As the boy grows into adolescence or even adulthood, those perceptions - and the identity derived from them - might well change but for now, this is what strikes fear into his heart, and by extension those of everyone else. Sinister.’ Compared to that, whoever would notice the little kid hanging around deep in the background? Why does Sinister look the way he does? Because, while his creator may be a genius, he is also a kid and this is his perception of what a world-class badass looks like. Knowing that he was no physical match for any adult, especially a supervillain, he created a simulacrum of himself that would function as his public face - a physical presence who would strike fear into the hearts of both his ‘employees’ and his adversaries, not to mention an appropriately terrifying name to go with it. Mentally, though, he would be a fully functioning genius intellect.

Physically, at the age of pre-school, perhaps first or second grade.

However, he would age through that lifespan proportionally - which means that while he was born almost two centuries before the current comics continuity came into being, he would present himself physically as someone in the early middle of his first decade of life. Sinister’ - a mutant with a lifespan of well over a thousand years. Back then, the Classic X-Men reprint series contained original short stories derived from the issue being reprinted, some of which related to Scott Summers’ years in the Nebraska State Home for Foundlings, wherein it was established that he had a young friend - apparently his only friend. Sinister - which has nothing to do with the character as he currently exists. Emmanuel mentioned you had previously stated plans to have him get close to Kitty Pryde in some way?Ĭhris: If memory serves (always an adventurous mountain path to drive along, especially with none of my story notes at hand), the idea derived from my original conception of Mr.

Anyway, X-Fans had a lot of questions about Chris’ upcoming Gambit mini-series and his eXtremely popular co-creation, Remy LeBeau, so without further ado, here’s Chris!ĪIPT: Welcome to X-Men Monday, Chris - truly an honor! Let’s kick things off with a question from X-Fan Emmanuel Boyd, who was wondering if you could share how you and artists Jim Lee and Mike Collins came up with Gambit, as well as his original purpose.

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