s lab causing his dinner party locale (a fold in time and space) to collapse on itself. As Mueller talks nerdy to Sinister re:homo-unitus, Gambit appears on the security monitors behind her head several times in a , I dunno…foreshadowy kinda way?
For all Nicieza’s talk about not remembering stuff, it sure seems like his callback to 1995 is spot on. I didn’t think that kind of geek-recall existed outside of fandom, but there ya go. The story is just…weird. It seems like a setup for something that could directly tie into the previews for Destiny of X, like the images of Sinister winning humanitarian awards.
I spent this issue laughing to myself and enjoying the nostalgia. …but then, I love Cobra Kai with a passion, so keep that in mind.
